People are obsessing over this car accident.
Accidents do happen. Maybe the average person just needs something to fill their minds right now. Something huge that is happening to somebody else. Many folks on lockdown are crazy bored. For some, Pro Sports is not the instant lure it used to be, now having been effected with politics.
If this was Joe Household on his way to work, it would barely get a mention on the local news, if any.
No, they do not just, "Happen".
Traffic collisions almost always caused by neglect, inattention, excessive speed, DUI, following too close, etc.