Preventable Tragedies
Driver killed after Jeep strikes tractor-trailer on I-95 in Prince George’s County
PRINCE GEORGE’S COUNTY, Md. (7News) — An early Friday morning crash involving a tractor-trailer shut down parts of Interstate 95 in Prince George’s County, leaving one driver dead and causing traffic delays. According to Maryland State Police (MSP), around 3:45 a.m., troopers from the Forestville Barrack responded to a crash in the area of northbound I-495 and Anacostia Freeway and discovered that the driver of a Jeep Compass struck the rear end trailer portion of a tractor-trailer on the left-hand portion of the shoulder.
Read MoreOSHP: Man walking on I-75 exit ramp after car becomes disabled gets hit, killed by vehicle
ORANGE TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WTVG) - A man who was walking on an I-75 exit ramp after his car became disabled was hit and killed by a vehicle on Thursday, according to Ohio State Highway Patrol. OSHP says on Dec. 5 around 6:22 a.m., Joshua Little, 42, of Wapakoneta, was driving a 2009 Chevrolet HHR on southbound I-75 when his car became disabled on the right shoulder at the exit ramp to S.
Read MoreDriver Rear-Ends Car, Causes Rollover Crash In Islip: Police
ISLIP, NY — Firefighters from the Islip Fire Department responded to the scene of a rollover crash on Sunrise Highway Service Road Tuesday night, Suffolk County police told Patch. A 44-year-old Central Islip woman was stopped in a 2006 Nissan SUV on the shoulder on Sunrise Highway Service Road between Roosevelt Avenue and Fuller Avenues when a 42-year-old Islip man driving a 2021 Subaru SUV crashed into her and overturned around 7:30 p.
Read More2 injured after driver hits stopped car on I-96 in Detroit
DETROIT (FOX 2) - Two people suffered injuries after a driver crashed into a car that was stopped in the left driving lane of local I-96 in Detroit on Tuesday morning. Michigan State Police were called to the eastbound side of the freeway near Schaefer around 5:35 a.m. because a Chevrolet Cruze was stopped in the road with no lights on. While on the way to the scene, troopers learned that the car had been hit by a Jeep Wagoneer.
Read More76-year-old woman killed in crash on I-75
SAGINAW COUNTY, Mich. (FOX 2) - A 76-year-old woman died Sunday night in a crash on I-75 in Saginaw County. According to Michigan State Police, there was a two-vehicle crash on the southbound side of the freeway north of Birch Run Road around 10:20 p.m. One of the involved vehicles was disabled in the road when another driver crashed into the stopped vehicle. The 76-year-old woman, who was a passenger in the vehicle that hit the stopped car, was killed.
Read MoreHastings man fatally struck while removing deer from road identified
Authorities have identified the Hastings man killed when he was struck by a driver Wednesday morning as he tried to remove a deer he had hit from the road. According to the Dakota County Sheriff’s Office, the collision happened on County Road 46 near General Sieben Drive in Marshan Township at around 6:35 a.m., and resulted in the death of 69-year-old Ricky Delbert Edstrom. Edstrom had reportedly struck a deer while traveling west on Dakota County Road 46.
Read MoreI-94 in southwest Michigan reopens following pileup involving 17 vehicles
A portion of Interstate 94 in southwest Michigan reopened to traffic Monday evening after a pileup involving 17 vehicles forced authorities to close the interstate for hours during heavy snow conditions. The Michigan State Police 5th District said on social media that I-94 at mile marker 46, near Hartford, had reopened in both directions as of 7:07 p.m. Authorities posted video footage from the scene, showing vehicles heavily damaged in the pileup.
Read MoreMan killed in I-25 traffic the day before Thanksgiving identified by El Paso County Coroner
MONUMENT — We now know the identity of a man who was killed in a traffic crash along I-25 the day before Thanksgiving. According to the El Paso County Coroner, that man was 81-year-old James Spencer. Spencer was killed in a crash that shut down both north and southbound I-25 for hours on Wednesday, November 27. Spencer was killed as he was exchanging information with another driver after the two had gotten in an accident in the northbound lanes of I-25 right at the CO 105 exit near Monument.
Read MoreMSP: Several injured, woman killed in car crash on I-75
BIRCH RUN, Mich. (WNEM) – Michigan State Police Tri-City Post troopers are investigating a three-car crash that injured several people and killed one woman. MSP said the crash happened Sunday, Dec. 1, around 10:20 p.m. on southbound I-75, just north of Birch Run Road. Investigators said there was initially a rollover crash involving two cars, leaving a disabled car in the road. While troopers were responding, another car hit the disabled car.
Read MoreDisabled Semi-Truck hit by a Pickup Truck Pulling a RV Trailer caused Major Traffic Backup on I-15 in the Cajon Pass
CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) > Drivers headed down the Cajon Pass for the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend on Sunday were forced to endure a extra hour-long delay because of a stuck semi-truck and a pickup truck pulling a RV trailer in the middle of the freeway. (Photo above is credit by TJ Atienza) California Highway Patrol reported that a semi tractor-trailer was blocking the #2 lane on southbound Interstate 15 right lane right before the truck escape ramp around 1:57pm December 1, 2024.
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