Preventable Tragedies
2 fatalities reported in tractor-trailer wreck on I-81
Crashes involving two tractor-trailers on Interstate 81 in Botetourt County early Thursday morning have left two dead, according to Virginia State Police. Police responded to the incidents on northbound I-81 at mile marker 167, at Buchanan, at 2:17 a.m., according to a news release. The initial wreck occurred at about 2:13 a.m. when a 2013 Volvo tractor-trailer ran off the left side of the roadway and hit the guardrail, causing the truck to overturn onto its side and block the road, according to Sgt.
Read MoreBoy dies, 2 others injured in Parkway East crash that shut down highway
An 11-year-old boy has died and two others were injured when a vehicle crashed into their disabled car on the outbound Parkway East/Interstate 376, shutting down the highway for nearly four hours Thursday morning. The crash occurred around 5:45 a.m. just beyond the Squirrel Hill Tunnel, closing the Parkway eastbound between the Squirrel Hill and Edgewood exits, according to Pennsylvania State Police. “There were two vehicles, with three people in the first vehicle and one in the other vehicle,” state police Trooper Melinda Bondarenka said.
Read MoreCar Strikes, Kills Woman on 10 Freeway in West Covina
A woman was killed Thursday when she was hit by a car after she got out of her possibly disabled car on the eastbound San Bernardino (10) Freeway in West Covina, authorities said. The 26-year-old El Monte woman was injured about 4:30 a.m. west of Azusa Avenue and died at the scene, according to the California Highway Patrol. Her name was withheld, pending notification of her relatives. According to the CHP, the woman was driving a 2000 Toyota Camry when she “exited her vehicle within the traffic lanes when the Toyota was possibly experiencing mechanical issues.
Read MoreWebb City officer, son severely injured when hit by car in Florida
WEBB CITY, Mo. — A Webb City police officer and his child were both severely injured in a car-pedestrian accident earlier this week while the family was on vacation in Florida. Webb City Patrol Sgt. Brian Ward, wife Heather and their two children — Knox, 2, and Reagan, 5 — were on vacation in Escambia County, Florida. On Tuesday, the family’s vehicle was pulled over on the shoulder with its hazard lights flashing, and when Brian was about to place Knox in his car seat, another driver hit them.
Read MoreDeputies: Fatal 2-vehicle crash closes Hwy. 17A near Ridgeville
DORCHESTER COUNTY, S.C. (WCSC) - The Dorchester County coroner said at least one person died in two-vehicle crash near the Colleton County line involving a vehicle in the water. The coroner identified the deceased as 56-year-old Jeffrey Allen Collins of Walterboro. The crash happened on Highway 17A near Sandpit Drive, Dorchester County Sheriff’s Lt. Rick Carson said. The crash involved an SUV and an 18-wheeler. Highway Patrol officials said the tractor trailer and SUV were both heading northbound when the SUV left the roadway to make a U-turn.
Read MoreTwo people hit and killed by vehicles Friday night in Ogden
A 22-year-old man, who was not involved in the accident, stopped to help remove debris from the road. A car traveling eastbound on 12th Street struck the man, and he was transported to McKay-Dee in critical condition. The man, later identified as 22-year-old John Kratzer, died from his injuries, FOX 13 learned through a GoFundMe page and confirmed through the Ogden Police Department.
Read MoreCommunity remembers popular Houston radio DJ killed in crash
HOUSTON – Houstonians are mourning the loss of a popular Bollywood radio DJ that was killed in a crash Monday. Arif Memon, 58, a well-known DJ for 106.1 HUMFM, was described as being passionate, caring and positive. According to HPD, the driver of a disabled red Freightliner tractor-trailer had stopped completely in the left shoulder of the Southwest Freeway and placed multiple warning signs along the yellow solid line between the left shoulder and the nearest lane of traffic.
Read MoreMan dies in Fort Lupton hit-and-run; search for suspect underway
FORT LUPTON, Colo. (KDVR) — A man was struck and killed by a car while outside of his vehicle on the shoulder of the 10200 block of Highway 52 on Tuesday, according to the Fort Lupton Police Department. Officers were dispatched to the site at 7:35 p.m. They found a male victim in a ditch in front of his dark-colored Honda CR-V, FLPD said. The initial investigation determined the man was outside his vehicle when another vehicle struck him.
Read MoreGalveston police officer, EMT seriously injured when vehicle crashes into wreck scene on Causeway
Galveston police officer, EMT seriously injured when vehicle crashes into wreck scene on Causeway An off-duty Galveston police officer who was involved in a crash, and an off-duty EMT who was tending to his injuries where each seriously injured when another vehicle crashed into the pair on the Galveston Causeway early Tuesday morning. At about 12:40 AM the officer was in his personal vehicle headed southbound on Interstate 45 when he struck the center concrete divider wall on the bridge.
Read MoreSC Coroner: Missing Knoxville man dies at hospital after his truck ran off I-85
GAFFNEY, SC (FOX Carolina) - Cherokee County Coroner Dennis Fowler said he is investigating the death of a missing Tennessee man who passed away hours after he was found in a disabled vehicle along I-85 in Gaffney Tuesday morning. Fowler said William A. England, 80, of Knoxville was discovered in his 2020 GMC pickup truck about 6 a.m. in the north bound emergency lane near mile marker 87. “Mr. England told the investigating trooper he had run off the roadway about two hours earlier,” Fowler said in a news release.
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