Preventable Tragedies
‘It was insane’ | Up to 17 cars involved in I-45 pileup caused by runaway tire
A runaway tire on I-45 North caused a big, multi-car pileup near downtown Houston early Thursday. It happened when a tire flew off a Jeep lost and landed in the middle of I-45 near Memorial Drive. Drivers swerving to miss the tire ended up crashing into each other. Other drivers didn’t see the tire and ran over it, damaging their vehicles with flat tires, busted bumpers — or worse.
Read MoreJim Boeheim was at or near the speed limit when fatal crash occurred, DA says
Boeheim was behind the wheel of a GMC Acadia that struck and killed 51-year-old Jorge Jimenez at 11:30 p.m. last Wednesday after Boeheim swerved to avoid a disabled vehicle on a dark, icy highway after Syracuse’s game against Louisville. Jimenez was one of four people who had been in the disabled car, which had skidded on a patch of ice into a guardrail in the center median. Only one of the four had made it from the disabled 2011 Dodge Charger, which was blocking two lanes of traffic, into the median when the collision occurred.
Read MoreHPD: Horrific crash that killed two men started as a minor incident on 610 South Loop
Police said two vehicles, a Toyota Corolla and a Nissan Frontier, were involved in a minor collision in the westbound lanes. The drivers, both men, stopped in a moving lane of traffic and exited their vehicles. That’s when the driver of a larger Chevrolet pickup slammed into the stopped vehicles and drivers. The driver of the Chevrolet pickup told police they were following another vehicle prior to the major collision, and they were not able to see the stopped vehicles.
Read MoreBodies identified following fiery crash in Childress County
Officials said around 9:50 p.m. an 18-wheeler, and two sedans were traveling south on U.S. 287 near Kirkland during extremely high winds and very bad visibility. Several vehicles were stopped or moving slowly due to poor visibility. The driver of the 18-wheeler could not see the slow traffic and crashed into a Ford sedan which then crashed into another vehicle. The 18-wheeler and Ford sedan ended up in a ditch where both vehicles caught on fire.
Read MoreAt Least 20 Hurt as 94 Vehicles Pile Up on North Carolina Interstate
Blinding sun, rain and rubbernecking were blamed for a chain of accidents involving almost 100 vehicles along a stretch of interstate in North Carolina on Sunday evening, injuring at least 20 people and delaying travel late into the night. Incredibly, none of the injuries was reported to be serious in the series of wrecks, which the state Transportation Department tabulated at nine, involving 94 vehicles, along a six-mile stretch of freeway where westbound Interstate 40 and southbound Interstate 85 are combined in Alamance County, east of Burlington.
Read MoreI-70 westbound closed after car hits deer, semi-truck hits car
INDIANAPOLIS — A serious car crash has closed I-70 westbound, according to the Indiana State Police. A vehicle reportedly struck a deer on Thursday at approximately 6 a.m. The vehicle that struck the deer was then struck by another passenger car. The car that struck the deer was also struck by a semi-truck. One vehicle was also on fire at SR 267, according to ISP. This is an active investigation. Information will be updated as it becomes available.
Read MoreMan killed, woman injured after multi-car crash involving big rig on 10 Freeway in West Covina
A man was killed and a woman was injured during a multi-car crash on the 10 Freeway in West Covina early Saturday morning. It happened at around 4 a.m. on eastbound lanes of the freeway near Citrus Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. Investigators say that a 2011 Toyota Camry being driven by a 20-year-old man from Pomona crashed into the rear of a 2012 Honda Civic in the fast lane.
Read MoreWoman Pulled From Burning Car Following Crash on I-30 in Garland
A woman was pulled from a burning car and another person was injured in a two-vehicle incident on Interstate 30 early Sunday morning, Garland police say. Officers arrived just before 2 a.m. to eastbound I-30 near the ramp to the President George Bush Turnpike, where the woman was unconscious in the driver seat of the burning black Toyota Camry. A witness told police the driver was in the second from the left lane when she lost control and hit the left side concrete barrier and a light pole then veered back onto the roadway.
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