Preventable Tragedies
Pedestrian Killed in Hit-and-Run on I-45 North near West Rd in Houston, TX
Houston, TX — November 4, 2024, a male pedestrian was struck and killed by a hit-and-run vehicle on the Interstate 45 North Freeway in Houston. According to authorities, the incident happened around 4:35 a.m. on I-45 North near West Road. Preliminary investigation suggests the victim was driving a Chevrolet Impala on the feeder road when he may have lost control and crashed into a nearby business’ fence. After his vehicle became disabled he reportedly got out and tried to run across the freeway, where he was hit by a vehicle that left the scene.
Read More19-year-old killed when car hits parked truck on N.J. highway
A 19-year-old driver was killed on Interstate 80 in Morris County Sunday morning when his car struck the back of a box truck parked on the shoulder, police said. Cameron Ray, of Mount Olive, was headed west at 5:40 a.m., when his vehicle drove onto the shoulder of the highway near milepost 38.2 in Denville, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said in an email Sunday afternoon. Ray lived in the Flanders section of the township, about 15 miles west of where the crash occurred.
Read MoreChain-reaction crashes leave 1 dead on Loop 202 in Tempe; freeway reopens
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) —A series of collisions on a busy East Valley freeway has left one person dead and another critically hurt early Sunday morning. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says the crashes happened around 3 a.m. on the westbound lanes of the Loop 202 Red Mountain, adjacent to the Scottsdale Road off-ramp. Troopers say a white car rear-ended a gray Honda SUV, causing the SUV to block lanes of the freeway.
Read More2 men killed in crash on I-71 in Medina County: What we know
MEDINA COUNTY, Ohio — Ohio State Highway Patrol is investigating a fatal crash that happened on Thursday in Medina County. According to OSHP, the crash happened at around 10:12 p.m. on I-71 in Westfield Township. Officials believe that a Volvo commercial vehicle driving south on I-71 became disabled in the right lane. Moments later, a 2018 Chevrolet Trax traveling south on I-71 struck the Volvo. OSHP also noted that an unknown third vehicle, believed to be a maroon or red commercial vehicle, also struck the Volvo, but fled the scene.
Read More3 people dead after multi-vehicle crash on US 75 in Richardson
RICHARDSON – At least three people were killed in a major wreck on US 75 in Richardson, which left the highway shut down for hours Friday morning. The crash happened at 11:55 p.m. Thursday, according to Richardson police. As a result, all southbound lanes of US 75, also known as Central Expressway, were shut down near President George Bush Turnpike during the morning rush hour. The highway reopened just before 9 a.
Read MoreTwo killed after crashing into parked tractor-trailer on 101 Freeway
Two people died and two others were hospitalized after their sedan collided with a parked tractor-trailer on the 101 Freeway Thursday morning. The crash happened just before 5:25 a.m. on the southbound side of the highway near Wendy Drive. When the California Highway Patrol and Ventura County Fire Department arrived, they found the big rig parked on the right shoulder. Officers located the other wrecked vehicle, a 2016 Honda Accord, overturned on its roof about 500 feet from the semi.
Read MorePedestrian killed after being struck by semi near Route 7 off-ramp on I-95 in Newport, Delaware
NEWPORT, Del. (WPVI) – A pedestrian was struck and killed by a tractor-trailer on Interstate 95 in Delaware on Tuesday night. It happened near the off-ramp from I-95 northbound to Route 7 in Newport around 9 p.m. Police say a white Freightliner tractor-trailer was traveling in the right northbound lane of I-95, north of Churchmans Road. At the same time, a 49-year-old man from Newark was crossing the northound lanes of the interstate as he attempted to get to the east side of the roadway from his disabled vehicle that was on the left shoulder.
Read More2 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.
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