Preventable Tragedies
Distracted SUV Driver Crashes Into Disabled Car, Troopers Say
Three people avoided serious injuries after a crash involving a disabled vehicle on I-95 in Bristol Township. Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched last Friday just before 10 p.m. for a reported crash in the northbound lanes of the highway. The 25-year-old Bristol man who was the driver of the 2019 Nissan Sentra and the 28-year-old Bristol woman who was his passenger had pulled over due to a flat tire. The car had its flashers on while the two awaited assistance, troopers said.
Read MoreRear-end collision occurs as driver stops to check GPS on I-35 in Lyon County
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was taken to an area hospital after a rear-end collision that occurred Tuesday night while the driver of one of the vehicles had stopped to check a GPS device while on Interstate 35 in Lyon County, authorities said. The crash was reported at 6:32 p.m. Tuesday on I-35 along the Kansas Turnpike, about a mile south of the Emporia exit. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2011 Mercedes-Benz M Class sport utility vehicle was stopped in the right lane of southbound I-35 as the driver was checking a GPS device when it was rear-ended by a Honda CR-V SUV that was southbound and was unable to avoid the collision as the left lane was occupied.
Read MoreDriver avoids disabled car on Sacramento highway, hits and kills child in center median
SACRAMENTO — An 8-year-old boy died and his 9-year-old sister was badly injured after being hit by a vehicle on a Sacramento highway over the weekend. The children’s mother, who was with them when they were hit, spoke to CBS13 Tuesday night. It happened shortly after 4:30 p.m. along westbound Highway 50 near 65th Street. The mother, Yari Quirarte, said she was traveling with her children to a Super Bowl party in Sacramento from Rancho Cordova when her vehicle’s tire blew out.
Read MoreMan struck and killed on I-75 in Broward after getting out of car to help motorist
A man was struck and killed on Interstate 75 in Broward County Monday night after he got out of his car to assist another driver, authorities said. The incident happened shortly after 7 p.m. in the northbound lanes of I-75 between Griffin Road and Royal Palm Boulevard in Davie. Florida Highway Patrol officials said a 66-year-old man had parked on the shoulder of the highway and walked across it to assist a disabled motorist.
Read MoreBystander who was checking on crash victim hit by second car, suffers critical injuries
HUBER HEIGHTS — One person is critically injured after a crash on Interstate 70 eastbound in Huber Heights Monday morning, according to Huber Heights Police Department Sergeant David Culver. Just before 3 a.m., Huber Heights police and medics were dispatched to I-70 EB at SR-202 and Old Troy Pike on reports of a single-vehicle crash into the center median. While officers were on the way to the scene, a bystander driving a work truck with hazard lights stopped to check on the driver, Culver said.
Read MoreDriver dies, 5 others injured in crash involving a disabled vehicle on I-85, troopers say
GREENVILLE COUNTY, S.C. — The South Carolina Highway Patrol said one person died and five other people were injured in a crash involving a disabled vehicle on I-85 in Greenville County. According to troopers, the crash happened at midnight Monday in the northbound lanes near mile marker 41. Troopers say a car was disabled and was hit by a minivan. Five people in the van were injured and taken to a hospital.
Read MoreHialeah EMT Yanaisa Pulido killed while stopping, helping at crash scene
MIAMI - For Yanaisa Pulido, jumping into dangerous situations to help others was part of her nature. According to the City of Hialeah Fire Department, the 23-year-old served as a fire cadet and EMT from 2017 to 2020. But it was her caring nature that would tragically lead to her death. According to Florida Highway Patrol, Pulido was driving behind a car early Sunday morning on I-95 South when she stopped in one of the center lanes to help other drivers involved in a crash.
Read More1 woman dead; 3 others injured, including 7-year-old boy, in multi-vehicle crash on I-95
FORT LAUDERDALE — At least one woman is dead and three other people, including a child, were injured in a multi-vehicle crash early Sunday morning on Interstate 95, forcing all southbound lanes to shut down. As of 9:30 a.m., all southbound lanes on I-95 are closed and traffic is being diverted to Interstate 595. Around 4:06 a.m., a red Kia Forte was driving south on I-95, just north of Marina Mile Boulevard within Fort Lauderdale city limits.
Read MoreMulti-Vehicle Collision Causes Fiery Scene on NB I-5 in Orange
INCIDENT DATE/TIME: 1-14-24 1:25 AM LOCATION: NB I-5 at Chapman Ave. AREA/CITY: Orange DETAILS: Just before 1:30 Sunday Morning, a report of a stalled car sent units from the California Highway Patrol to the northbound lanes of Interstate 5 at Chapman in Orange. While en route, the stalled car was collided into by two vehicles. One of the three vehicles burst into flames and was fully engulfed when a news photographer arrived.
Read MoreBoy, 11, dead in Smith County crash after hit by tractor-trailer
SMITH COUNTY, Tenn. (WZTV) — A boy is dead after he was ejected from a vehicle onto the roadway in Smith County on Thursday. A preliminary report from Tennessee Highway Patrol says a vehicle was driving West on I-40 in Smith County when it ran off the right side of the road into a ditch. The car then hit an embankment, overturned and came to a rest, the report adds. Two juvenile boys, 10 and 11, were ejected from the van during the rollover and thrown onto the road.
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