Preventable Tragedies
LSP: 19-year-old killed in crash along Nicholson Drive, ran into car stopped in roadway
BATON ROUGE - A 19-year-old was killed early Thursday morning after running into the back of a vehicle that stopped in the roadway along Nicholson Drive. Louisiana State Police said Madison Marshall was headed north on Nicholson near the corner of Innovation Park Drive around 2:40 a.m. when she ran into a vehicle that was stopped in the road. LSP said the driver had stopped in the travel lane alongside a disabled vehicle that was on the shoulder.
Read MoreTrevon Wallace, Anthony Pena ID’d In I-81 Amazon Truck Crash
Trevon Wallace, 28, of Morgantown, West Virginia, was driving the white Chevrolet van, and Anthony Pena, 41, of Westmoreland County, was his passenger, according to the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office. Both men died from multiple traumatic injuries, and their deaths were ruled accidental. The crash happened at approximately 10:06 a.m. Tuesday, July 21, on I-81 north near mile marker 70.4 in Lower Paxton Township, state police said. The van traveled across all travel lanes before slamming into the trailer of a commercial motor vehicle that was lawfully disabled on the right shoulder with emergency warning placards displayed.
Read MoreEnfield man dies after crashing into guardrail on I-91 in Windsor
WINDSOR, Conn. (WFSB) - A man has died after a crash on I-91 in Windsor early Sunday morning. The victim was identified as David Csaszar, 35, of Enfield. The crash was reported around 3:41 a.m. on I-91 northbound near the exit 37 on ramp. State police said Csaszar’s car left the road, collided with the metal guardrail in the right shoulder, crossed all lanes of traffic, crashed into the concrete barrier in the median, and then rolled over onto its side.
Read MoreWoman arrested, accused of killing semi driver changing a tire in fatal hit-and-run
A 28-year-old woman is in custody, accused of killing a 39-year-old truck driver in a fatal hit-and-run crash in Dallas County early Wednesday morning. The Dallas County Sheriff’s Office said a truck driver changing his tire on the shoulder of Interstate 20 just after midnight on Wednesday was struck by a passing vehicle and killed. The Dallas County Medical Examiner’s Office identified the victim as Abel Zamudio Gamboa. Investigators said the driver they believed struck Gamboa was in a white or light-colored Chevy Express or GMC Savana van, likely with damage to its right side.
Read MoreWoman, who stopped after crash, struck by hit-and-run driver on I-95
A woman has been hospitalized in critical condition, police said, after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver as she exited her vehicle to check for damage following an earlier crash on I-95 on Wednesday night. According to Pennsylvania State Police officials, the incident happened at about 10:36 p.m., shortly after a 37-year-old woman, from Clifton Heights, exited her red Chrysler 300C after she lost control in a crash and struck a median, disabling her vehicle in the left lane of southbound I-95 in the area of an exit for the Walt Whitman Bridge.
Read MoreCHP: Woman, 20, killed in multi-vehicle crash on I-5 in San Diego
SAN DIEGO (CNS) - A 20-year-old woman was killed Wednesday when she was struck by an SUV after her car crashed and became disabled on Interstate 5 in San Diego. The crash occurred at about 1:12 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-5, just south of Washington Street. An 18-year-old woman was driving an Infiniti with the 20-year-old as a passenger when she lost control of the vehicle and struck the concrete center divider, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Read MoreDriver who stopped to help on I-85 issued summons after tractor-trailer crash in Petersburg
PETERSBURG, Va. — A three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer shut down Interstate 85 in both directions for several hours early Tuesday in Petersburg, according to Virginia State Police. The crash occurred at about 3:16 a.m. on the southbound side of I-85 near the 68-mile marker, state police said in a news release. Investigators said a vehicle became disabled in a travel lane, and a second driver stopped in front of the disabled vehicle to help.
Read MoreNew details in fatal crash that closed all northbound lanes of US75 Sunday, officials say
DALLAS, Texas — One man is dead after a crash in the northbound lanes of US75 around 8 a.m. on Sunday morning. Dallas Fire-Rescue officials say the crash happened near Royal Lane where a disabled vehicle was hit by another driver, pinning the man beneath the wreckage. Dallas police shared more details Monday, saying the victim was standing outside a disabled vehicle in the shoulder on US75. The impact of the wreck pushed the man and both vehicles into the northbound lanes, blocking traffic on North Central Expressway.
Read More2 dead, 3 firefighters injured after vehicle strikes fire truck on I-75 in Scott County
SCOTT COUNTY, Ky. (LEX NEWS) — Two people are dead and three firefighters were injured after a vehicle struck a Scott County Fire Department truck on I-75 southbound near the 142-mile marker in Scott County on July 11. The preliminary investigation indicates the Scott County Fire Department had responded to an unrelated collision on the left shoulder of I-75 south near the 142-mile marker. While providing traffic control on the left emergency shoulder, another vehicle traveling south on I-75 reportedly “lost control” and collided with the parked fire department truck, Kentucky State Police reported.
Read More82-year-old hit, killed by tractor-trailer after pulling over for towing issues on I-20
NEWTON COUNTY, Ga. — An 82-year-old man died after deputies say he was hit by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 20. The crash happened after 4:15 a.m. on I-20 eastbound near Exit 101 in Newton County. Channel 2 Action News This Morning reported that all lanes were shut down for the investigation. Deputies say Bruce Bartenfelder, 82, and his wife were traveling on the interstate when they started to have mechanical problems with a boat they were towing.
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