Preventable Tragedies
NTSB: Unsafe Speeds Blamed for Fiery Crash that Killed 10 in Butler County
Federal traffic investigators said Thursday that unsafe driving speeds of multiple vehicles on wet roads in low visibility was the probable cause of a fiery 2021 crash on Interstate 65 in Butler County that killed nine children and one adult. The National Transportation Safety Board released a report about the June 19, 2021 crash that involved 10 passenger vehicles and two commercial trucks. The report described a horrific chain of events as the trucks and an SUV slammed into cars that had slowed because of minor crashes on the rain-slick highway.
Read MoreWolcott driver seriously hurt in Southington tractor trailer crash, state police say
SOUTHINGTON — A Wolcott tractor trailer driver was seriously injured Wednesday morning after, state police said, he lost control of his truck and collided with another truck parked off the side of the highway. The collision was reported a little before 10 a.m. on Interstate 84. State police said the Wolcott driver was driving in the eastbound lanes when “for an unknown reason,” he lost control of the Freightliner. The truck traveled from the center lane across the highway, right shoulder and rest area off-ramp before colliding with a Kenworth T660 tractor trailer parked in the right shoulder of the Southington rest area off-ramp, state police said.
Read MoreBradenton woman hit and killed after car stalls on I-75
MANATEE COUNTY, Fla. (WWSB) - A 25-year old Bradenton woman was hit and killed Monday afternoon by a car after she got out of her disabled vehicle on I-75, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Investigators say the woman’s vehicle was stopped in the far right southbound lane of I-75 at mile marker 214, between University Parkway and State Road 70 at about 4:30 p.m., after a mechanical issue. The woman, who has not yet been been identified by troopers, got out of the vehicle and was standing near the sedan with the driver’s door open.
Read MoreMissing woman’s body found in sunken vehicle at bottom of bayou, Louisiana cops say
A 56-year-old woman previously reported missing died after veering off a highway, Louisiana police said. St. Martinville resident Connie Bourque was reported missing on May 19 and involved in a fatal crash around 12:30 p.m. on May 21, Louisiana State Police said in a news release. Bourque was heading east along Louisiana Highway 352 in St. Martin Parish when she veered off the road to the right for unknown reasons, the release said.
Read MoreNo citations for motorist after trucker fatally struck abandoned car in Louisiana
Police do not plan issue citations to a driver who abandoned a vehicle on a Louisiana interstate shoulder over the weekend, leading to a fiery crash that claimed the life of a truck driver. The crash occurred on May 20 in Lafayette, Louisiana. Fifty-seven year old Texas-based truck driver Mariano Gonzalez was traveling north on I-49 when he struck an unoccupied vehicle on the shoulder, causing the truck to leave the interstate.
Read MoreWashington man missing for 5 days found alive inside truck in ravine
COWLITZ COUNTY, Wash. - First responders have rescued a 56-year-old Washington man after he was reported missing for five days. The Cowlitz 2 Fire and Rescue and the Cowlitz County Sheriff’s Office said the 56-year-old was found alive inside a truck at the bottom of a ravine. He’s now being treated at Southwest Washington Medical Center for his injuries. First responders said they received a 911 call May 21 after locals spotted tire tracks leaving the roadway and a small green truck at the bottom of a ravine.
Read MoreWife pulls husband from fiery wreck that left another man dead
ST. LOUIS (KMOV/Gray News) - A fiery crash on a Missouri interstate left one person dead. One woman who witnessed the accident jumped into action, as her husband’s car went up in flames right in front of her. Malissa Travis Crews was driving behind her husband, Jeremy, at 4:20 a.m. Sunday on Interstate 70 when his car crashed into a car stopped without lights. She had seconds to brake, hitting his car, KMOV reports.
Read More1 Injured in Rollover Crash on I-20 in Lancaster
Lancaster, Texas (May 22, 2023) – One person was injured Sunday morning in a rollover crash in Lancaster, according to the police. The crash happened just after 7:00 a.m., May 21, on Interstate 20. Police said a vehicle was disabled in the eastbound lanes of the interstate when it was rear-ended by an 18-wheeler. After the crash, the 18-wheeler went off the interstate and rolled over on its side on the service road.
Read More3 killed, 5 injured in Sunnyvale Hwy 101 chain-reaction crashes, CHP says
SUNNYVALE, Calif. (KGO) – Three people were killed and at least five others were injured on northbound 101 in Sunnyvale after a series of crashes overnight, the California Highway Patrol said. San Jose CHP said there was first a single-vehicle crash involving a pickup truck that lost control around 12:30 a.m. Monday just south of Fair Oaks Avenue. This then caused a chain reaction of additional crashes. “Involved in the collision on the northbound side, we have at least six vehicles,” San Jose CHP officer Ross Lee said.
Read MoreCoroner identifies driver of disabled car hit on Interstate 95 in Florence County
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Florida man has been identified as the person who died Friday, two days after his disabled car was hit in a three-vehicle crash on Interstate 95 in Florence County. Brian Broadwell, 59, died in the crash, according to Florence County Coroner Keith von Lutcken. The crash happened at about 4:20 a.m. Wednesday near Alligator Road when a 2023 Chevrolet SUV, which was traveling south, crashed into a 2010 Ford sedan that was disabled in the roadway, the South Carolina Highway Patrol said.
Read More