Preventable Tragedies
DPS: SUV strikes, kills man trying to avoid crash near Cactus
SHERMAN COUNTY, Texas (KFDA) - DPS officials say a man is dead after being hit by an SUV trying to avoid a crash Thursday morning near Cactus. Officials say around 4:30 a.m., a 2018 Ford Escape was driving east and exiting a curve on Farm-to-Market Road 297. The Ford was unknowingly approaching a two-vehicle crash in the roadway that happened moments earlier. Due to it being dark, officials say the driver did not see the disabled vehicles on the road in time to stop.
Read MoreMinivan shrouded in brush hid remains of couple missing for days, Florida cops say
A Florida couple reported missing Aug. 29 apparently died in a car crash that went undiscovered for nearly two days, according to the Hernando County Sheriff’s Office. The bodies of Albert Allen, 76, and Cynthia Allen, 73, were found Thursday, Aug. 31, in a minivan along Powell Road near Brooksville, officials said in a news release. Brooksville is about 50 miles north of Tampa. Photos show the heavily damaged van was found in a densely wooded area, and could not be easily seen from the road.
Read MoreMan standing on shoulder of Florida’s Turnpike killed in crash
ST. CLOUD, Fla. — A man was killed while standing on the shoulder next to his pickup truck on Florida’s Turnpike in Saint Cloud, troopers say. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 2:00 a.m. on Thursday. They say the 47-year-old was pulled over on the shoulder standing next to his pickup when another driver hit the back of his pickup which was towing a boat, killing him.
Read MoreCHP investigating fatal crash on freeway west of Dublin
Authorities are investigating a fatal crash early Sunday on Interstate 580 between Dublin and Castro Valley and are seeking witnesses or anyone with information about it. The collision was reported about 2:36 a.m. on westbound I-580, just east of Eden Canyon Road. A white 2021 Chevrolet Trailblazer veered onto the right shoulder hit a 2021 Ford E-Transit Van and its driver as he stood outside the vehicle, according to the California Highway Patrol.
Read MoreLMPD: Man found in crashed vehicle near Bardstown Road interchange may have been dead several days
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) – Police said they found the body of a man who died in a car crash that may have occurred days ago. According to Dwight Mitchell, a spokesman for the Louisville Metro Police Department, police found a crashed passenger vehicle at 11 a.m. Tuesday in the tree line just off the ramp from I-265 to Bardstown Road. Officers also found the body of a man they believed to be the driver.
Read MoreWoman 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.
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