Preventable Tragedies
2 Dead, Motorcycle Crashes into a Person Standing on Highway 118 in Simi Valley
SIMI VALLEY, CA (October 29, 2024) — Two people died after a motorcycle hit a person standing on Highway 118 near Rocky Peak Road. The California Highway Patrol responded to reports of an accident around 6:05 a.m. Sunday. Upon dispatch, CHP officers found a 33-year-old Canoga Park woman and a 54-year-old Simi Valley man with fatal injuries. According to a preliminary investigation, the woman crashed her vehicle into a guardrail for unknown reasons.
Read More70-year-old woman dead after being struck twice by cars in Westlake district
WESTLAKE DISTRICT, LOS ANGELES (KABC) – A 70-year-old woman is dead and an 83-year-old man hospitalized after two successive pedestrian crashes at the same spot in the Westlake district. The incident happened just before 6 a.m. Tuesday at Virgil Avenue and 3rd Street. Police say the woman was walking in the area when she was struck by a vehicle driven by an 83-year-old man that had just turned north on Virgil.
Read MoreDeer causes truck to hit sound barrier on Route 287
EDISON TOWNSHIP — Some scary moments in the early hours of Tuesday on Route 287 after a car hit a deer. State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said a Nissan Sentra was headed north near Exit 3 (New Durham Road) around 12:50 a.m. when the car hit a deer and became disabled in the center lane. Lebron said a tractor-trailer driven by Guido Appelgren Rodriguez, 69, of Byram, rear-ended the Nissan, sending the tractor-trailer into the right side of the highway and into a sound barrier.
Read MoreDriver airlifted after SUV slams into parked truck on I-80
A woman was airlifted to a hospital with serious injuries after her SUV struck the rear of a truck parked on the shoulder of Interstate 80 in Morris County early Monday, police said. The 28-year-old woman was driving westbound around milepost 33.1 in Rockaway Township when her vehicle entered the right shoulder and hit the rear of the stopped and unoccupied box truck, according to a New Jersey State Police spokesman.
Read MoreI-5 South reopens after 45-car pileup caused miles-long backup in Kent, WA
SEATTLE - I-5 was fully shut down for hours in the Kent area Sunday when a 45-car pileup caused a miles-long backup. There were 18 tow trucks called in to help clear the crash sites on I-5 South just south of SR-516 in Kent on October 27. By mid-afternoon, the backup was five miles long and growing. Road crews had to bring in sand to clean up oil and gas spills from the many cars involved.
Read MoreWoman dies after collision with deer leads to rear-end crash in Dayton
DAYTON, Minn. (FOX 9) - A woman has died after she hit a deer and was rear-ended by another vehicle while stopped in the center lane of Interstate 94 in Dayton, Minnesota. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, around 5:30 a.m., a 60-year-old South Haven woman driving a Ford Escape was stopped in the center lane of I-94 in Dayton after hitting a deer. Then a 32-year-old Becker man driving a Mazda CX-5 rear-ended the woman’s stopped vehicle, law enforcement said.
Read MoreFatal crash in Candler county prompts lookout for hit-and-run vehicle
A tragic accident claimed the life of a man on Saturday afternoon, October 26, 2024, in Candler County. Authorities are seeking public assistance in locating a vehicle involved in the fatal hit-and-run. Around 4:40 p.m., Bulloch County 911 received a call reporting a pedestrian struck on I-16 near mile marker 106 in the eastbound lane. Candler County Sheriff’s Deputies and Candler EMS responded to the scene and discovered a man fatally injured on the shoulder of the highway.
Read MoreWoman hit, killed on I-95 by passing cars after exiting car post-crash
BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — Florida Highway Patrol said a 19-year-old woman was hit and killed on I-95 after stepping out of her own car following a crash. According to FHP, the crash happened just after midnight on I-95 south approaching Pineda Causeway (mile marker 188). Witnesses told troopers that a 2010 Lexus ES350 sedan was speeding and weaving between traffic before hitting the rear of a semi-truck in the outside lane.
Read MoreWoman injured in crash on I-5 in Stockton
STOCKTON, Calif — A 20-year-old woman sustained major injuries from a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 5 Thursday night in Stockton. According to the California Highway Patrol, the woman was driving in a Prius northbound on the I-5 near Eight Mile Road when one of her front tires failed. She was able to come to a stop, but due to construction in the area, the car remained in a lane, according to CHP.
Read MoreLane County, OR – Fatal Crash Involving Logging Truck on Hwy 126
Lane County, OR (October 24, 2024) – A tragic accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon involving a logging truck that resulted in one fatality and serious injuries. At approximately 3:15 p.m., a Kenworth logging truck, driven by 50-year-old Billy Lee Bales Coder, experienced a catastrophic engine failure while traveling westbound on Highway 126. This failure led to an oil leak that extended over a 200-foot area as the truck passed through the Knowles Creek Tunnel.
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