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4 injured in car crash on Dallas Highway in Cobb County
COBB COUNTY, Ga. - Cobb County police are investigating a car crash on Dallas Highway that sent multiple people to the hospital on Sunday. Officials say the crash happened around 7:36 p.m. at the intersection between the highway and Midway Road. What we know: According to police, a green 2009 Toyota Camry driven by 22-year-old Jackson Vasquez had gotten in a previous crash on the highway and had become disabled.
Read MoreAfter Son Goes Missing, Tracking Device Helps Mom Lead Authorities to His Submerged Car
A California man has been found dead after his mom used a GPS tracking device to help authorities find him, authorities said. The body of 21-year-old Isaiah Lowe was found in a car submerged in a river in Bonsall on Tuesday, Feb. 18, the San Diego County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement. Lowe was reported missing to the Fallbrook Sheriff’s Substation on Friday, Jan. 24, two days after he was last seen in home surveillance footage on Wednesday, Jan.
Read More1 fatally struck on I-290 after multi-vehicle crash in west suburbs, all lanes reopened, ISP says
COOK COUNTY, Ill. (WLS) – A person was struck and killed after a crash on the Eisenhower Expressway Wednesday night, Illinois State Police said. The person was struck and killed on I-290 just after 7 p.m. after a multi-vehicle crash near 25th Avenue in Broadview, Illinois State Police said. All lanes were closed before reopening Thursday morning. “After several vehicles crashed while in the eastbound lanes of traffic, a pedestrian from one of the vehicle crossed over the center median and was fatally struck while in the westbound lanes,” a new release from ISP read in part.
Read More50-car snowy pileup along I-40 near the Alamance/Orange County line leaves Burlington 78-year-old dead
ORANGE COUNTY, N.C. — Snow brought by a winter storm Wednesday is causing traffic issues on some major roadways across the Triad on Wednesday. One particularly treacherous area has been near the I-40 and I-85 split, where an NC State Highway Patrol trooper told WFMY News 2 that there have been “a lot of collisions,” with one being deemed serious. CBS 17 in Raleigh reported Wednesday that approximately 50 vehicles were involved in one pileup at the I-40/I-85 split that left one person dead and multiple other suffering non-life-threatening injuries.
Read MoreA Three-way Crash Occured in Bear Lake County
One person is dead after a car crash. It happened yesterday just before 1:30 P.M. on U.S 30 in Bear Lake County. A Kenworth driven by a man with a woman passenger, both from Washington, was stopped east bound on U.S 30 waiting for a crash to be cleared. A Lincoln MKC driven by a woman with a male passenger from Georgetown, stopped behind the Kenworth, when a freightliner driven by a Nevada man failed to yield to the stopped vehicles.
Read MoreGreat Falls man among 3 dead after crash
MISSOULA — Authorities have released the names of two of the three people who died after a crash on Interstate 90 in the Frenchtown area on Tuesday, February 18, 2025. Missoula County Sheriff/Coroner Jeremiah Petersen says 41-year-old Richard E. Graham II of Missoula, 46-year-old Jeffery A. Clausen of Great Falls, and a five-year-old boy from Missoula died. According to the Montana Highway Patrol, Vehicle #1 was a semi truck towing double trailers was eastbound on I-90.
Read MoreLewisburg woman killed in I-80 crash
Montour County, Pa. — A Lewisburg woman has died following a crash in Valley Township last week. Around 10 a.m. on Feb. 14, Cortney N. Hurry, 21, was driving on I-80 west when her vehicle struck the back of a stopped car, Trooper Casey Knott reported. Hurry was killed in the crash. The car was stopped near mile marker 225 due to a detour resulting from a crash further down the interstate that day.
Read MoreThaddeus Richardson Jr. Killed, 1 Injured in Truck Accident in Butler County, AL
Butler County, AL — January 21, 2025, Thaddeus Richardson was killed and a child was injured in a truck accident just before noon on Interstate 65. Authorities said a 2014 Ford Mustang was stopped near mile marker 122 after being involved in an earlier accident when it was hit by a pickup that had been rear-ended by a semi-truck. The semi also hit another semi-truck and was rear-ended by an SUV.
Read MoreVideo: 11 cars crash in snow on Interstate 40 East in Winston-Salem
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (WGHP) — Multiple lanes of Interstate 40 East in Winston-Salem were closed as the result of a crash during snowy weather on Thursday morning. The crash occurred near Exit 190 for Hanes Mall Boulevard and the left two lanes of I-40 East are closed as a result of the crash. Footage from traffic cameras in the area showed multiple vehicles that appeared to be involved in the crash on a snowy stretch of the interstate.
Read MoreCar overturns on Hwy 99 after being hit by truck
FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – A car overturned on Highway 99 Wednesday morning due to being hit from behind by a pickup truck that officials say was going at an unsafe speed. According to California Highway Patrol, just after 6 a.m. on southbound Highway 99, north of Belmont Avenue, a vehicle was stopped in the center median due to a flat tire, causing traffic to back up. Traffic was seen on Caltrans cameras at the time of the crash to be backed up to southbound Highway 99 near Clinton Avenue.
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