Preventable Tragedies
Woman dies after getting trapped in hot vehicle with 2 children
DUNKLIN COUNTY, Mo. (KAIT/Gray News) - A family is mourning after a woman who is paralyzed from the waist down died after she became trapped in her car when it ran out of gas. Megan Oxley had left from Kennett, Missouri and was traveling on Highway 412 with her niece and nephew when her car ran out of gas, KAIT reported. Oxley’s sister, Amber Jones, began to worry Saturday morning because she had not heard from her.
Read MoreMan killed after being hit by driver on Long Beach freeway
LONG BEACH, Calif. – A man was struck and killed Monday after he got out of a vehicle involved in a collision on the San Diego (405) Freeway in Long Beach. The initial crash involved a black sedan and a white sedan at 12:05 a.m. on the southbound San Diego Freeway just north of Pacific Avenue, according to the California Highway Patrol. A witness said it caused a chain reaction.
Read MoreMulti-car crash on I-84 in Boise leaves one Washington woman dead, several others injured
A multi-car collision Saturday on Interstate 84 in Boise left one person dead and several others injured. A woman, described as in her 50s and from Tacoma, Washington, was killed when a flatbed truck struck the back of the Nissan Sentra she was a passenger in, pushing it into a stationary Freightliner box truck, according to an Idaho State Police news release Monday. Two other individuals in the Nissan — the 36-year-old female driver and a 64-year-old male passenger — were also injured.
Read MoreDriver crashes into men trying to push disabled vehicle out of roadway, police say
Two men were injured Saturday night in North Long Beach when a driver rear-ended them while they were pushing a disabled vehicle out of traffic lanes, according to Long Beach police. About 10:52 p.m., officers responded to a call about a crash near Artesia Boulevard and Atlantic Avenue, Long Beach Police Department spokesperson Richard Mejia said in an email. The investigation is ongoing but so far indicates one man was driving when his vehicle became disabled, so he pulled over and started to push it out of the road; a second man came over to help.
Read MoreOne dead after I-65 crash in Johnson County
FRANKLIN, Ind. – One person died due to an accident on southbound I-65, between the Whiteland and Franklin exits early Sunday morning. The fatal crash involving a car and a semi-truck took place at around 4:30 a.m., according to the Indiana State Police (ISP). The Johnson County Coroner’s Office says that Destiny Lynn Johnson, 23, of Indianapolis, was identified as the victim of the crash. When Johnson County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrived they found a passenger car underneath a semi-trailer.
Read MoreSUV split in half in fiery crash at accident scene as 19-year-old drives 100 mph
WARREN, Mich. — Three people were injured in a fiery crash after a speeding motorist slammed into a crashed SUV on Sunday, splitting it in half, authorities said. According to the Michigan State Police, troopers were responding to a crash involving a Chevrolet Equinox and a Dodge Caliber on Interstate 696 near Warren at about 1:50 a.m. EDT. The Caliber rolled over on the highway, and the driver of the Equinox exited the vehicle to check on the other motorist, WDIV-TV reported.
Read MoreTashfeen Haq Killed in Two-Vehicle Accident on 15 Freeway [Victorville, CA]
VICTORVILLE, CA (August 27, 2023) – Tashfeen U. Haq died in a two-vehicle accident in Victorville Sunday afternoon on August 20. The fatal accident happened around 3:30 p.m. on southbound 15 Freeway, just north of Stoddard Wells Road. According to the CHP, Haq was driving a 2024 Porsche Cayenne when he allowed the SUV to travel at an unsafe high rate of speed in inclement weather conditions. He then lost control across the traffic lanes and struck the rear of a previously disabled Ford F-150.
Read MoreDad Helped Stranded Driver — and the Heroic Act Almost Ended His Life: ‘It Happened So Fast’ (Exclusive)
Abraham Montes planned to have a bonfire with his kids when he got home from work — instead, he ended up fighting for his life after being hit by a car Abraham Montes stopped to help a stranded driver on a rural Texas bridge last year— and it almost cost him his life. Montes and another good Samaritan were on the phone with 911 dispatchers when a car sped onto the bridge.
Read MoreTragedy at Madera barbecue: Two dead after car veers off road and hits Kerman man
A barbecue became a tragedy Friday night in Madera after a man unloading supplies for the event was hit and killed by the driver of a car who also died, the California Highway Patrol reported The incident took place at Avenue 17 and Crescent Drive. The CHP said the deaths occurred just before 10 p.m. when a Kerman man attending the event was getting corn from the bed of a Ford F-250 pickup on the south shoulder of Avenue 17, just east of Crescent.
Read More6 vehicles involved in crash along I-35 in Faribault
HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - A 37-year-old man died in a crash on northbound I-95 near Parham Road on Thursday morning. “A 2018 Freightliner was stopped on the shoulder when a 2019 International MV 607 truck ran off the road and rear-ended the stopped Freightliner,” Virginia State Police said about the crash that happened just after 4:30 a.m. Police say the driver of the International, Jeremy James Batty, died on the scene.
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