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Chain reaction crash involving 5 cars, 2 pedestrians critically injures 1 in Kansas City
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A chain reaction crash late Saturday night involving five cars on U.S. 71 Highway in Kansas City, Missouri, left one person critically injured. Just before 11 p.m., police say a black Toyota Camry and a Chevrolet Cruz were stopped at a red light on northbound 71 when a Pontiac G6 rear-ended the Chevrolet, pushing it into the Camry. A northbound Chrysler 300 tried to avoid the crashed vehicles but struck a concrete wall in doing so.
Read MoreMan hit, killed after crash on I-81 in Rockbridge County
UPDATE 10/15 AT 6:25 P.M. ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, VA. (WFXR) — Virginia State Police (VSP) have identified the victim of a deadly crash that left I-81 North shut down in Rockbridge County on Oct. 14. The crash remains under investigation; however, VSP says the incident took place at 5 p.m. on I-81 North, near Raphine Road. According to VSP, a 2015 Chevrolet Tahoe was illegally parked on the right shoulder of the highway, when it was hit by a 2018 Kenworth tractor-trailer.
Read MoreDriver killed in crash on I-40 in Durham after hitting tractor-trailer
A man died Saturday after he rear-ended a tractor-trailer on Interstate 40 West in Durham. Around 2 a.m., officers responded to a crash in the westbound lanes of I-40 near South Miami Boulevard (Exit 281). According to police, a man in a gray 2012 Honda Accord hit the back of a tractor-trailer that was parked on the side of the road. The driver was not wearing a seatbelt. He was transported to a hospital, where he died from his injuries.
Read MoreFamily appeals for information after Olathe man fatally struck by truck on Interstate 435
OLATHE, Kan. — New photos have been released of a white truck Overland Park Police believe fatally struck an Olathe man and then the driver left the crash site. It happened early Monday morning at about 1 after George Abasta, 50, had been in a collision on Interstate 435 near the Metcalf exit. When Abasta tried to cross westbound I-435 on foot, presumably to get help, Overland Park Police detectives say the truck driver struck Abasta.
Read MoreMan in surgery after being trapped under Jeep in Summit County crash
COPLEY TOWNSHIP, Ohio (WJW) – A man was taken to the hospital in serious condition after a crash in Copley Township Thursday afternoon. The two-vehicle crash happened on State Route 21, near Minor Road, around 3:23 p.m. According to the Ohio State Highway Patrol, the crash happened while a 2002 Ford F250 Super Duty was broken down on the side of the road. The driver was outside of the vehicle when a 2021 Jeep Gladiator heading northbound hit the back left corner of the pickup truck before hitting him.
Read MoreVehicle stopped to fix flat tire in Broomfield hit, 2 killed
A driver stopped to fix a flat tire on the side of Interstate 25 in Broomfield on Friday. They and a passenger were then struck by an oncoming vehicle, killing them. Police responded to a crash on northbound I-25 between 144th Avenue and Highway 7 around 10 p.m. Friday, according to a press release by the Broomfield Police Department. Responders found that two vehicles were involved in the incident. The section of I-25 was shutdown until around 5 a.
Read MoreIgnacio Flores Injured in School Bus Accident in Polk County, TX
Polk County, TX — September 5, 2023, Ignacio Flores was injured in a collision with a school bus around 7:30 a.m. on U.S. Hwy. 59 in Polk County. According to officials, the victim was traveling east on the highway in a Toyota Camry when he performed an evasive maneuver to avoid a collision with a disabled vehicle. The Camry then purportedly stuck a stationary School Bus. The disabled car had reportedly previously been in an accident with a school bus and the school bus had allegedly pulled into an improved shoulder after the initial crash.
Read MoreMan struck, killed by car during tire change on I-95 in Delray Beach
Southbound Interstate-95 lanes in Delray Beach have reopened Tuesday after a deadly crash shut down the roadway for hours. Florida Highway Patrol says the crash happened around 5:50 a.m. A West Palm Beach man was driving a two-door Chevrolet Camaro southbound, on the outside lane, leaving the Linton Boulevard overpass. At the same time, the driver of a Ford pickup truck and a man were on the outside paved shoulder, changing a rear left tire.
Read MoreMan, 44, killed on southbound I-95 while changing flat tire near Linton Blvd. in Delray
DELRAY BEACH — A 44-year-old Palm Springs man died Tuesday morning on southbound Interstate 95 when a vehicle veered onto the highway’s shoulder and struck him while he was changing a flat tire, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP did not release the name of the man who died or the driver of the vehicle that struck him, a 53-year-old West Palm Beach man. It was not immediately clear if the 53-year-old man would face any charges in the wreck.
Read MoreTeen hit deer, then sideswiped by semi in Cerro Gordo County; semi driver not located
(ABC 6 News) – A teen suffered minor injuries after hitting a deer and being sideswiped by a semi in northern Iowa on Monday night. According to the Cerro Gordo County Sheriff’s Office, it happened around 8:10 p.m. on Interstate 35, just north of mile marker 184. Gracie Stoks, 19 of Lino Lakes, Minn., was heading south on I-35 when she struck a deer that walked into the road, totaling her vehicle.
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