All articles tagged with #chain reaction crash
More than 40 vehicles were involved in a series of crashes on Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay Bridge, resulting in 13 people being injured, with two sustaining serious injuries. The crashes caused a nearly six-hour closure of the westbound span, leading to significant traffic delays. The cause of the crashes is still under investigation, but thick fog over the bridge at the time of the crashes has been reported.
A chain-reaction crash on westbound I-96 near Saranac, Michigan, resulted in the death of a semi-truck driver who failed to slow down for a traffic backup and rear-ended a passenger car, pushing it into the median. The driver of the passenger car was injured but is expected to survive. The westbound lanes of I-96 were temporarily closed for investigation and have since reopened.
Four people were injured in Havertown, Pennsylvania, after a wrong-way driver caused a chain-reaction crash involving at least five vehicles. The driver of an SUV crossed over into the westbound lane, potentially due to a medical emergency, and collided with a SEPTA bus and a tractor-trailer. The injured individuals were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Three people were killed and five others were injured in a chain reaction crash on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale. A red Ford pickup truck had slammed into the center divider, causing five other vehicles to collide while trying to avoid the crash scene. Three of the crash victims got out of their vehicles and were fatally struck. The cause of the crash is still under investigation.
Three people died and five others were injured in a chain-reaction crash on Highway 101 in Sunnyvale, California. The crash involved at least seven vehicles and shut down the highway in both directions for several hours. The California Highway Patrol believes that three people who got out of their cars following the initial collisions were struck and killed by other vehicles. An investigation is ongoing.