Highway fatalities News

3 Construction Workers Killed Doing Overnight Sealing on I-83, Police Say

LEWISBERRY, Pa. (AP) — Three construction workers on a maintenance project along a Pennsylvania interstate were struck and killed by a truck early Wednesday, state police said. Investigators said a 24-year-old man was driving a large box truck at about …

Death Toll Lowered to 7 in Louisiana Super Fog Highway Crashes Involving 160 Vehicles

NEW ORLEANS (AP) – The death toll from last week’s series of highway crashes blamed on a “super fog” of smoke from marsh fires mixed with dense fog has been lowered from eight to seven people, according to Louisiana State …

Victims of Deadly Oregon Highway Crash Were Farmworkers, Union Says

The victims of one of Oregon’s deadliest highway crashes were farmworkers traveling in a van at an hour when agricultural laborers typically commute home after toiling in the harvest, the state’s farmworkers union and Mexican officials said. Authorities have not …

6 Killed in 3-Vehicle Crash on Texas Highway, Authorities Say

GEORGE WEST, Texas (AP) – A minivan trying to overtake a vehicle in a no-passing zone on a Texas highway crashed head-on into an SUV, which was then rear-ended by another vehicle, authorities said. Six people died and five others …

Illinois Wrong-Way Crash Kills 7, Including 5 Children

A crash involving a wrong-way car on an interstate in northern Illinois left seven people dead Sunday, including five children, authorities said. The crash occurred around 2 a.m. on Interstate 90 in McHenry County, roughly 50 miles (80 kilometers) from …

3 Dead After Highway Crashes During Stormy Arkansas Weather

At least three people were killed traveling on Interstate 30 in southwest Arkansas during a series of crashes that happened during stormy weather last week, authorities said. The June 8 crashes began in the eastbound lanes of the interstate near …

6 Students Killed in Southern Oklahoma Crash With Semi

Six teenage students have been killed in a two-vehicle collision in southern Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said March 22. The students were in a passenger vehicle that collided with a semi about 12:30 p.m. in Tishomingo, a rural city …

2 Dead After more than 100 Vehicles Crash on Icy Missouri Roads

Authorities say at least two people have died in a series of crashes involving more than 100 vehicles on snowy and icy Missouri highways. The Kansas City Star says the series of wrecks began around 2 p.m. Sunday, with the …

Proposal Aims to Make Deadly Indiana Highway Safer

The Indiana Department of Transportation has proposed a way to make a deadly stretch of highway in western Indiana safer. Department officials told the Vincennes Sun-Commercial that an intersection of U.S. 41 near Oaktown may be turned into a J-turn …

Bus Driver in Fatal Louisiana Wreck Previously Cited for Lack of License

Louisiana State Police say a bus driver accused of killing two people in a five-vehicle wreck on Sunday had been ticketed Aug. 5 for driving without a license. Trooper Melissa Matey says 37-year-old Denis Yasmir Amaya Rodriguez of Honduras was …