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Gina Yoon injured in Kelso multi-vehicle accident on Interstate 5
KELSO, WA, (October 16, 2022) - Two people were hospitalized after a collision involving four vehicles early Sunday morning in Kelso. The crash happened at around 1:20 a.m. near milepost 36 along northbound Interstate 5. According to the Washington State Patrol, Jeremy J. Burger, age 33, of Ferndale, was stopped in a 2001 Honda Civic, partially blocking the left lane. Three vehicles – a 2021 Tesla, a 2015 Dodge Dart, and a 2013 Toyota Prius – hit Berger’s or each other’s cars.
Read MoreMan dies after being hit by van while assisting broken-down vehicle
HIGHLANDS COUNTY, Fla. — A 60-year-old Lorida man was killed in a crash as he was assisting a disabled vehicle that was blocking the northbound travel lane on County Road 621. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP), the crash happened at approximately 7:43 PM on Oct. 12 in Highlands County. The Lorida man was traveling north on County Road 621 when he stopped along the lane, partially extending into the southbound lane, to assist a broken-down vehicle.
Read MoreMan killed, woman injured in multi-vehicle crash
ISABELLA CO., Mich. (WNEM) - A man was killed, and a woman was injured in a crash involving multiple vehicles in Isabella County Monday morning. It happened shortly after 7 a.m. on northbound US-127 near Broomfield Road in Union Township. Deputies from the Isabella County Sheriff’s Office were originally responding to a car versus deer crash at that location. While they were on their way, the deputies were informed two other vehicles had collided at the scene, for a total of three vehicles involved in the crash, the sheriff’s office said.
Read MoreTwo 16-year-old girls die in crash after Homecoming dance, police say
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX/Gray News) - Two teen girls were found dead Sunday in a crash along a highway in Mississippi after a Homecoming dance at their high school. The Jackson County Coroner said the two girls were identified as 16-year-old Baleigh Bowlin and 16–year-old Chloe Taylor. The girls attended East Central High School in Jackson County. WLOX reports the families of the girls had posted that they were missing Sunday morning after the dance on Saturday night.
Read MoreTwo young men found dead after car careers off road
Two men have died following a crash in which a car careered off a road in the Highlands. Officers were called to reports of a white Mazda RX8 found on the A836 at Torroble near Lairg, at around 3.20pm on Sunday. Emergency services attended and two men, aged 25 and 24, were pronounced dead at the scene. It is believed the car left the road some time before it was found and reported to police.
Read MoreMotorcycle rider dies after hitting car disabled by another crash in which a motorist fled: DPS
ELSA, Texas (ValleyCentral) — A fatal crash early Saturday morning north of Elsa left a motorcycle rider dead, according to the Texas Department of Public Safety. The motorcyclist, 68-year-old La Villa resident Gustavo Vasquez Cervantes, was pinned under his motorcycle after colliding with a vehicle that had been left disabled in the road following a collision moments earlier in which another driver fled the scene, DPS stated Saturday in a news release detailing the fatal chain of events.
Read MoreMSP: One person dead in three-car crash on I-696 in Oakland County
(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan State Police is investigating a three-vehicle crash that left one person dead on westbound Interstate 696 in Oakland County. Police say the driver of a passenger vehicle was traveling slowly in the right lane when the driver of a semi truck rear ended it with out any braking. The car was then pushed into the middle lane sideways with the passenger side facing oncoming traffic. Police say the vehicle was suddenly struck by another passenger vehicle, killing a 65-year-old woman from Rochester Hills.
Read MoreState police: Fatal car crash occurred in Old Lyme on I-95
Old Lyme ― State police said a man was taken to the hospital and died Saturday morning after his car was rear-ended on Interstate 95. Identified in a state police news release, Michael S. Sansur, 52, of Darien, was driving a Honda Accord EX with a passenger on I-95 northbound between Exits 70 and 71 and stopped in the left lane for an unknown reason. Around 7:24 a.m., Fernando A. Dixon, 26, of Oxford, was driving in a Kia Stinger GT behind Sansur when Dixon struck the rear of his car resulting in significant damage to both cars, said state police.
Read MoreMan killed trying to run across I-275 after getting flat tire
LIVONIA, Mich. (FOX 2) - Livonia Police said man died Friday morning on I-275 when he hit by a car as he tried to cross the freeway after getting a flat tire. According to a press release from Livonia Police, the man was hit and killed as he tried to walk across the northbound lanes of the freeway at 7 Mile in Livonia. Police said a little after 5 a.m., the man had gotten a flat tire and was on the left shoulder when he tried to cross the interstate.
Read More‘American Idol’ runner-up Willie Spence dies at 23 after car crash
Former “American Idol” runner-up Willie Spence died after a car accident Tuesday, authorities said. Spence, 23, finished as runner-up to Chayce Beckham in the show’s 19th season, which aired last year. The crash occurred around 4 p.m. Tuesday in Marion County in East Tennessee, when Spence’s 2019 Jeep Cherokee “left the roadway” and collided with the back of a tractor-trailer that was stopped on the shoulder of the east side of Interstate 24, at the 147-mile marker, the Tennessee Highway Patrol and the Marion County medical examiner said in a preliminary report.
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