Preventable Tragedies in The News

ESS scours daily news cycles and documents the numerous unfortunate daily preventable tragedies involving oncoming drivers colliding with disabled vehicles. We do this to verify this growing roadway safety issue, and to emphasize to motorists, automakers, safety regulators and lawmakers the urgency we face to implement a solution.

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Accidents are the leading cause of death for tow truck drivers, according to BLS

CNBC's Contessa Brewer reports on what's being done to stem deaths of roadside workers who stop to help disabled drivers, and one woman who fought to get a 'move over' law passed in her state. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EmOJF-iBdjE

Three Southern University marching band members killed while changing tire in Louisiana

Three Southern University marching band members were killed when a semi-truck crashed into their car as they were changing a flat tire on the side of a Louisiana highway Tuesday night.

Northbound 15 Freeway Reopens After Fatal Crash In The Cajon Pass

CAJON PASS, Calif. (VVNG.com) — All lanes of the northbound I-15 freeway have reopened following an early morning fatal crash in the Cajon Pass.At about 6:44 am, on November 22, 2021, San Bernardino County Fire was dispatched to a crash involving a vehicle and a fuel tanker truck just south of Oak Hill Rd.

Two Dead After Sacramento PD Detective Crashes Into Disabled Vehicle On Interstate 5

An on-duty Sacramento Police Department detective crashed into a disabled pickup truck Tuesday morning on Interstate 5, killing two men standing near the truck, authorities said.

Officer Mike Huffman's Story

On April 26, 2013, off-duty Pasadena, Texas police officers Mike Huffman and Larry Candelari were returning from a hunting trip when they came upon a multi-car crash on the side of Interstate 10 eastbound northwest of San Antonio, TX.

Brother of Pittsburgh Steelers' Stephon Tuitt Killed by Hit-and-Run Driver

The brother of Pittsburgh Steelers defensive end Stephon Tuitt was tragically struck and killed killed in a hit-and-run accident in Georgia earlier this week. He was just 23-years-old.

Tennessee father, infant daughter and eight children killed in multi-vehicle crash on Alabama highway

A Tennessee father and his infant daughter were among 10 people -- nine of whom were children

Off-duty Seattle police officer fatally struck after stopping to help at I-5 collision scene

Seattle police on Monday continued to mourn the death of a well-respected colleague who was fatally struck by a car on southbound Interstate 5, after she stopped to help motorists involved in a collision.

Chris Smith's Story

In the wake of this tragedy, Smith serves as a brand ambassador for ESS – advocating for our Hazard Enhanced Location Protocol (H.E.L.P.) to be implemented into all new passenger vehicles so he can spare others from the pain and loss he has experienced following Cordero’s death.

Cheryl Hirsh's Story

On Oct. 5, 2017, Pittsburgh-area resident Scott Hirsh was killed in a disabled vehicle crash on the shoulder of a local expressway after stopping to change a flat tire.

December 13, 2024

Driver killed in chain-reaction crash with camper, gravel hauler

BERRIEN COUNTY, MI — A man was killed in a crash with multiple vehicles including a truck pulling a camper trailer and a semitruck hauling gravel, the Berrien County Sheriff’s Office reports.

December 13, 2024

Father and son dead after being hit by a car on the shoulder of Loop 202 in Phoenix

PHOENIX - Two pedestrians are dead after they were struck by a Tesla at an off-ramp on Loop 202 in Phoenix.

December 9, 2024

2 people, including man pushing vehicle, killed in crash on I-78 in Lehigh County

UPPER SAUCON TWP., Pa. (WPVI) – Two people were killed and four others were injured in a crash on Interstate 78 in Lehigh County early Monday morning.

December 7, 2024

One dead, two drivers injured in LaPlace car crash

On Friday, Louisiana State Troopers were informed of a two-vehicle crash on Interstate 10 near milepost 211 on the Bonnet Carré Spillway bridge in St. John the Baptist Parish which left a passenger dead and two drivers injured.

December 1, 2024

Disabled Semi-Truck hit by a Pickup Truck Pulling a RV Trailer caused Major Traffic Backup on I-15 in the Cajon Pass

CAJON PASS, CA. (Pain In The Pass) > Drivers headed down the Cajon Pass for the end of the Thanksgiving holiday weekend on Sunday were forced to endure a extra hour-long delay because of a stuck semi-truck and a pickup truck pulling a RV trailer in the middle of the freeway. (Photo above is credit by TJ Atienza)

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