Preventable Tragedies
Man killed in multi-vehicle crash that closed I-65 South for hours
LOUISVILLE, Ky. — All lanes of I-65 South are back open after they were shut down for hours Tuesday morning due to a multi-vehicle crash that killed a man. Shortly after 1 a.m. on Tuesday, the Louisville Metro Police Department’s Seventh Division responded to a motor vehicle crash on I-65 southbound near the Grade Lane exit. That’s near Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport. According to preliminary investigations, a vehicle driving southbound lost control and struck the retaining wall and rebound onto the roadway.
Read MorePolice identify man who died after his car was rear-ended by 2 vehicles on I-95 in New Hampshire
Authorities have identified a man who died after his car was struck by two vehicles on Interstate 95 in New Hampshire on Monday night. Troopers responding to a report of a smoking vehicle stopped in the middle lane on the southbound side of the highway near mile marker 13 in Portsmouth shortly before 7 p.m. learned three vehicles were involved in a crash, according to New Hampshire State Police. A preliminary investigation revealed that 62-year-old Martin Osier, of Bremen, Maine, was driving south near Exit 7 when his 2010 Toyota Camry drifted onto the left shoulder and sideswiped a cement barrier before continuing along with at least one tire partially deflated, police said.
Read MoreDanbury men killed in I-84 crash after their disabled car was struck by multiple vehicles, police say
DANBURY — Two local men died in a three-car crash on Interstate 84 Sunday morning, according to state police. Connecticut State Police identified the men who died as Danbury residents Ronald Omar Tello, 27, and Carlos Jimenez Molina, 36. In an incident report released Monday morning, state police said the crash occurred around 6:30 a.m. Sunday. A 2008 Hyundai Tiburon was disabled in the left lane, facing oncoming traffic after crashing into a guardrail in the right shoulder, the report said.
Read MoreCar rear-ended early Monday after running out of gas on I-70
BONNER SPRINGS, Kan. (WIBW) - A car was rear-ended late Sunday after it ran out of gas on Interstate 70 in Wyandotte County, officials said. The incident was reported at 11:10 p.m. Sunday on westbound Interstate 70 on the north edge of Bonner Springs. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2018 Chevrolet Trax was stopped on the roadway after it ran out of fuel and was struck from behind by
Read MoreMan charged with homicide after Thruway crash killed Central NY man on side of highway
Canajoharie, N.Y. – An Albany man was charged this week with criminally negligent homicide and lying to police after a fatal crash that killed a Central New York man on the Thruway last weekend. At around 11:50 a.m. on Jan. 4, David Bonaparte, 61, stopped on the shoulder of the Thruway near Canajoharie due to a brake issue and got out of his vehicle. Canajoharie is a small village between Utica and Albany.
Read MoreThree killed in multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 84 in Oregon
UNION COUNTY, Ore — A three-vehicle collision on Interstate 84 claimed the lives of two drivers and left another injured late Wednesday night, the Oregon State Police report. The crash occurred near milepost 279 in Union County, prompting a response from Oregon State Police. Authorities said the incident began when Robert Fred Kenyon, 60, of Nampa, Idaho, stopped his Mack commercial vehicle and trailer at a chain-up area to install chains due to adverse roadway conditions.
Read MoreTwo pedestrians hit in Somerset County while standing beside disabled vehicle
JEFFERSON TWP. ― A woman was driving her car west on Glades Pike at 5:20 p.m. Dec. 21 when she saw a disabled truck alongside the road. She slowed down, only to be slammed from behind and pushed into pedestrians 428 feet east of Kimmel Road, according to state police. Behind her, Reginia Bailey, 36, Somerset, driving a truck with two male teenage passengers, 15 and 17, had not slowed down and hit the back of her vehicle pushing it into the two pedestrians and the disabled truck, police said.
Read MoreDriver dies after being hit while standing by broken-down truck along Brigham City I-15 exit
BRIGHAM CITY — A driver died after being struck by a vehicle while standing outside his vehicle that had broken down near an I-15 exit Wednesday night. Emergency crews responded to a report of a crash along the 1100 South (U.S. 91) exit in Brigham City shortly after 7:30 p.m., according to Utah Highway Patrol Lt. Cam Roden. He said that a male driving a Dodge pickup truck had parked in a spot that partially blocked the right side of the exit lane after some sort of issue with his vehicle.
Read MoreUHP: Man killed in Brigham City; struck by passing car while standing outside disabled vehicle
BRIGHAM CITY, Utah, Jan. 8, 2025 (Gephardt Daily) — The Utah Highway Patrol says a man standing outside his disabled vehicle near I-15 in Brigham City was fatally injured Wednesday night after being struck by a passing car. UHP Lt. Cameron Roden told Gephardt Daily, the deadly incident happened about 8 p.m. “near the merge” onto I-15 from 1100 South. According to Roden, the lights on the motorist’s vehicle may not have been on when he was hit.
Read MoreDriver jumped from Southwest Freeway in chain-reaction crash that left 1 dead and several hurt
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) – All southbound lanes of IH-69 Southwest Freeway at Kirby Drive were closed due to a deadly crash that reportedly involved a driver who jumped off the freeway on Wednesday morning. According to Houston TranStar, the crash was first reported at about 2:30 a.m. The freeway reopened three hours later at 5:40 a.m. Houston police are calling it a chain-reaction crash that started with a single vehicle.
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