Preventable Tragedies
3 People Die, 4 Injured After Tesla Hits Overturned Semi-Truck and Marine Who Stopped to Assist
Three people died, and four others were injured after a Tesla crashed into an overturned semi-truck on a Florida highway. A passing motorist, later identified as a Marine who stopped to assist, is among the dead. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday, May 31, just before 4 a.m. local time, when a 2014 Freightliner box truck drifted off the roadway near the Pine Ridge Road exit before swerving back and overturning, ABC affiliate WWSB, NBC affiliate WBBH and the Naples Daily News reported.
Read MoreTesla driver stopped in middle of N.J. highway, causing fatal crash, cops say
A Tesla driver stopped in the middle of Route 22 in Bridgewater on Sunday afternoon, which led to a fatal rear-end crash involving two other vehicles, authorities said. The Tesla was headed east near Grove Street at about 4:05 p.m. before the driver came to a “complete stop” in the center lane, Bridgewater police said. An SUV traveling behind the Tesla was then forced to stop. The 91-year-old driver of a third vehicle — a passenger car — was unable to stop in time and hit the SUV from behind.
Read MoreNAACP investigates after teen found dead in Wallingford woods 20 days after Feb. crash
The Connecticut National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, or NAACP, is investigating after it learned that a 17-year-old’s body was found in the woods 20 days after a crash on Route 15 sparked a multi-agency search in February. The body of 17-year-old Khasir Jennette was found Feb. 21 along the banks of the Quinnipiac River near the Wallingford Compost Center. Jennette had been missing since Feb. 1, when police say he may have fled into the woods after a crash on Route 15 in Wallingford during dangerously cold overnight temperatures, state police said.
Read MoreMan seriously injured when Jeep hits semi parked along Kansas Turnpike
AUBURN, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was seriously injured early Thursday when the sport utility vehicle he was driving struck a semitrailer that was parked on the shoulder of Interstate 335 along the Kansas Turnpike southwest of Topeka, officials said. The crash was reported at 6:34 a.m. Thursday on southbound I-335 on the turnpike in Osage County. The location was about four miles southwest of Auburn, or 13 miles southwest of Topeka.
Read MoreWoman dies after vehicle crashes into her disabled car on San Diego roadway
(FOX 5/KUSI) — A woman was killed when a vehicle crashed into the disabled car she was inside of on a San Diego roadway. San Diego Police said the crash happened shortly after 10 p.m. in the southbound lanes of Fairmount Avenue, near Montezuma Road. Police said the woman’s car, a Toyota Camry, was in the second lane with its hazard lights on, and that a man had pulled over his Honda Fit in front of the Camry to help.
Read MoreTruck causes multi-car crash on Route 30, killing 2 construction workers: Police
Two construction workers were killed after a tractor trailer crashed on Route 30 in Chester County on Monday evening, according to the Pennsylvania State Police. The crash involved several vehicles and happened around 6:50 p.m. on May 18 on the eastbound side of Route 30 near mile marker 270.3 in Valley Township, police said. Despite an active work zone being established by road crews, a tractor-trailer driver is accused of starting a crash involving three other vehicles which hit two construction workers, officials reported.
Read More2 killed in crash in disabled car on US 311 in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — The Winston-Salem Police Department is investigating a deadly crash that killed two people in the early hours of Sunday. At around 1:59 a.m. on Sunday, officers came to the area of US 311 and the Interstate 40 West exit ramp after getting a report of a crash. Police found 54-year-old Shawn Dereck Arthur and 36-year-old Karen Bibb Arthur dead at the scene. Investigators say that Shawn and Karen Arthur were inside a 2008 Toyota that was stopped and disabled on the right shoulder of the exit ramp when a person driving a 2013 BMW ran off the road to the right for unknown reasons and struck the Toyota.
Read MoreMotorcyclist critically injured after hitting disabled vehicle
DETROIT, MI – A 30-year-old man was critically injured early Sunday morning when his motorcycle struck a disabled vehicle blocking a lane, according to Michigan State Police. Hours later, a suspected impaired driver crashed into a patrol car at the accident scene. The Detroit Regional Communication Center was contacted about the motorcycle crash shortly after midnight Sunday on eastbound Davison Avenue, near Second Avenue. When troopers arrived, they found the man on the ground near his downed motorcycle.
Read MoreBerks County coroner IDs man killed in tractor trailer crash on I-78
BERKS CO., Pa. - The Berks County Coroner’s Office has released the identity of a man who died in a crash on I-78 in Berks County Friday night. Donald Gene Hausenfluck, 61, of San Antonio, Texas, was operating a tractor trailer on I-78 westbound in Upper Bern Township on Friday at approximately 11:48 p.m.., the coroner’s office said. For unknown reasons, his vehicle left the roadway and struck another tractor trailer that was parked on the shoulder of the interstate, according to officials.
Read More22-year-old driver dies in three-vehicle collision on Route 28
A collision on Route 28 took the life of a 22-year-old driver in Pembroke early Friday morning. Around 6:13 a.m., Pembroke Police received a report of a crash involving three vehicles in the southbound lane of the road, according to Chief Dawn Shea. A truck with Hudson-based Continental Paving had stalled in the breakdown lane while the driver was in the process of putting up road construction signs. The driver of a Chevrolet Colorado passing the construction vehicle slowed to yield to oncoming traffic, which is when the third vehicle struck the Colorado from behind, according to Shea.
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