In Memory of KellyAnn Mooney (August 17, 2021)

A New York woman was killed when the car she was riding in crashed into a tractor-trailer parked on Interstate 78 in Berks County.

Kellyann Mooney, 40, of Suffolk County, died at the scene of the crash. . .

The driver of the car and two backseat passengers — a 13-year-old and a 7-year-old — were taken to the hospital. Their injuries are not believed to be life-threatening, authorities said. NY woman killed in crash on Interstate 78 in Berks

Because the bottom of a truck is higher than the bumper of passenger vehicles, when there is a collision the smaller vehicle easily slides under the truck and the first point of impact is the windshield. Seatbelts, airbags, and car crumple zones do not function as intended in underride crashes —frontside, and rear — leaving passenger vehicle occupants vulnerable to life-threatening injuries.

Kellyann Mooney, Precious One Gone Too Soon

See Underride Crash Memorials posted here and at #STOPunderrides Tweets. To add photos or more information on this story or to add other underride crashes to be remembered, send an email to underridemap@gmail.com. Please use this Interactive Underride Crash Map Crash Location Input Form to provide us with accurate information . (Note: the map is currently not online; but we would keep the information for future updating and to aid in underride advocacy efforts.)

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How You Can Help

Please sign this petition: Congress, Act Now To End Deadly Truck Underrides.

Note: In order to raise awareness and preserve the memories of underride victims — precious ones gone too soon — I have been writing memorial posts on what appear to me to be underride crashes. I am not a crash reconstructionist, and I do not have all the facts on these crashes; but underride should be investigated as a potential factor in truck crash injuries and deaths.

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