Preventable Tragedies
Troopers: Truck driver arrested after pedestrian was hit and killed on I-26
NEWBERRY, SC (FOX Carolina) - Troopers said a big rig driver was arrested after leaving the scene of a collision that claimed one person’s life. Troopers said the crash happened at 7:41 a.m. Friday on I-26 East near Newberry. A pickup towing a camper was legally parked in the emergency lane when troopers said a tractor trailer ran into the emergency lane, hitting the pickup and a person who was out of the vehicle tending to it.
Read MoreLong Beach: Driver Injured After Big Rig Collides With Disabled Vehicle
LONG BEACH – A driver was injured after a big rig collided with their disabled vehicle causing them to become trapped inside, early Wednesday morning. Authorities were responding to reports of a stalled vehicle blocking the #3 lane of the westbound SR-91 Freeway near Cherry Avenue when additional calls came in reporting a big rig struck the vehicle around 1:22 AM. Units arriving on scene located a big rig that had collided with with a dark-colored BMW causing the female driver to become trapped inside.
Read MoreMan killed in hit-and-run on Interstate 580 in Oakland
OAKLAND — A man who was just involved in a collision on Interstate 580 Tuesday night was killed by a hit-and-run driver after getting out of his vehicle, the California Highway Patrol said Wednesday. The man’s name has not yet been released. The CHP said the man had been involved in a collision with another vehicle about 9:30 p.m. Tuesday on westbound I-580 just east of the Interstate 80 split, also known as the Berkeley curve.
Read MoreCar Crashes Into Disabled Tractor-Trailer Blocking The Roadway
An accident occurred late last week when a car crashed into a disabled tractor-trailer that was blocking both lanes of Hwy. 169. According to Sheriff Randall Tippins, his office received a call at 4:46 a.m. on March 19 regarding a disabled vehicle. While personnel from Evans County Sheriff’s Office (ECSO) were on the scene, said Tippins, a car ran into the tractor-trailer.
Read MoreWoman suffers serious injuries after car hits her on US 90
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — The Florida Highway Patrol says an 18-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after a car hit her on U.S. Highway 90 Wednesday morning. According to troopers, the crash happened just east of Aenon Church Road a little before 7 a.m. The woman was initially driving a pickup truck traveling east on U.S. 90, then she stopped the truck in the right lane for an unknown reason, FHP says.
Read MoreTow truck driver killed after crashing into disabled car on I-75 in Tampa, troopers say
TAMPA — A 36-year-old tow truck driver died Sunday after crashing into a disabled car on Interstate 75, authorities said. Jason Lee Everitt of Thonotosassa was driving a 2017 International tow truck south on I-75 near the U.S. 301 overpass about 11 p.m. when he struck a 2006 Chevy Cobalt parked on the outside shoulder, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. After hitting the Chevy, the tow truck struck the guardrail and overturned down an embankment.
Read MoreTow truck driver tossed from truck, killed after hitting car
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — A tow truck driver was thrown from his vehicle and killed after crashing into a disabled car Sunday night on Interstate 75 near Tampa, the Florida Highway Patrol said. Jason Lee Everitt was driving near the U.S. 301 overpass when he he hit a car on the highway’s outside shoulder and struck a guardrail. The truck overturned down an embankment and Everitt was thrown from the vehicle, troopers said in an accident report.
Read MoreMulti-car accident on I-59 in Jones Co. injures three late Saturday night
ELLISVILLE, Miss. (WDAM) - Volunteer fire departments, along with the Jones County Sheriff’s Office and the Mississippi Highway Patrol, were on the scene of a multi-vehicle accident late Saturday night that injured three individuals. Moselle, Union, and Southwest volunteer fire departments responded to the collision on Interstate 59 at the U.S. Highway 84 marker in the northbound lanes about 10:30 p.m. after the call came in as a five-car pile-up until first responders arrived to find only three vehicles involved.
Read MoreTrucker Jeffrey Culver rear-ends car, killing 59-year-old man
BAKERSFIELD, CA, (March 22, 2020) - A 59-year-old man was tragically killed after his car was rear-ended by a tractor-trailer on Sunday, March 22nd in Bakersfield. The unidentified man was driving in the slow lane in a Volkswagen Jetta with its hazard lights on when the vehicle suddenly stopped running, causing the driver of the semi-truck, 43-year-old Jeffrey Culver, to hit it from behind. Sadly, the driver of the Jetta was pronounced dead at the scene.
Read MoreHip Hop legend Eric B’s daughter dead after a truck hits her stopped car
Erica was driving northbound on I-91 near exit 22 in Cromwell, Connecticut when her vehicle stopped in the center lane in the early hours of Sunday morning, according to a police report, obtained and published by People. A Penske truck - driven by a 28-year-old man - then rear-ended Barrier’s Mini Cooper Countryman vehicle around 12:37 a.m. ET, according to the State of Connecticut Department of Emergency Services and Public Protection Division of State Police, per People.
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