Preventable Tragedies
Coroner: SC woman hit and killed while helping injured deer
ANDERSON, S.C. (AP) - A woman who authorities say stopped to help an injured deer on a South Carolina road was struck and killed by a vehicle. Andrea Leigh Owens, 39, was with her husband in Anderson County early Sunday when they stopped their car to help the deer that had been hit and hurt, news outlets reported, citing a coroner’s office news release. Another vehicle struck Owens while she was rendering aid to the animal, Anderson County Deputy Coroner Brent Simpson said.
Read MoreGood Samaritans pull driver from wreckage of fatal I-75 crash
FLORENCE, Ky. (FOX19) - Several Good Samaritans stopped at the scene of a fatal crash on I-75 early Monday, helping police rescue a girl and comforting the crash’s victims as well as its self-confessed culprit. The crash happened around 8:35 a.m. Police say a tractor-trailer and utility pick-up stopped on the right shoulder of I-75 South in Florence after they were involved in a minor crash. While the two drivers were standing outside on the shoulder, a tractor-trailer traveling crashed into them.
Read MoreLoved ones celebrate life of woman hit, killed while helping driver who struck horses
According to the Highway Patrol report, a Toyota 4Runner was traveling south on U.S. 301 about 6:45 p.m. Feb. 27 when it hit two horses standing in the southbound lanes of the highway. The horses died from their injuries. Nault was driving her Hyundai Genesis behind the Toyota and saw the crash. She stopped to help, got out of her car and started to walk over to the other driver. But at the same moment, troopers said, a red Kia Forte that was also headed south on U.
Read MoreMan killed after being hit by car on I-26 in Newberry County identified
POMARIA, S.C. (WIS) - A man who died in the hospital days after being hit on I-26 West on Sunday has been identified. The collision happened March 1 near mile marker 83, which is near the exit for SC Highway 773, around 2:15 a.m. According to officials with the South Carolina Highway Patrol, a 1997 Chevy SUV pulling a trailer was disabled in the roadway when a 2014 Ford Mustang was traveling west on I-26.
Read MoreLocal FDL Woman Killed In Illinois Crash
A Fond du Lac woman was killed, and 3 other people were injured, in an accident on I-55 in Illinois Monday afternoon. Robin L. Francis, age 82, was pronounced dead at the scene. Francis was a passenger in a vehicle that was northbound on I-55, when it struck another vehicle that had stopped in the left lane, due to a wheel being in the roadway. The vehicle Francis was in, then hit a semi that was on the shoulder of the road.
Read MoreMan Killed Along I-275 After Getting Out Of His Vehicle
FARMINGTON HILLS (WWJ) - Michigan State Police say a man who was struck and killed by a passing vehicle along I-275 in Farmington Hills was apparently driving erratically before the fatal crash. Lt. Mike Shaw said police started receiving 911 calls around 4 a.m. Tuesday about a Buick that was driving erratically along southbound I-275 near 8 Mile Road. The driver ultimately struck the median fencing along the left side of the freeway, which left his vehicle partially blocking the left lane.
Read MoreTeen Who Pulled Woman From Fiery Car Crash Recognized For Heroic Actions
DECATUR, Ind. (CBS Local) — An Indiana teenager is being hailed as a hero after saving a woman’s life following a fiery car crash. Jeb Richey, 16, said he was riding in a car with his mom and some friends on U.S. 27 in Adams County on Aug. 3 when it screeched to a halt to avoid a driver stopped in the left lane. “We were in the fast lane and they [the driver] were just stopped, not pulled off to the shoulder or into grass.
Read MoreGood Samaritan fatally struck helping victims of earlier Long Island crash
A Good Samaritan who stopped to aid victims in a Long Island crash early Monday was fatally struck by another vehicle as she tried to help, police said. The chaos began when a 2005 Toyota was rear-ended by a 2002 Toyota on Suffolk Ave. near Casement Ave in Islandia about 5:40 a.m., Suffolk County police said. Jennifer Burgess, 36, stopped to help the motorists involved. When two cars hit the newer-model Toyota, Burgess stepped into traffic to avoid that collision and wound up hit by a 2018 Honda, police said.
Read MoreKansas Highway Patrol identifies man who died in Sunday morning crash near Lawrence
The Kansas Highway Patrol has identified the man who died in a crash Sunday morning near Lawrence. David Lee Woelfle, 50, of Lino Lakes, Minn., died after his car hit a deer and a second vehicle crashed into him. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol crash logs, the crash occurred about 2:05 a.m. in Douglas county. Woelfle was traveling east when he hit a deer, lost control of his car and struck the barrier wall.
Read MorePalm City woman killed while standing next to car in center lane of I-95
ST. LUCIE COUNTY — A woman standing next to a vehicle on Interstate 95 was hit and killed early Sunday morning. The crash happened at 2:45 a.m. on I-95 about a mile south of Okeechobee Road, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. Marie Moreno, 67, of Palm City, was standing next to a Toyota Solara that was stopped in the center lane of the interstate.
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