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David Moore Jr., 19, and Timothy Randall, 30, killed while changing flat tire on Interstate 70 near Parachute, Colorado

Date: 
Wednesday, November 5, 2014
Area: 
Denver, CO
Two men were killed while changing a tire Wednesday morning at mile marker 72 on westbound Interstate 70 in Garfield County near Parachute. A 2002 Ford F250 pick-up pulling a cattle hauler was on the right shoulder of the highway due to a flat tire. Another vehicle with David Moore Jr.,19, of Clifton and Timothy Randall, 30, of Grand Junction stopped to assist, and the men were on the left side of the trailer changing the tire when they were struck by a box truck. Both men died at the scene of the crash. The truck driver, Derek Thompson, 30, of Grand Junction was not hurt.

Kenneth Dewayne Blanchard, 35, dies in pedestrian accident when struck by hit-and-run tractor-trailer while walking for help for flat tire on Interstate 59 in Tuscaloosa, Alabama

Date: 
Thursday, October 2, 2014
Area: 
Birmingham, AL
Northport resident  Kenneth Dewayne Blanchard was walking on Interstate 59 after getting a flat early Thursday morning. He died when he was hit by a tractor-trailer whose driver fled the scene. The truck is believed to be a dark brown Freightliner Classic with a model year between 1991 and 2002.  Please contact your nearest state trooper post by dialing *HP on your cell phone or the Tuscaloosa State Trooper Post at 205-553-5531, if you have any information on this accident or the driver.

Lt. Kevin Johns killed in pedestrian accident while changing tire on Interstate 95 in Boca Raton, Florida

Date: 
Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Area: 
West Palm Beach-Ft. Pierce, FL

Lorenza Simmons told dispatchers she was trying to avoid hitting the SUV in front of her when she swerved off the road and hit Kevin Johns, who was rushed to Delray Medical Center and was pronounced dead at 1:09 p.m. Johns served the city of Fort Lauderdale for 29 years. Visitation is set for Monday from 5-8 p.m. at the Sanctuary Church in Fort Lauderdale at 1400 North Federal Highway. His funeral will be held at the same location Tuesday at 10 a.m.

One male pedestrian critically injured after he is struck by a car while trying to fix a tire on North Janaway Avenue and N.W. 2nd Street in Moore, Oklahoma

Date: 
Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Area: 
Oklahoma City, OK

A man is in critical condition and a woman is arrested after an early-morning car wreck in Moore, police said. Officers rushed to a neighborhood off North Janeway Avenue and NW 2nd Street a little after 4 a.m. to find a man seriously injured. Police say the man was rolling a tire in the middle of the road when he was hit, and was thrown 200 feet. The victim's friend says he was visiting his girlfriend and helping to fix a car. According to police, alcohol was involved. Police say a female passenger fought with officers and slipped out of her handcuffs. She was arrested on multiple charges.

Clifton Braunwalder, 13, killed, and mother Sondra S. Braunwalder, 47, seriously injured after they are struck by a car while changing a flat tire on westbound I-24 near Smyrna, Tennessee

Date: 
Wednesday, April 9, 2014
Area: 
Nashville, TN
A child has died and his mother was hurt in a hit-and-run collision allegedly caused by a driver under the influence of alcohol or drugs in the westbound lanes of Interstate 24 in Smyrna on Thursday afternoon. The crash was reported about 1:30 p.m. at mile marker 66, near Sam Ridley Parkway. The child, his mother and his sister were outside their car changing a flat tire when they were struck. The suspected driver, identified as 33-year-old Tina L. Wilson, kept driving in a Chevrolet Cavalier after the collision, according to the Tennessee Highway Patrol.

Two people seriously injured after a disabled car with a flat tire was struck on I-4 near Tampa, Florida

Date: 
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Area: 
Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL
Tampa Fire Rescue officials say two people were hurt in a two-car crash on Interstate 4 Thursday night. It happened near I-4 eastbound and North 22nd Street. Officials say one car, with a man and woman inside, was stopped on the side of the interstate with a flat tire. Investigators say a second car crashed in to the back of the stopped car, and one of the cars caught fire. Tampa Fire Rescue officials say one person in the stopped car was taken to Tampa General Hospital with serious injuries. The second person in that car was not hurt.

Kleon Cadogan killed and another in critical condition after they were struck by a hit-and-run pickup driver while changing a tire on westbound I-20 in DeKalb County, Georgia

Date: 
Tuesday, February 18, 2014
Area: 
Atlanta, GA
Police are investigating a hit-and-run crash that killed one man and critically injured another man as they helped change a tire on a metro Atlanta freeway. DeKalb County police say two women had called the men to help them change the tire when the men were struck by a pickup. It happened around 4:30 a.m. Wednesday on westbound Interstate 20, near Panola Road. Police said a pickup truck they said was not maintaining its lane struck the men and kept driving. A second car followed the truck until the driver was pulled over.