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12. Injured. 42. The 1990 Interstate 75 fog disaster was a traffic collision that occurred on the morning of December 11, 1990, on a section of Interstate 75 (I-75) near Calhoun, Tennessee, during dense fog which obscured the visibility of motorists. The collisions occurred in an area where fog is common and had been the site of previous multi ...
car Triumph TR7: Memphis, Tennessee Died in a car crash while on his way home from a band rehearsal. He lost control of his vehicle and hit a light post causing it to fall on him, crushing and killing him. Bella Bellow: 1945 1973 28 years Togolese pop singer car Togo: Vasile Belous: 1988 2021 33 years Moldovan boxer car Călărășeuca, Moldova ...
May 9 – United States – Sunshine Skyway Bridge disaster. In Tampa, Florida, a cargo ship collided with a bridge pier, demolishing over 1200 ft. of the bridge and killing 35 people. June 5 – United States – A tour bus rolled off the highway near Jasper, Arkansas, killing 22 people and injuring 19.
One particular stretch on Interstate 75 in Tennessee seemed to be accident-prone resulting in seven multi-car accidents in 15 years including a 62-vehicle accident on November 5, 1978 and a 99-vehicle, multiple-fatality accident on December 11, 1990. Each accident was caused by a sudden and impenetrable fog, which forced drivers to suddenly ...
Musical artist. Barbara Ann Mandrell (born December 25, 1948) [ 1 ] is a retired American country music singer and musician. She is also credited as an actress and author. During the late 1970s and early 1980s, she was considered among country's most successful music artists. She had six number one singles and 25 top ten singles reach the ...
Multiple-vehicle collision. A multiple vehicle collision (colloquially known as a pile-up or multi-car collision), [1] is a road traffic collision involving many vehicles. Generally occurring on high-capacity and high-speed routes such as freeways, they are one of the deadliest forms of traffic collisions. [citation needed]
He played on the Ben Hogan Tour, the PGA Tour's developmental tour, in the early 1990s. [6] On October 5, 1992, Powers was severely injured in a car crash. Returning from a Boys and Girls Club benefit in Nashville, Powers "topped a hill" and had to abruptly stop at an intersection. He hit the brakes too late and his car crossed the intersection ...
The Lillelid murders were a series of killings that took place in Greene County, Tennessee, United States. Three members of the Lillelid family were killed on April 6, 1997. Vidar Lillelid (aged 34), Delfina Lillelid (aged 28), their daughter Tabitha (aged 6), and son Peter (aged 2) were shot on a deserted rural road near Baileyton after a ...