Preventable Tragedies
‘He was my compass’ | Son grieves father who was hit by car while refilling gas tank on I-73
GREENSBORO, N.C. — On Valentine’s Day, 911 calls poured in from folks driving along I-73. One caller said, “There’s been a car accident. A guy was just hit on the highway.” Another caller said, “There’s been a bad accident and I think someone’s been killed.” Marcus Nivens, 62, of Winston-Salem, died after pulling off on I-73 to refill his car with gas. Police said a driver rammed into a car behind him, before hitting Nivens.
Read MoreEisenhower Expressway crash: Driver dies after rear-ending semi
OAK PARK, Ill. - A driver died after rear-ending a semi on the Eisenhower Expressway Thursday evening in west suburban Oak Park. A 2008 Ford Edge rear-ended a semi that was parked on the shoulder of I-290 around 7:30 p.m. near Oak Park Avenue, according to Illinois State Police. The driver of the Ford was pronounced dead at the scene. They have not yet been identified by the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Read MoreFatal multi-vehicle crash temporarily closed I-694 in Arden Hills
ARDEN HILLS, Minn. (FOX 9) - A fatal multi-vehicle crash temporarily closed Interstate 694 on Friday morning, and officials believe alcohol to be involved in the collision. According to the Minnesota State Patrol, at 8:45 a.m. a 31-year-old man was driving a Chevrolet Equinox westbound on I-694 in the right lane approaching Snelling Avenue. The driver swerved from the right lane to the left shoulder, then over corrected and spun out.
Read MoreKody Lupich tragically killed in Monmouth County pedestrian accident
MONMOUTH, NJ, (February 13, 2024) - New Jersey State Police say a 30-year-old man was fatally injured Tuesday morning in a vehicle vs. pedestrian accident in Monmouth County. According to authorities, Point Pleasant resident Kody Lupich was a passenger in a vehicle that experienced a mechanical issue along the Garden State Parkway and stopped near milepost 109.1. Subsequently, Lupich exited the disabled vehicle and was hit by a northbound motorist.
Read More3 dead, 1 injured after pickup truck crashes into stalled car on lower deck of Bay Bridge
Three people died and two others were injured in a rear-end collision on Interstate Highway 80 at the Bay Bridge early Thursday morning, the California Highway Patrol said. At approximately 4:14 a.m., CHP officers learned that a Toyota Tacoma struck a Mini Cooper on the highway’s eastbound lanes west of Treasure Island, CHP Public Information Officer Mark Andrews said. Emergency crews found two of the three occupants of the Mini Cooper were killed by the crash.
Read More3 found dead in burning car after crash, Fort Collins police say
FORT COLLINS, Colo — Three people were found dead in a burning car after a crash early Thursday morning, Fort Collins police said. Police said just before 2:30 a.m., a Larimer County Sheriff’s deputy came upon a Volkswagen Jetta in the middle of the road in the 5800 block of South Taft Hill Road. The car was on fire, police said, and the deputy saw two people inside who appeared to be deceased.
Read MorePort Townsend man injured in I-5 hit-and-run crash near Kent
A Port Townsend man was injured in a hit-and-run vehicle collision Thursday morning, Feb. 15 along Interstate 5 in SeaTac, just north of Kent. The crash occurred along southbound I-5 at about 6:22 a.m., just north of South 200th Street, according to the Washington State Patrol. A vehicle was traveling southbound in lane one when it collided with a disabled vehicle on the right shoulder, according to the State Patrol. The first vehicle drifted from lane one to the right shoulder.
Read MoreStranded truck driver dives under trailer to keep from getting hit by another semi on I-40
GRAY COUNTY, Texas (KVII) — A stranded truck driver probably saved his own life by diving under his trailer to keep from getting hit by another semi on I-40. The crash happened after 7 p.m. near Groom. According to DPS, a semi broke down at mile marker 122. The driver got out to inspect his tractor trailer and put out traffic cones to warn other drivers. That’s when another eastbound semi rear ended his big rig.
Read MoreDistracted SUV Driver Crashes Into Disabled Car, Troopers Say
Three people avoided serious injuries after a crash involving a disabled vehicle on I-95 in Bristol Township. Pennsylvania State Police were dispatched last Friday just before 10 p.m. for a reported crash in the northbound lanes of the highway. The 25-year-old Bristol man who was the driver of the 2019 Nissan Sentra and the 28-year-old Bristol woman who was his passenger had pulled over due to a flat tire. The car had its flashers on while the two awaited assistance, troopers said.
Read MoreRear-end collision occurs as driver stops to check GPS on I-35 in Lyon County
EMPORIA, Kan. (WIBW) - One person was taken to an area hospital after a rear-end collision that occurred Tuesday night while the driver of one of the vehicles had stopped to check a GPS device while on Interstate 35 in Lyon County, authorities said. The crash was reported at 6:32 p.m. Tuesday on I-35 along the Kansas Turnpike, about a mile south of the Emporia exit. According to the Kansas Highway Patrol, a 2011 Mercedes-Benz M Class sport utility vehicle was stopped in the right lane of southbound I-35 as the driver was checking a GPS device when it was rear-ended by a Honda CR-V SUV that was southbound and was unable to avoid the collision as the left lane was occupied.
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