Preventable Tragedies
Passenger ejected, killed after crash into disabled big rig in Tracy
A passenger died after crashing into a disabled big rig on Interstate 205 in Tracy Saturday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. The crash happened just after 6 a.m. on eastbound I-205 east of MacArthur Boulevard. The CHP said the driver of the Toyota drove from the first lane and across the second and third lanes toward the right shoulder, where the truck crashed into a disabled big rig. The right side of the Toyota crashed into the left rear of the trailer, and a passenger was ejected from the Toyota and died, the CHP said.
Read MoreOne person dead in multi-vehicle crash Saturday morning in Tracy, CHP says
TRACY, Calif. — One person is dead following a multi-vehicle crash on Interstate 205 in Tracy Saturday morning. The California Highway Patrol said that around 6:05 a.m., officers responded to a three-vehicle crash on eastbound I-205, just east of MacArthur Drive. The crash involved two tractor-trailer combinations and a Toyota truck, officials said. For unknown reasons, the Toyota drove from one end of the interstate to the other, toward the right-hand shoulder, where a semi-truck was disabled.
Read MoreWild video shows pickup truck smash into disabled vehicle on L.A. freeway
Dramatic video obtained by KTLA shows the moment a pickup truck slammed into another truck that had become disabled on the 118 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley overnight. Preliminary information indicates that a dark-colored truck had collided with the center divider while traveling eastbound on the freeway near Reseda Boulevard in the Porter Ranch area shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday. While that truck was stalled in the lanes, another silver truck traveling at full speed collided with it, the video showed.
Read MoreMother pushing car killed in hit-and-run leaves behind 3 young daughters
HOUSTON — A Houston family is grieving the sudden loss of 31-year-old Karina Rodriguez, who was killed early Sunday morning in a hit-and-run crash on I-45 North near West Road. Karina, a mother of three young girls, was pushing her disabled vehicle when a driver slammed into her and then fled the scene. “She was trying to get home, and she never made it,” said her sister, Antonia Rodriguez. Karina had just spent time with a friend before her car broke down in a moving lane.
Read MoreWoman Struck By Vehicle On I-476 In Delaware County: State Police
NETHER PROVIDENCE, PA — A woman who was walking along Interstate 476 in Delaware County after her vehicle became disabled was hurt when a passing vehicle struck her early Tuesday morning. According to Pennsylvania State Police, the incident happened at about 4:38 a.m. near mile marker 1.6 on Interstate 476 north in Nether Providence Township. The woman, 53 and from Springfield, was walking on the white fog line on the right side of the highway after her vehicle became disabled, police said.
Read MoreCrash kills woman, closes I-5 for around five hours early Wednesday morning
A 59-year-old Chehalis woman died early Wednesday morning, July 30, 2025 after her car struck a disabled towing rig on southbound I-5 near 272nd Street in Federal Way (map below), according to the Washington State Patrol (WSP). Troopers said the crash occurred around 12:56 a.m., when a Ford tow truck towing a flatbed became disabled in lanes two and three of the five-lane freeway just north of the 272nd Street exit.
Read MoreDriver dies after getting hit by a tractor-trailer on a busy N.J. highway, cops say
A driver died on Wednesday morning after exiting his car on I-195 and getting struck by a tractor-trailer, authorities said. The incident happened at 6:10 a.m. on I-195 west near mile marker 5.5 in Hamilton Township, Mercer County, State Police said in a statement on Wednesday afternoon. The driver of a pickup truck had pulled onto the right shoulder of the highway and exited the vehicle. As he walked into a lane of traffic, he was hit by a tractor-trailer, officials said.
Read MoreFather of 4 dies after SUV hydroplanes, loses control on I-71
WESTFIELD TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WOIO) - A father of four died on Monday after his car hydroplaned and hit a tractor trailer parked in the shoulder of I-71. According to a release from the Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP), a woman was driving south on I-71 near Westfield Township around 7:20 p.m. when her vehicle hydroplaned and went off the side of the road. The vehicle then hit a tractor-trailer on the right shoulder of the road, according to the OSHP.
Read MorePedestrian hit, killed on I-65 in northwest Indiana, others injured in crash: state police
A pedestrian was hit and killed on Interstate 65 in northwest Indiana over the weekend, Indiana State Police said Monday. Troopers responded just before midnight Sunday to a multi-vehicle crash in the southbound lanes of I-65 at mile marker 254 in Lake County, police said. The driver of a black 2005 Cadillac had tried to pull over, and was partially stopped in the right lane due to the lack of an emergency shoulder, police said.
Read More‘Two vehicles under a tractor-trailer’: Victims identified from crash that killed 6 on I-485 in west Charlotte
CHARLOTTE (QUEEN CITY NEWS) — Six people were killed in a crash on the Interstate 485 outer loop Saturday morning in west Charlotte, according to Medic. Three were under the age of 10. State troopers said the wreck was reported around 11:10 a.m. on July 26 between Wilkinson Blvd. and West Boulevard. Medic confirmed this was a serious accident with multiple patients. Six people were pronounced dead at the scene, and one was transported with non-life-threatening injuries.
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