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Driver Dies Days After Clifton Crash Caused By Medical Emergency: Police Driver Dies Days After Clifton Crash Caused By Medical Emergency: Police
Driver Dies Days After Clifton Crash Caused By Medical Emergency: Police An 85-year-old Manassas driver died days after a Fairfax County crash caused by a medical emergency, police said. Charles McCallister was believed to have suffered a medical emergency before veering across the centerline and hitting a 2017 Honda Civic head-on around 6 p.m. Jan. 24, on Clifton Road near Johnny Moore Lane in Clifton, Fairfax County police said. Three occupants of the Ford Escape, including two young children, were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries and were later released. McCallister was also hospitalized, and died on Jan. 28, authorities said. On Satu…
Waterbury Woman, 35, Killed In Crash That Injured 2 Others Waterbury Woman, 35, Killed In Crash That Injured 2 Others
Waterbury Woman, 35, Killed In Crash That Injured 2 Others A 35-year-old Connecticut woman was killed in a two-vehicle crash that injured two others. The collision took place on Sunday, Jan. 28, in New Haven County at West Main Street at Watertown Avenue, in Waterbury. According to Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police, officers responded to a motor vehicle accident at the intersection of West Main Street at Watertown Avenue involving a Honda Element and Ford Escape. The Ford Escape had two occupants in the vehicle identified as a 37-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman. Both occupants were transported to local hospitals. The man sus…
DUI Driver 3X Legal Limit Charged In Head-On PA Crash Hospitalizing 2 People: State Police DUI Driver 3X Legal Limit Charged In Head-On PA Crash Hospitalizing 2 People: State Police
DUI Driver 3X Legal Limit Charged In Head-On PA Crash Hospitalizing 2 People: State Police A drunk driver who caused a serious head-on that sent two people to the hospital has been charged, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Thursday.  Gary Testerman Jr., 36, of Willow Street (previously of Buck and Quarryville according to public records) had a blood alcohol level nearly two times the legal limit when he caused the serious head-on crash on Sept. 23, 2023, Trooper James Grothey explained in the release.  Testerman was driving under the influence of alcohol heading south on Lancaster Pike, just south of Mount Airy Road, when he swerved his Ford Escape into the n…
Hershey Gymnastic Coach ID'd As Woman Killed In Fiery Rt 283 Crash Hershey Gymnastic Coach ID'd As Woman Killed In Fiery Rt 283 Crash
Hershey Gymnastic Coach ID'd As Woman Killed In Fiery Rt 283 Crash The woman killed in a fiery three-vehicle on Route 283 in Dauphin County on Tuesday morning has been identified. Melissa 'Missy' Lynn Deroba, 49, of Middletown, died an accidental death due to smoke inhalation and thermal burns, according to Dauphin County Press Secretary Jennifer Fitch.  A tractor-trailer rear-ended Missy's grey 2005 Ford Escape, bursting into flames, as the truck continued to rear-end another tractor-trailer — becoming stuck under the passenger side of the trailer, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release the following morning.  The fiery three-vehicle collision …
'Senseless' Walden Road Rager Sentenced To Decade After Triple-Fatal Wallkill Incident: DA 'Senseless' Walden Road Rager Sentenced To Decade After Triple-Fatal Wallkill Incident: DA
'Senseless' Walden Road Rager Sentenced To Decade After Triple-Fatal Wallkill Incident: DA A 26-year-old Hudson Valley man will spend years behind bars for a road rage incident that killed three people and injured five others. Anthony Jones, age 26, of Orange County, was sentenced on Wednesday, Oct. 11 after being convicted of manslaughter and assault charges, according to the Orange County District Attorney. Jones, a resident of Walden, was handed the maximum permitted sentence of five to 15 years for manslaughter and six years for the assault charges he racked up in an incident that happened two years prior. According to his conviction, on Aug. 4, 2021, Jones was driving his…
Pennsylvania Motorcyclist Dies In Route 72 Crash With Pickup Truck Pennsylvania Motorcyclist Dies In Route 72 Crash With Pickup Truck
Pennsylvania Motorcyclist Dies In Route 72 Crash With Pickup Truck A Pennsylvania motorcyclist died in a crash on Route 72 in Burlington County, NJ Saturday, Sept. 16, authorities said. Eric Tomko, 47, of Bensalem, was heading east on Route 72 when he struck a westbound Chevrolet Silverado attempting a lefthand turn onto County Route 532 around 8:50 p.m. in Woodland Township, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Philip Curry said. Tomko was thrown from his bike, which entered the path of a Ford Escape traveling behind the Chevy, police said. Tomko and the bike both struck the Ford's front passenger side.  Tomko was pronounced dead at the scene and the crash …
14-Year-Old Girl Killed In Crash Of Stolen Vehicle In Waterbury, Police Say 14-Year-Old Girl Killed In Crash Of Stolen Vehicle In Waterbury, Police Say
14-Year-Old Girl Killed In Crash Of Stolen Vehicle In Waterbury, Police Say A 14-year-old Connecticut girl was killed during a two-car crash that also injured five people, two critically.  The crash took place in New Haven County around 2:20 a.m., Friday, July 21, at the intersection of East Main Street and Baldwin Street in Waterbury.  The vehicles involved were a Hyundai Sonata and Ford Escape, said Lt. Ryan Bessette of the Waterbury Police. The Hyundai had four juvenile occupants and had been reported stolen in Waterbury, he added. The girl was ejected during the crash and pronounced dead shortly after at the hospital, Bessette said. Also in th…
Motorcyclist Killed In Gloucester Township Crash: Police Motorcyclist Killed In Gloucester Township Crash: Police
Motorcyclist Killed In Gloucester Township Crash: Police A motorcyclist was killed on the Black Horse Pike in Camden County, authorities said. The motorcycle collision with a Ford Escape occurred at 1:33 p.m. on Friday, June 2, according to Gloucester Township police. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the crash scene. No names had been released. The driver of the SUV suffered minor injuries in the crash, police said. Police said that the Ford Escape pulled out in front of the motorcycle from Brewer Avenue to make a left hand turn northbound onto the Black Horse Pike.  It appears the driver of the motorcycle attempted to avoid the c…
NJ Troopers, SUV Driver Injured In South Jersey Crash NJ Troopers, SUV Driver Injured In South Jersey Crash
NJ Troopers, SUV Driver Injured In South Jersey Crash Two New Jersey State Police troopers and the driver of a Ford Escape were hurt in a collision in Atlantic County, authorities said. A State police vehicle was struck by the Escape at about 11 a.m. Thursday, April 13.  The crash occurred on the Black Horse Pike (Route 322 eastbound) in Hamilton near milepost 40.3, said Lr. Lawrence Peele, a State Police spokesman. The troopers were taken by ambulance to an area hospital and the driver of the Escape was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, Peele said. Peele did not say how seriously the troopers and SUV driver were hurt. …
Lynn 26-Year-Old Nabbed On Cocaine Charges After 'Altercation' Near Melrose Hospital Lynn 26-Year-Old Nabbed On Cocaine Charges After 'Altercation' Near Melrose Hospital
Lynn 26-Year-Old Nabbed On Cocaine Charges After 'Altercation' Near Melrose Hospital A drug trafficking arrest was made with the help of a K-9 who indicated to officers that a car door was stuffed with baggies of cocaine, officials say.  Samuel Castillo, of Lynn, was arrested on Friday, April 7 for possessing and trafficking cocaine, according to the Melrose Police Department.   An altercation was reported between two individuals on Lebanon Street near the Melrose Wakefield Hospital around 9:47 a.m. One of the people involved was driving a gray Ford Escape.  A vehicle matching that description was seen by police, who conducted a traffic stop. While spea…
PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say
PA Son Kills Mom Over Purse, Crashing While Fleeing In Her Stolen Car, Police Say A 26-year-old Lancaster County man confessed on Wednesday, March 22, 2023, to the police that he strangled his mom during a fight over her purse, then took her keys out of her purse, stole her car and fled, police say.  Many friends of 62-year-old Lois Gift thought her absence from events she regularly attended was very odd so they called the Ephrata police and requested a welfare check on Monday, March 20, 2023— that's when her body was discovered at her home on Grant Road in Adamstown, according to the police release following the confession. The coroner determined her cause of death…
‘It Just Took Off On Me,’ Says 82-Year-Old Driver Of SUV That Plowed Into Fair Lawn Restaurant ‘It Just Took Off On Me,’ Says 82-Year-Old Driver Of SUV That Plowed Into Fair Lawn Restaurant
‘It Just Took Off On Me,’ Says 82-Year-Old Driver Of SUV That Plowed Into Fair Lawn Restaurant FOLLOW-UP: An 82-year-old Elmwood Park driver whose SUV plowed straight into a Fair Lawn restaurant, injuring a customer and an employee, said the vehicle “took off on her,” according to police. The motorist wasn’t injured when the Ford Escape jumped the curb, hit two bollards and “crashed through the front windows of the occupied dining room” at Green Dragon Asian Cuisine on Fair Lawn Avenue shortly before 5:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 5, Detective Eric Eleshewich said. Two men were struck by flying debris – one of them a 41-year-old customer who was taken to the Valley Hospital in Ridgewood, th…
Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire
Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire Ford is recalling hundreds of thousands of SUVs that could potentially have a faulty fuel injector that could lead to fuel spills or potentially leak vapors onto hot engines, posing a fire hazard. The motor company announced a recall of nearly 650,000 Ford Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs that were produced between 2020 and 2023 with 1.5-liter, three-cylinder engines, according to officials. Of the 650,000 vehicles subject to the recall worldwide, approximately 520,000 were reportedly sold in the US. According to officials, Ford is not advising consumers to stop driving the vehicles, and the …
Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire
Ford Recalling 634K SUVs For Faulty Fuel Line That Could Cause Fire Ford is recalling hundreds of thousands of SUVs that could potentially have a faulty fuel injector that could lead to fuel spills or potentially leak vapors onto hot engines, posing a fire hazard. The motor company announced a recall of nearly 650,000 Ford Bronco Sport and Escape SUVs that were produced between 2020 and 2023 with 1.5-liter, three-cylinder engines, according to officials. Of the 650,000 vehicles subject to the recall worldwide, approximately 520,000 were reportedly sold in the US. According to officials, Ford is not advising consumers to stop driving the vehicles, and the …
3 Injured After SUV Strikes Van, Rolls Down Embankment On Route 2 In East Hartford 3 Injured After SUV Strikes Van, Rolls Down Embankment On Route 2 In East Hartford
3 Injured After SUV Strikes Van, Rolls Down Embankment On Route 2 In East Hartford Three people suffered injuries in a two-vehicle crash in Connecticut. The Hartford County crash happened on Route 2 in East Hartford at about 1:40 p.m. on Sunday, Nov. 20, Connecticut State Police said. A 2011 Ford Escape XLT was traveling east near the Exit 5D off-ramp and the driver attempted to overtake a 2019 Ford Econoline E-450 Super by driving on the left shoulder, which narrows, authorities said. Police said the driver of the Ford Escape tried to cut back into the left lane and struck the Ford Econoline. The impact of the crash caused the Ford Escape to veer to the right and roll …
Woman's Car Stolen At Gunpoint On Residential Street In Williston Park, Police Seek Tips Woman's Car Stolen At Gunpoint On Residential Street In Williston Park, Police Seek Tips
Woman's Car Stolen At Gunpoint On Residential Street In Williston Park, Police Seek Tips Police are investigating after a woman's car was stolen at gunpoint on a Long Island residential street. The robbery happened just before 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 1, in Williston Park, Nassau County Police said. Investigators said the 50-year-old woman was getting out of her parked Ford Escape on Stratford Avenue when she was approached by a man who pointed a gun at her and ordered her out of the vehicle. He then took off with her vehicle traveling north on Stratford Avenue, police said.  There were no reports of injuries. Police described the suspect as a Black male in his…
Driver Facing Charges For Methuen Hit-And That Injured 65-Year-Old Lawrence Man Driver Facing Charges For Methuen Hit-And That Injured 65-Year-Old Lawrence Man
Driver Facing Charges For Methuen Hit-And That Injured 65-Year-Old Lawrence Man A driver is expected to face charges after hitting a person with their car, checking for damage, then driving away over the weekend, authorities said.  Police responded for a report of an injured pedestrian at Broadway near Blake Street around 1:17 a.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29, Methuen Police Chief Scott J. McNamara reports.  Upon arrival, officers found a 65-year-old Lawrence man injured under a parked car. The man was taken to a local hospital for treatment, police said, Further investigation revealed that the involved vehicle was a black Ford Escape that was missing a driver…
KNOW THEM? Police Seek ID For Fraud Suspects At Mercer County TJ Maxx KNOW THEM? Police Seek ID For Fraud Suspects At Mercer County TJ Maxx
Know Them? Police Seek ID For Fraud Suspects At Mercer County TJ Maxx Recognize them? Police are seeking the public’s help identifying a pair of fraud suspects at a TJ Maxx store in Mercer County. The suspects, pictured above, were involved in an unspecified fraudulent incident at the East Windsor store around 2:40 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, police said. The suspects left in a silver Ford Escape, according to police. Scroll down to view additional photos. Public Assistance Needed: The East Windsor Police Department is currently investigating a fraud that occurred at T.J.... Posted by East Windsor Police Department on Monday, October 3, 2022 Anyone wi…
Pedestrian Hit By Two Cars, Killed In Manassas Crash: Police Pedestrian Hit By Two Cars, Killed In Manassas Crash: Police
Pedestrian Hit By Two Cars, Killed In Manassas Crash: Police A pedestrian was hit by two cars in a fatal Manassas crash, police said. On Sept. 23, before 10 p.m., Juan Torres Lizama, 54, tried to cross Sudley Road, when he was hit by a car, according to the Prince William County Police Department. The Ford Escape that hit Lizama was heading south when the accident happened, authorities said. After Lizama was hit by the Ford, he was then hit again by a Toyota Prius that was also driving southbound on Sudley Road, law enforcement reported. Both drivers stayed at the scene and Lizama was taken to a local hospital where he later die…
Maryland State Police Arrest Man Charged In 2021 Fatal Impaired Driving Crash In St. Mary’s Maryland State Police Arrest Man Charged In 2021 Fatal Impaired Driving Crash In St. Mary’s
Maryland State Police Arrest Man Charged In 2021 Fatal Impaired Driving Crash In St. Mary’s More than a year after a fatal four-car crash in Maryland, state police announced that they have arrested a suspect who was allegedly impaired when he crashed head-on with another driver last summer. St. Mary’s County resident Kevin Eugene Luther, 42, was indicted this week and arrested at his Lexington Park home following a yearlong investigation into the fatal crash in August last year, Maryland State Police officials announced. Shortly before 7 p.m. on Aug. 31, 2021, police said that troopers from the Maryland State Police Leonardtown Barrack responded to Pegg Road in the area of Spring…
Man Celebrating Birthday Killed In Hampton Wrong-Way Double-Fatal Crash Man Celebrating Birthday Killed In Hampton Wrong-Way Double-Fatal Crash
Man Celebrating Birthday Killed In Hampton Wrong-Way Double-Fatal Crash Two men were killed, one on his birthday, during a wrong-way crash in Connecticut. It happened around 8:45 p.m., Saturday, April 9, on Route 6 Windham County in the town of Hampton, said the Connecticut State Police. Tolland County resident Jeffrey Wayne Goulart, age 28, of the town of Hebron, was killed after driving his Subaru the wrong way on Route 6, slamming into a Ford Escape driven by a 16-year-old head-on, and then hit a Hyundai Elantra on the passenger side before it traveled off the roadway, state police said. Windham County resident, Jason F. Light, age 44, of the town of Putnam…
Woman Injured After Crashing Into Westchester Building Woman Injured After Crashing Into Westchester Building
Woman Injured After Crashing Into Westchester Building A Westchester County woman was injured after crashing her vehicle into a building. The incident took place around 6 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11 when the woman in her 50s drove a Ford Escape into the old HSBC on Nepphehan Avenue in Yonkers. According to Lt. Dean Politopoulos, of the Yonkers Police, the woman drove at a high rate of speed into the building damaging a 10-foot section of windows and causing possible structural damage. The woman was pinned in the car had to be removed by first responders from the Yonkers Police and Fire departments, Politopoulos said. The woman was transported …
'Do The Right Thing': GF Makes Desperate Plea For NJ Hit-Run Driver's Surrender 'Do The Right Thing': GF Makes Desperate Plea For NJ Hit-Run Driver's Surrender
'Do The Right Thing': GF Makes Desperate Plea For NJ Hit-Run Driver's Surrender The girlfriend of a New Jersey man critically injured by a hit-and-run driver has made a desperate plea for their surrender. Ryan Harley, 33, was on life support at Cooper University Hospital as of Thursday -- five days after the Deptford crash, according to his girlfriend Brianna Garland. Ryan Harley, Brianna Garland and their children.Brianna Garland Harley -- who shares three children with Garland -- was on the phone with his mom when he was struck crossing Delsea Driver after a trip to Walmart around 6:40 p.m. Saturday, Garland told Daily Voice. "His mom heard a handheld horn follo…
33-Year-Old Dad Critical Days After Deptford Crash, Hit-Run Driver Sought 33-Year-Old Dad Critical Days After Deptford Crash, Hit-Run Driver Sought
33-Year-Old Dad Critical Days After Deptford Crash, Hit-Run Driver Sought Police in Deptford are seeking the driver in a hit-and-run crash hat seriously injured a 33-year-old dad of three. Ryan Harley was on life support at Cooper University Hospital as of Tuesday, CBS3 says.  Harley's family told the outlet he was on the phone with them when he was struck crossing Delsea Drive around 6:40 p.m. Saturday. Deptford police are seeking a white or gray 2008-2012 Ford Escape with New Jersey tags. Anyone with information is urged to call police at 856-845-6300. Click here for more from CBS3.
Pedestrian In Critical Condition After South Jersey Hit-Run Crash Pedestrian In Critical Condition After South Jersey Hit-Run Crash
Pedestrian In Critical Condition After South Jersey Hit-Run Crash Police seek the public’s help in locating a hit-and-run driver who left a pedestrian hospitalized with "substantial” injuries, authorities said.  The crash occurred on Saturday at 6:36 p.m. in Gloucester County.  Deptford Township police officers responded to Delsea Drive, between Kohler and Lexington avenues on a report of a struck pedestrian and found a 33-year-old township man lying in the roadway, police said.  He was seen crossing Delsea Drive when he was struck in the southbound lane, police said. The man was taken to Cooper University Hospital in Camden  where h…
UPDATE: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash
Update: Utility Pole Split, Juvenile Passenger Hospitalized In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: A stretch of northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River was temporarily closed after an SUV carrying a family of four split a utility pole, downing wires alongside the highway and sending a juvenile passenger to the hospital before dawn Saturday. The youngster was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with a head cut after their Ford Escape left the roadway and struck the pole around 3:30 a.m. at the highway entrance off the East Crescent Avenue overpass, Detective Capt. Edward Kane said. The 36-year-old female driver was uninjured, as was an adult and second juvenile passen…
Massachusetts State Police Investigating Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Massachusetts State Police Investigating Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash
Massachusetts State Police Investigating Double-Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Police are investigating after two drivers were killed in a wrong-way crash in Massachusetts. Troopers in Worcester County responded to the crash on Route 2 in Phillipston at about 11 p.m., according to the Massachusetts State Police. State Police had received reports shortly before 11 p.m. about a driver going west on the eastbound side of Route 2. Authorities then received reports about a head-on crash on the eastbound side west of Exit 79 in Phillipston.  Police said the crash involved a 2014 Chevy Sonic and a 2018 Ford Escape. Authorities said the Ford left the roadway and we…
Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family
Jersey City Officer Killed In Crash Was Loving Dad Who Treated Colleagues Like Family A Jersey City police officer is not all the Morton Otundo was. A GoFundMe campaign launched in memory of the 40-year-old city resident killed in a motorcycle crash last week remembers him as a doting dad to his son, Andrew. More than $62,200 had been raised on that campaign as of Monday morning. Otundo was rushed to the hospital after colliding with a Ford Escape while riding his motorcycle on Communipaw Avenue early Friday morning. He was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Officer Morton Otundo at his December 2013 police academy graduation, w…
Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash
Off-Duty Jersey City Officer Morton Otundo Killed In Motorcycle Crash An off-duty Jersey City police officer was killed in a crash with another vehicle while riding his motorcycle early Friday morning, authorities said. Morton Otundo, 40, was heading east on Communipaw Avenue when he collided with a Ford Escape heading west and turning left onto Woodward Street around 2 a.m., Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Otundo was  rushed to Jersey City Medical Center where he was pronounced dead at 2:30 a.m., Suarez said. The other driver, 30 years old, was taken to JCMC for evaluation. The events surrounding the crash remain under investigation by th…
Two-Vehicle Crash On Long Island Sends Car Into A Home Two-Vehicle Crash On Long Island Sends Car Into A Home
Two-Vehicle Crash On Long Island Sends Car Into A Home A car crashed into a Long Island home following a two-vehicle crash. The incident took place around 11:20 a.m., Thursday, Nov. 19, when Suffolk County Police officers responded to a two-vehicle crash that caused one vehicle to crash into a house in Brentwood.  According to police, a 2004 Nissan Pathfinder was struck by a 2008 Ford Escape. The driver of the Nissan lost control and the vehicle struck a house on Hewes Street.  There was damage to the bricks on the chimney. The two drivers and a passenger in the Nissan were transported to a local hospital for treatment of minor injur…
Police: Brick Driver, 60, Killed In Manchester Crash Wasn't Wearing Seatbelt Police: Brick Driver, 60, Killed In Manchester Crash Wasn't Wearing Seatbelt
Police: Brick Driver, 60, Killed In Manchester Crash Wasn't Wearing Seatbelt A 60-year-old Brick woman wasn't wearing her seatbelt when her car went off the road and hit a utility pole in Manchester Township, killing her Thursday evening, authorities said. Lynda Brown was heading west on Beckerville Road in a gray 2012 Ford Escape when she veered off the centerline and ran off the road, Manchester police Capt. Todd Malland said. Brown struck a utility pole that continued into the woods, where her car slammed into a tree.The crash happened near Route 70 in the Whiting section of town, around 5:30 p.m. The heavily-damaged car was found in the woods by police, Ma…