Preventable Tragedies
2 dead after rear-ending semi on Highway 49
BEULAH, ND (KXNET) — Two 20-year-olds were killed when their vehicle rear-ended a semi-truck on Highway 49, 11 miles south of Beulah. According to the North Dakota Highway Patrol, Highway 49 northbound traffic was stopped by the fire department for a vehicle fire that was blocking the roadway. A Volvo Semi truck, driven by a Minot man, was stopped in the northbound lane with more vehicles in front of him.
Read MoreRear-end crash kills two in Northern California
(FOX40.COM) — Two people died on Wednesday afternoon after their vehicle was rear-ended by a pickup truck in Northern California, according to the California Highway Patrol. CHP said the crash happened on Highway 70 heading north near Montgomery Street in Oroville around noon. The agency said a Volkswagen, which had two people inside, stopped on the roadway when it was rear-ended by a Ram pickup truck. Both people inside of the Volkswagen were pronounced dead at the scene, CHP said.
Read MoreDriver killed after stopping vehicle in center lane of I-694 in Oakdale on Sunday morningEarly morning crash on I-20 leaves one dead after tractor trailer collision
A 22-year-old Maplewood man was killed in a car crash Sunday morning on Interstate 694 in Oakdale when he stopped his vehicle in the middle of the freeway and was rear-ended by another vehicle. According to the State Patrol, the collision occurred at 5:55 a.m. on I-694 south just south of 10th Street. The driver, Cody Gerald Heidenreich, stopped a 2009 Nissan Cube in the center lane of the freeway.
Read MoreEarly morning crash on I-20 leaves one dead after tractor trailer collision
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WACH) — Multiple vehicle accident in the early hours of June 1 leaves one dead. According to the South Carolina Highway patrol around 5:22 a.m. a car was stopped on I-20 east bound in the roadway due to running out of gas, the driver exited the vehicle. A Tractor trailer later struck the vehicle and pedestrian. Richland County Coroner Naida Rutherford identified the victim as Christopher D. Hagan, 38.
Read MoreOne dead after multi-vehicle crash on I-5 near West Seattle Bridge
A 26-year-old woman died Sunday morning in a multi-car crash on Interstate 5 near the West Seattle Bridge, according to the Washington State Patrol. The collision occurred around 4 a.m. Sunday when a motor home struck the woman, who had gotten out of a disabled car, which had been hit by another vehicle that already left the scene, State Patrol spokesperson Trooper Rick Johnson said. While an ambulance stopped to help, it was struck by another vehicle, which flipped the ambulance onto its top and pushed it into the original disabled vehicle, hitting the woman again.
Read More‘A gentle giant:’ Recent HS graduate struck and killed while changing tire on Eisenhower Expressway
An 18-year-old man who was struck and killed while changing a tire on the Eisenhower Expressway graduated from high school just one week prior, according to relatives. Erik Christopher Cox was one of two people who were killed at around 3 a.m. on Sunday in the westbound lanes of the expressway near Damen Avenue. Three others were injured, according to Illinois State Police. Cox’s legal guardian told NBC Chicago that his car broke down after a night in the city - and he was in the process of changing a tire when he lost his life.
Read MoreWoman struck and killed by vehicle along 40 Freeway near Ludlow
A 21-year-old Texas woman was struck and killed be a pickup truck after her SUV became disabled on the 40 Freeway near Ludlow early Saturday, authorities said. The collision was reported about 2:10 a.m. on the westbound side of the remote stretch of freeway, according to CHP logs. About an hour earlier, authorities received a report that a Nissan SUV rental vehicle had become disabled and was stopped on the right-hand side of the roadway.
Read MoreDisabled Motorist Fatally Struck By Tractor Trailer
FOUR OAKS – A Johnston County man was killed early Friday morning after his disabled car was struck on the shoulder of Interstate 95. The collision was reported at 4:57am, near the 86 mile marker, just south of Keen Road. The Highway Patrol said a 2005 Kia Rio was traveling northbound when the right rear tire failed. The driver, Dannie B. Norris Jr., age 53, of Norris Lane, Benson, pulled onto the shoulder and stopped.
Read MoreOne person killed, three others injured in crash involving SUV, Brink’s truck on Gold Star Bridge
One woman was killed and three others were injured after a Brink’s truck collided with a disabled SUV on the Gold Star Bridge on Interstate 95 South in Groton on Friday evening. A Ford Edge was traveling southbound on I-95 around 6:42 p.m. on Friday just south of the Exit 83 on-ramp on the Gold Star Bridge when it experienced a “mechanical failure,” according to the Connecticut State Police. When the Ford came to a stop within the southbound travel lanes, a Freightliner cash-in-transit vehicle owned by Brink’s struck the rear end of the SUV, state police said.
Read MoreSUV driver dies in Palo Alto on US Highway 101
PALO ALTO, Calif. - A driver whose car got disabled on the road died early Friday morning on a highway in Palo Alto after two other cars crashed into it, according to the California Highway Patrol. The CHP log shows that the driver of a red Hyundai SUV crashed into a light pole about 3 a.m. on northbound US Highway 101 at San Antonio Road. Officer Sophie Lu said the driver called for help, but shortly afterward, two other vehicles hit the SUV.
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