Preventable Tragedies
3 killed, 2 others critically hurt in Hobart crash involving semi: police, fire officials
HOBART, Ind. (WLS) – A 19-year-old, 9-year-old and 5-year-old were killed early Friday morning in a crash in northwest Indiana. Indiana State Police said its troopers responded to the crash on southbound Interstate 65, about 1 mile south of Ridge Road in Hobart, about midnight. Responding troopers found a crashed blue Ford Explorer, which was facing west and blocking the right two lanes. ISP said the Ford’s driver, a 31-year-old Gary woman, was heading south in the right lane when she allegedly fell asleep and veered off of the road.
Read MoreMan dies being struck by car after surviving wreck
SAN ANTONIO - A man has died after being struck by a car following a wreck. The crash occurred around 2:30 a.m. near Binz Engleman and I-35. According to the San Antonio Police Department, the man was traveling northbound when he lost control of his car and hit a guardrail. He exited the vehicle when he was struck by another car, killing him. The car fled the scene.
Read MoreMan struck, killed by second vehicle after single-vehicle crash on Interstate 35, police say
SAN ANTONIO – San Antonio police said a 27-year-old man was hit and killed by a vehicle after his own single-vehicle crash early Friday morning. The incident happened around 2:30 a.m. along Interstate 35 northbound near Binz-Engleman Road. According to a preliminary report, the man was traveling northbound when he lost control of the vehicle and hit a guardrail. After he exited his vehicle, police said the man was struck by a separate vehicle.
Read MoreCrash, fire on I-95 sends driver to hospital in Stafford County
STAFFORD COUNTY, Va. — One person is in the hospital after a crash on Interstate 95 in Stafford County. Virginia State Police troopers are investigating what led up to the collision. Troopers were called to southbound I-95 at mile marker 138 around 6 a.m. for a report of a two-vehicle crash. When troopers arrived, they found an SUV and a tractor trailer had collided. Investigators learned that the SUV was stopped on the right shoulder of I-95 when it was struck by a tractor trailer heading southbound.
Read MoreDeputy’s vehicle struck during traffic stop on I-45
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas (KBTX) - A patrol vehicle was struck from behind during a traffic stop on I-45 on Tuesday, according to the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office. The incident happened in the 29000 block of I-45 on May 13. A deputy had stopped a motorcycle and returned to the patrol vehicle to verify the driver’s information. While the deputy sat inside the marked patrol vehicle with emergency lights activated, a Honda CR-V entered the HOV lane illegally and struck the patrol vehicle from behind, according to the sheriff’s office.
Read MoreBig rig crash causes lengthy traffic tie-ups on I-5 near Camp Pendleton
OCEANSIDE — A big rig crashed and overturned on Interstate 5 in the far northern reaches of the San Diego area on Wednesday, leaving the truck driver seriously injured and tangling commuter traffic for miles through the morning rush hour and into midday. The southbound tractor-trailer veered out of control, hit a guardrail and toppled over near the Aliso Creek Rest Area at about 4:30 a.m., spilling debris — including dozens of what appeared to be FedEx boxes — across the roadway, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Read MoreTeen girl dead after multi-vehicle crash shuts down I-95 overnight in Riviera Beach
RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. (CBS12) — A deadly multiple vehicle crash on I-95 North in Riviera Beach closed all lanes overnight into Wednesday morning. The crash happened at Exit 76, Blue Heron Boulevard, just before 12:30 a.m. In an 8:10 a.m. update from Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), a 16-year-old girl from Riviera Beach was killed. According to FHP’s crash report, the teen was driving a Nissan Altima northbound on I-95 when she reportedly lost control of her car, hitting a guardrail and concrete wall before the car came to a stop on the interstate the roadway.
Read MoreWoman Killed in Five-Vehicle Construction Zone Crash on US 77 in Milam County, Texas
A woman from Cameron, Texas was killed and several others were injured after a five-vehicle crash in a highway construction zone on US 77 in Milam County, Texas on May 11, 2026. According to the Texas Department of Public Safety, the collision occurred Monday morning near County Road 203 Loop during an active TxDOT pavement project where traffic had been reduced to one lane and controlled by construction flaggers and a pilot vehicle.
Read More1 killed, 1 seriously injured in I-75 chain-reaction crash: FHP
WILDWOOD, Fla. - A massive pileup involving several tractor-trailers left one man dead and another seriously injured on I-75 in Sumter County late Monday night. Fatal pileup on I-75 What we know: According to the Florida Highway Patrol, everything began when a tractor-trailer collided with a Ford F350 towing a motorhome near Wildwood around 10:20 p.m. Troopers said the impact destroyed the motorhome and left debris scattered across every southbound lane.
Read MoreKansas woman, 19, dies when vehicle hits parked semi on K-96
A Hutchinson woman died Monday after the vehicle she was riding in crashed into a parked semi in Reno County. The Kansas Highway Patrol says 19-year-old Baylee Marie Flynn was a passenger in a 2019 Dodge Durango that struck the 1999 Freightliner semi around 4:20 p.m. on K-96 Highway, about three miles south of South Hutchinson. Another 19-year-old was driving the Durango northwest on K-96 approaching Trail West Road when it “veered onto the right shoulder” and hit the truck, a highway patrol crash report says.
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