Preventable Tragedies
Freeway reopens after pedestrian hit, killed on Loop 202 in Mesa
MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A busy freeway was shut down for about six hours due to a deadly pedestrian crash in the East Valley amid rush hour traffic on Monday morning. According to Department of Public Safety troopers, at least one vehicle initially struck a person, who was later identified as 63-year-old Bryan Horner of Mesa, on the Loop 202 Red Mountain, east of Dobson Road, around 6:15 a.m. Other vehicles then ran over Horner.
Read MoreSix crashes on Causeway Bridge involve 40+ vehicles, leave 33 injured
NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A chain of six crashes involving over 40 vehicles shut down the Lake Pontchartrain Causeway Bridge in both directions for around seven hours on Tuesday (Dec. 17). The Fox 8 Weather Authority Team was tracking sea fog over the lake. A Marine Dense Fog advisory was in effect until 9 a.m. The National Weather Service in New Orleans says visibility was reduced to less than one mile over parts of the lake, including the bridge.
Read MoreOne dead, two injured in multi-vehicle crash on Garfield and Adelaide in Macomb County
MACOMB TOWNSHIP, Mich. (FOX 2) - One person is dead, and two others were injured in a multi-vehicle crash on Garfield and Adelaide early on Monday afternoon. The Macomb County Sheriff’s Office said on Monday that at 1:52 p.m., they were called out to the intersection of Garfield Road and Adelaide Drive in Maqcomb Township for a crash. The incident happened between 22 and 23 Mile Roads, where witnesses told police that a blue Jeep Compass was driving west on Adelaide at high speeds when it went through a stop sign and crashed into a semi-truck.
Read More‘I’m devastated, I’m in shock, it’s unbelievable,’ says wife of man killed while helping a stranded driver in Arlington
Arlington Police said a man was killed and another woman was severely injured after an SUV crashed into them early Saturday morning. According to Arlington Police, around 1:00 a.m. on Saturday in the 300 block of N. Watson Rd. near Division St., officers responded to reports of an SUV striking multiple pedestrians. They found a 31-year-old man and a 42-year-old woman injured on the ground. Police said the man, Tyler White, was taken to the hospital but died.
Read MoreLehigh Co, PA – Man Killed, Four Hurt in Truck Crash on Rte 309 at Exit 60
Lehigh County, PA (December 15, 2024) – According to emergency dispatch, a Lancaster County man was killed in a crash in Lehigh County on December 15. The deadly collision happened in the eastbound lanes of Route 309 at Exit 60 in Upper Saucon Township at 4:45 a.m. Two tractor-trailers and a minivan were involved in the wreck. State police said three people were trying to push the minivan into the right lane when a tractor-trailer struck and killed one of those individuals.
Read MoreWoman struck, killed by vehicle after getting out of her van, police say
LEROY TWP. — A 62-year-old Fowlerville woman was killed Saturday morning when she was struck by a vehicle on Elm Road, the Ingham County Sheriff’s Office said. The woman, who was not identified, died while being transported to an area hospital for treatment, the sheriff’s office said in a Saturday night press release. “Northern Ingham Emergency Services Authorities and one of our deputies initiated CPR and other life saving measures at the scene,” the sheriff’s office said.
Read More1 Killed in Truck Accident on I-90 near Spokane, WA
Spokane, WA — December 5, 2024, one person was killed in a truck accident at about 8:15 a.m. on Interstate 90 near Four Lakes. Authorities said a semi-truck hauling a tanker loaded with diesel fuel overturned after the driver lost control of the vehicle on eastbound I-90. Another semi-truck crashed when its driver tried to avoid hitting the overturned tanker, according to authorities. The crash left its trailer blocking both lanes of the highway, with its cab on the shoulder.
Read More2-year-old dead, 2 others injured in Dare County collision
DARE COUNTY, N.C. — A 2-year-old baby boy died in a collision in Dare County Thursday morning, according to the North Carolina Department of Public Safety (NCDPS) and State Highway Patrol (NCSHP). Around 8:02 a.m., a broken-down 1991 Ford Mustang in the eastbound lane of the Virginia Dare Memorial Bridge was rear-ended by a 2023 GMC SUV that failed to reduce speed. NC officials said the Mustang instantly caught fire, and the driver of the GMC pulled the Mustang driver from their vehicle and helped them extinguish the flames from their body.
Read MoreDriver killed in chain-reaction crash with camper, gravel hauler
BERRIEN COUNTY, MI — A man was killed in a crash with multiple vehicles including a truck pulling a camper trailer and a semitruck hauling gravel, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office reports. At 5:11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 13, police and emergency responders were called to northbound I-196 at Hagar Shore Road for an injury rollover crash involving multiple vehicles. Police found a semitruck hauling two trailers of gravel was involved, along with a Dodge pickup pulling a camper trailer and a Chevrolet Equinox.
Read MoreFather and son dead after being hit by a car on the shoulder of Loop 202 in Phoenix
PHOENIX - Two pedestrians are dead after they were struck by a Tesla at an off-ramp on Loop 202 in Phoenix. According to police, the pedestrians were filling up their pickup truck with gas on the shoulder of the road when they were hit. They were identified as a father who was 77 years old and a son who was in his 40’s. The crash happened at the interchange at Elliot Road on the new South Mountain portion of the Loop 202 Freeway.
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