Preventable Tragedies
UPDATE: Coroner’s office confirms man who died in I-25 fatal crash was over 80 years old
UPDATE 12/2/2024 at 10:45 a.m.: The El Paso County Coroner’s Office says the man who died in the fatal crash was an 81-year-old man, James Spencer. COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) - Colorado State Patrol (CSP) says northbound I-25 near Mile Point 158 is closed Wednesday afternoon, but reopened just after 2 p.m. According to the Colorado Department of Transportation (CDOT) the closure was between Northgate Boulevard (near Gleneagle) and CO 105 (Woodmoor).
Read MoreSAPD: Man injured when car he was stranded in on side of highway hit by driver in truck
SAN ANTONIO — A driver was injured and taken to the hospital after the car he was stranded in on the side of the highway was hit by a driver in a truck Saturday evening. It happened around 6:50 p.m. in the 5800 block of Northwest Loop 410 westbound. The 58-year-old man was seated inside his 2007 Hyundai Santa Fe on the right-side shoulder when the suspect in a tan 2020 Dodge RAM truck going westbound on Northwest Loop 410 veered off the main lanes and onto the shoulder striking the rear of his car.
Read More1 hospitalized in rollover crash involving box truck, tractor-trailer on I-95 in Auburn
AUBURN (WGME) – Maine State Police says a driver was hospitalized early Friday morning after a rollover crash on I-95 in Auburn. Police say the crash happened around 12:30 a.m. in the northbound lane near mile marker 75. Investigators say a vehicle traveling north lost control and spun out before coming to a stop in the road. A box truck, also traveling north, hit the stopped vehicle before also hitting a tractor-trailer.
Read MoreDriver dies after he was stopped and hit from behind on Interstate 40 in Knoxville
David Ray, 41, of Blue Island, Illinois, was killed in a crash early Nov. 20 on Interstate 40. Police say Ray was stopped at 3:45 a.m., though they don’t know why, in the far right lane near Midway Road. A box truck hit car from behind, and Ray was pronounced dead at the scene. The truck driver was uninjured, police say.
Read MoreHighway open after two people fatally struck on Highway 359
BEE COUNTY, Tx — 12:50 PM UPDATE- D.P.S. has identified the victims of Friday morning’s crash as 22-year-old Marina Ramirez of Alice and 30-year-old Steven Gamez of Beeville. According to DPS, Ramirez was in her 2016 Kia Forte traveling north on State Highway 359 when she hit a 2017 Mack garbage truck travelling in front of her. Her Kia spun around and stopped in the northbound lane. Moments later, Gamez and his father pulled over to help her.
Read MorePickup driver is hit and killed by 2 vehicles while moving deer out of Wisconsin road
A pickup truck driver struck a deer, stopped to move the animal out of the road in western Wisconsin and was fatally hit by two vehicles after dark, officials said Wednesday. The chain of events occurred about 5:40 p.m. Tuesday east of Turtle Lake, the Barron County Sheriff’s Office said. The man who died was 75 years old and from nearby Cameron, the Sheriff’s Office said. His identity has yet to be released.
Read MoreEight car pile-up on Highway 17 in Jones Co., three taken to hospital
JONES COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A Jones County official says heavy smoke from a nearby fire is likely a factor in a multi-car pile-up along an Eastern Carolina highway Tuesday morning. Ryan Mills, with Jones County Emergency Services, says eight cars are involved in a collision along Highway 17. The North Carolina Department of Transportation says it happened in the Northbound lanes at mile marker 120 outside of Maysville near Green Way.
Read MoreBody of missing Wisconsin father found inside crashed car in Rosemont
CRYSTAL LAKE, Ill. — Authorities say the body of a Wisconsin father who went missing on Wednesday night has been located following a two-day search. According to New Berlin police, the body of 45-year-old Ben Oberto was located on Friday afternoon after authorities found his silver 2019 Subaru Impreza overturned in a creek along the curve of the I-90 eastbound ramp to I-294 northbound, in Rosemont, near Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport.
Read MoreMyrtle Beach man struck, killed outside of disabled vehicle on Highway 501, authorities say
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A Myrtle Beach man was killed Saturday morning after being struck by a vehicle that sent them colliding with a disabled car on the shoulder of Highway 501, authorities said. David Berry, 50, died at Conway Medical Center of multiple traumatic injuries, the Horry County Coroner’s Office said Saturday evening. It happened about 1:40 a.m. near the intersection of Savannah Bluff Road about two miles east of Conway, South Carolina Highway Patrol Master Trooper William Bennett said.
Read MoreTwo injured in Route 30 crash
LANCASTER, Pa. — A multi-vehicle crash on the westbound Route 30 overpass over Route 283 occurred around 3:40 p.m. The overpass is now open after being closed for almost an hour. A vehicle hit a truck that was broken down on the side of the road, causing the empty truck to hit the siderail. Two people have been transported to the hospital, according to a Lancaster County dispatcher. For live traffic updates, click here.
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