Preventable Tragedies
Man killed after crashing into disabled vehicle on I-95 near Bowden Road
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – A 26-year-old driver died Sunday morning after crashing into an unoccupied disabled vehicle on Interstate 95 near the Bowden Road exit, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP said around 10 a.m., the driver of a sedan was traveling north on I-95 when he made an abrupt lane change toward the Bowden Road exit and lost control of the vehicle. The driver traveled across the ramp and onto the shoulder then collided with the disabled sports utility vehicle that was parked on the shoulder, FHP said.
Read MoreFatal Crash: Truck driver killed on Interstate-70
HANCOCK COUNTY – Officials from the Hancock County Sheriff’s Department said at least one person is dead following a late night crash involving multiple trucks on Interstate-70 Friday night. First responders were called around 10:40 p.m. Aug. 18 with reports of a car having a flat tire on the interstate. Hancock County Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a minor crash at the 98mm of westbound I-70 and noted the accident was caused as the result of a vehicle with the flat tire stopped in the right lane.
Read More2 dead in Marshall County crash after passersby stopped to help disabled vehicle
GRAND HAVEN, Mich. — A man was killed in a crash involving a dozen vehicles on the Grand Haven drawbridge early Thursday morning. Deputies say the crash happened just before 7 a.m. A disabled vehicle on the drawbridge caused a crash involving nine vehicles, closing the northbound lanes of the bridge. During the initial crash, a second crash involving three vehicles happened. A 62-year-old Holton man was killed in the crash.
Read More2 injured after car rear-ends box truck on westbound I-80 in Fairfield
FAIRFIELD, Calif. — Two people were taken to a hospital after being injured in a crash on westbound I-80 in Fairfield on Wednesday. The Fairfield Fire Department responded to a single-vehicle crash near the Suisun Valley Road off-ramp. A Jeep crashed into the back of a box truck that was disabled on the shoulder. One person was extricated from the vehicle and was taken to a trauma center with moderate injuries.
Read MoreSan Jose man is second pedestrian killed in two days on same stretch of Highway 101 - Beritaja
A San Jose man was fatally struck by a hit-and-run driver connected Highway 101 in San Martin, 1 time aft different pedestrian died connected The aforesaid agelong of road, The California Highway Patrol said. The clang was reported astatine 10:30 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 10, connected southbound 101 southbound of San Martin Avenue. The man, whose sanction has not been released, had pulled his car complete to The enarthrosis of The road and gotten out, and was in a postulation lane erstwhile he was struck, The CHP study said.
Read MoreFatal Car crash, body found days later
MOYIE SPRINGS — A local man who was reported missing Saturday has been found dead Monday after a fatal car crash. Boundary County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person about 7:30 p.m. Monday, BCSO officials said in a press release. The family of Denzel Tucker, 24, reported that he was last seen with friends in the Moyie Springs area on Saturday, Aug. 12, around midnight. Tucker’s family members had been trying to locate him prior to reporting him missing.
Read MoreTow-truck driver in hospital after being hit by vehicle on Anthony Henday Drive
A tow-truck driver is in hospital after he was hit by another vehicle Monday on Anthony Henday Drive in the city’s southeast. Edmonton police say the man was getting out of his tow truck around 1:15 p.m. on Monday to check a mechanical issue after pulling onto the shoulder of the busy ring road near 17 Street when he was struck by a vehicle heading in the same direction. The tow truck did not have its emergency flashing lights activated, police said.
Read More2 people hospitalized after north Lynnwood crash on SR 525
LYNNWOOD, Wash — Two people were hospitalized overnight after a man whose car had broken down on State Route 525 was hit by another driver. According to the Washington State Patrol, a 25-year-old driver’s vehicle had broken down on SR 525, and the driver had exited the vehicle while it was in the roadway. A 58-year-old driver ended up striking both the driver and his vehicle just before midnight. Both the 25-year-old driver and a 21-year-old female passenger who was inside his vehicle at the time were taken to Harborview Medical Center.
Read MoreGood Samaritan killed after struck, thrown from I-395 bridge described as a ‘gentle giant’
BALTIMORE - Robert Horne was described by a former co-worker as a “Gentle Giant.” Horne, 50, was a good Samaritan, helping a driver with a disabled car, before he was killed in a tragic crash on I-395 Sunday night in Baltimore City. Earl Brown said that sums up Horne’s unselfish nature. “That’s normally Horne to always stop and pulling over, I don’t care where he at,” Brown told WJZ. “He always try to help somebody.
Read MorePolice: Bad weather and heavy traffic caused 14-vehicle highway pileup in Freeport
Police and firefighters had their hands full Sunday afternoon when they responded to a multi-vehicle pileup that shut down Interstate 295 in Freeport. Maine State Police said no one was seriously hurt, but that the weather was partly to blame for the series of accidents involving 14 different vehicles. “Heavy downpours along with significantly heavy traffic were factors,” police said. Police first responded to the area, near mile marker 22 on the northbound side, around 3:13 p.
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