Preventable Tragedies
1 killed in I-5 hit-and-run crash in Tacoma
TACOMA, Wash. - A man whose car was stopped on I-5 died in a hit-and-run crash early Saturday morning. According to Washington State Patrol (WSP), one vehicle was stopped in two lanes of I-5, facing perpendicular on southbound I-5 near the State Route 16 interchange. Another car was traveling down I-5 and struck the stopped vehicle. WSP says a 39-year-old man from Temple, Texas, was the driver of the car that was stopped, and he was killed in the crash.
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NICHOLAS COUNTY, W.Va. (WSAZ) -One person died in a crash in Nicholas County on Friday night, according to West Virginia State Police. Troopers said David Erikson, of Eight Four, Pennsylvania, died after the car he was driving struck an unloaded log truck along South Route 19 near the crest of Powells Mountain, near Birch River. Nicholas County 911 received a report of the crash just after 9 p.m. on Friday.
Read More1 dead after vehicle collides into stopped pickup truck along Highway 58
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — A Lake Isabella woman was killed after veering off the road and crashing into the back of a pickup truck along Highway 58 on Thursday, according to the California Highway Patrol. The California Highway Patrol said officers responded to a collision involving two vehicles on Highway 58, west of Washington Street, just after 12:19 p.m. Investigators said an 85-year-old woman was traveling westbound on Highway 58 just west of Washington Street when for unknown reasons, she veered out of traffic lanes and into the back of a pickup truck stopped on the right hand shoulder of the road.
Read MoreOne killed in Jones County crash after vehicle found down embankment
JONES COUNTY, Miss. (WHLT) – One person was killed during a crash on Interstate 59 in Jones County. Firefighters responded to the scene around 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, March 28 on I-59 near the 105 mile-marker. When firefighters arrived at the location, officials with the Jones County Fire Council said they found debris from the road to the black sedan, which was 200-300 feet off the road and down an embankment.
Read MoreSUV crashes into semi-truck on US-41, leaving one person dead
PALMETTO, Fla. — A deadly crash involving a semi-truck happened early Friday morning in Palmetto near the intersection with Piney Point Road. A 35-year-old Ruskin man driving a Land Rover was traveling south on U.S. 41 at high speed when he lost control, according to a news release from the Florida Highway Patrol. He rear-ended a commercial motor vehicle parked on the side of the road loaded with bananas. The driver of the car died in the crash, according to the North River Fire District.
Read MoreDisabled car, passengers narrowly escape oncoming semi on Utah highway
IRON COUNTY, Utah (KABC) – It was a close call for some travelers on a Utah interstate who narrowly avoided being hit by a semi truck. The motorists’ car had broken down on the highway and they were standing next to it on the road as the semi approached at full speed. A highway patrolman can be seen trying to flag down the semi before scrambling out of the way.
Read More20-year-old GSU student, aspiring lawyer killed in multi-car crash on I-285
DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — Family members say a 20-year-old Georgia State student who wanted to be a lawyer was killed in a crash in DeKalb County last week. Zuriel-Alice Emambo Ngome, who family members called “Ema,” was killed March 16 in a multi-car pile-up on I-285 near I-675. The crash happened around 5:16 a.m. after another the car Ngome was a passenger in hit another car, crashed into a median wall and then was hit by another car head-on.
Read MoreFHP: New Smyrna Beach woman with disabled vehicle on I-95 killed after being hit by SUV, truck
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A woman standing outside her disabled vehicle on I-95 is dead after being struck by two vehicles Sunday morning, a Florida Highway Patrol report said. A 21-year-old woman was “standing on the left, yellow painted edge line and her vehicle was blocking the left and center lanes of I-95 near mile marker 332 around 4:50 a.m. The report said An SUV swerved to avoid the car and struck the victim.
Read MoreMaryland State Police Investigating Fatal Three-Vehicle Crash On I-95 In Cecil County
(NORTH EAST, MD) – Maryland State Police are investigating a fatal three-vehicle crash that occurred Saturday evening in Cecil County. Shortly before 6:50 p.m., troopers from the Maryland State Police JFK Memorial Highway Barrack responded to a three-vehicle crash on northbound Interstate 95 in North East, Maryland. According to a preliminary investigation, traffic was stopped in the left two lanes of northbound I-95 due to a previous crash when a 2014 Chevrolet Sonic rear-ended a 2016 Toyota Highlander, which then rear-ended a 2022 Toyota Rav4.
Read MoreMauro Mendoza Santos killed in San Antonio pedestrian accident
SAN ANTONIO, TX, (March 21, 2024) - A 63-year-old man was fatally injured when he was hit by a vehicle while attempting to change a flat tire Thursday night in San Antonio. According to the San Antonio Police Department, Mauro Mendoza Santos was operating a Ford F-350 pickup truck with a trailer attached in the 4500 block of U.S. Highway 281 southbound when he stopped to assist the driver of a Dodge Dart change a tire at approximately 9 p.
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