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One lane of eastbound Interstate 40 in Haywood County, Tenn. is open after a deadly crash, according to Tennessee Highway Patrol.
The accident involving three semi trucks happened around 10 p.m. on Tuesday. One person was killed in the crash on I-40, just west of the Highway 76 – Brownsville exit.
The eastbound lanes of the interstate were shut down until around 6 a.m. on Wednesday morning. THP opened up one lane around 6 a.m.
THP is still diverting traffic to exit 56, but drivers should also expect some delays in this area.
A 48-year-old man has been charged in a crash that injured five people at a Roseland bus stop, following a police chase Tuesday night.
James Pugh, of the 1400 block of West 115th Street, has been charged with two felony counts of aggravated fleeing; and five various misdemeanor counts including DUI, driving on a suspended license, marijuana possession, and criminal damage to property.
A Muldrow woman riding on a motorcycle died in a crash Tuesday in Sequoyah County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports.
Peggy Sue Taylor, 63, died in the wreck about 7:40 p.m. on U.S. 59, about 3 miles south of Sallisaw.
Taylor was riding on a motorcycle driven by Jimmie Lovell, 72, of Muldrow. Lovell was taken to Sparks Regional Medical Center in Fort Smith, Ark., where he was admitted with internal and external trunk injuries, the patrol reported.
A 77-year-old Capitola man was severely injured in a crash on Highway 152 outside Watsonville on Tuesday.
About 1:30 p.m., the man was driving a black 2014 Chevrolet Silverado west on Highway 152 about 1 mile east of Red Hawk Place, said California Highway Patrol officer Brad Sadek.
Authorities are not sure what caused the crash, but the driver hit a tree and heavy brush, stopping about 10 feet from the road, Sadek said.
No other vehicles were involved and no one else was injured.
A car struck a 12-year-old boy Tuesday night when he entered a road in Pacifica between two parked cars, police said Wednesday.
The collision was reported at 9:33 p.m. in the 400 block of Monterey Road.
The boy was taken to a hospital to be treated for a leg injury that is not considered life-threatening, police said.
A preliminary investigation by police indicated that the boy entered the roadway by walking in between parked vehicles. Speed does not appear to be a factor in the collision, according to police.
State troopers say a Randolph man lost his life on Tuesday after being involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer.
36-year-old Charles Jones was driving a 1995 Mazda 626 twelve miles east of Centreville on U.S. 82 around 1:42 p.m. when the collision happened. Jones was not wearing a seat belt at the time.
Troopers continue to investigate.
For the third day in a row, a Western New York resident has died as a result of a motorcycle accident.
State Police say 52-year-old Roy Beverlin, Jr. failed to negotiate a curve in the roadway on Bolton Road in the Town of Ashford and crashed, striking a fence and trees. A passing motorist found him unresponsive and called 911.
Beverlin was pronounced dead at the scene.
An Iowa woman died after an accident in Craig County, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported.
Audrey Rose Wichman, 81, died after the car in which she was a passenger went off the roadway. The car, driven by Leonard Clem Wichman, 81, of Dubuque, Iowa, was driving eastbound on Interstate 44 about 2:55 p.m. Tuesday. The car crossed all the lanes of traffic and hit the median wall and the guard rail, troopers said.
Molten aluminum burned the legs of two men about 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at Kobe Aluminum Automotive Products.
Both employees, David Lindsey and Robert Evans, who are operating technicians in the SB Building in the rear of the Kobe property, were wearing required personal protective equipment and fire retardant uniforms, corporate officer Greg Head said.
“The call came in that there was an explosion at Kobe Aluminum with two people injured,” Bowling Green Fire Department spokeswoman Marlee Boenig said.
An Indianapolis woman is dead after a train hit a car Tuesday night at a McCordsville railroad crossing.
The crash occurred after 9:30 p.m. when a northeast bound train struck a car that had been headed northbound on Hancock County Road 700 West, said Assistant Chief Paul Casey of the McCordsville Police Department.
The car contained only the driver, later identified as Evelyn Wasson, Casey said. Police do not know whether the car was moving or stopped atop the tracks at the time it was hit, Casey said.