Preventable Tragedies
Odin woman killed when her disabled car hit on I-57 south of Dix
A 25-year-old Odin woman has died in a crash on southbound I-57 three miles south of Dix. Jefferson County Coroner Roger Hayse pronounced Madison Burton dead in the emergency room of Good Samaritan Hospital. He says Burton was waiting in her car on the shoulder of the road for help to arrive to assist her in changing a flat tire. Her car was apparently struck in the rear by a pickup truck that had left the roadway.
Read MoreTwo People Struck and Killed on I-95 After Minor Crash
A tragic, fatal crash on Sunday night serves as a stark reminder of the importance of giving space to disabled vehicles on the highway. According to New York State Police, at 8:30 p.m. on August 2, Troopers in New Rochelle responded to a tractor-trailer versus pedestrian crash on I-95 South in the Village of Port Chester. Police determined that Kamla K. Singh, 72, and Andrew Sookdeo, 40, both of Richmond Hill, New York, “were standing outside their vehicle following a prior minor collision when they were struck by a tractor-trailer traveling in the right lane.
Read More1 dead, 4 hurt in multi-vehicle I-75 crash in Warren County
FRANKLIN, Ohio (WXIX) - A 59-year-old woman was killed, and four other people were hurt in a chain-reaction multi-vehicle crash on southbound Interstate 75 in the northern Cincinnati suburbs, according to the Ohio State Highway Patrol. The 5-vehicle crash was reported in the Warren County city of Franklin just after 6 a.m. Tuesday and shut down the highway for more than five hours. The driver of a 2017 Honda Civic, Karen White of Miamisburg, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, troopers said in a news release.
Read More67-year-old woman hit and killed while stopped on the side of Vacaville road
(FOX40.COM) — A 67-year-old woman is dead after stopping on the side of the road in Vacaville, exiting her car and getting hit by a passing vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP said officers responded to reports of a person hit by a car around 8:41 p.m. Monday on Pleasant Valley Road near Sunny Hills Lane. Officers arrived to find a woman in the roadway and began life-saving measures.
Read MoreTrooper hit during traffic stop in Bratenahl
BRATENAHL, Ohio (WOIO) - An Ohio State Highway Patrol (OSHP) trooper was hit while in his cruiser during a traffic stop in Bratenahl on Monday night. According to OSHP, at around 9:24 p.m., the trooper was performing a traffic stop blocking I‑90 westbound near MP 178 when he was hit by another car. This crash caused his cruiser to hit the car he had stopped. The trooper was taken to University Hospital Main Campus, treated and released.
Read MoreCLEARED: All I-4 westbound lanes at exit 38 in Lakeland back open after crash: FDOT
LAKELAND, Fla. — FDOT said I-4 westbound is back open at Exit 38 (SR 33) in Lakeland after a multi-vehicle crash. Two young men suffered serious injuries after their car crashed into a disabled tractor-trailer on Interstate 4 in Polk County before being struck by another semi, shutting down westbound traffic for hours during rush hour. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the crash happened around 3:50 p.m. Monday on westbound I-4 west of State Road 33.
Read MoreEdgewood teen changing tire struck, killed in I-695 crash on Sunday
BALTIMORE COUNTY, Md. (WBFF) — A 17-year-old boy from Edgewood was killed early Sunday morning after being struck while outside a disabled vehicle on Interstate 695 in Baltimore County, Maryland State Police said. Troopers from the Maryland State Police Golden Ring Barrack responded shortly before 1:30 a.m. on Aug. 2 to the outer loop of I-695 east of southbound I-83 for a reported pedestrian-involved crash. Police said the teen was one of three passengers in a Lexus IS that had become inoperable in the far-right lane.
Read MorePedestrian fatally struck on 10 Freeway, snarling LA commute
A fatal crash involving a pedestrian and multiple vehicles on the 10 Freeway prompted an hourslong SigAlert and snarled the morning commute in Los Angeles’ Pico-Union area Monday morning. The crash was reported at 3:45 a.m. on the westbound 10 Freeway near Vermont Avenue just west of the 110 Freeway interchange. The collision left all but one lane closed. The SigAlert was initially expected to remain in place until 6:30 a.
Read MoreVideo shows person narrowly avoid being struck by car on I-670 in Columbus
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Video captured the moment a car slammed into a disabled vehicle in the SmartLane of Interstate 670 in Columbus Monday morning. Matt Bruning, the press secretary for the Ohio Department of Transportation, posted video of the crash, which occurred on I-670 East near U.S. 62 at 5:53 a.m. The video shows what appears to be a red SUV broken down in the SmartLane, which was closed at the time of the crash, according to Bruning.
Read More‘Video: Officer nearly hit after car slams into another car during traffic stop
EL PASO, Texas (CBS Newspath/WKRC) — A scary moment during a traffic stop that injured a police officer and a driver was caught on the officer’s body camera. The El Paso Police Department said on social media that one of its motorcycle officers was conducting a traffic stop on I-10 when another car lost control and struck the back of the stopped car. The crash pushed the stopped car about 500 feet down the shoulder.
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