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New Haven, CT
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New Haven Driver Convicted Of Fleeing Crash That Killed 17-Year-Old
A New Haven man who struck and killed a 17-year-old on Sherman Parkway fled without reporting the crash, prosecutors said. A jury has now convicted him of evading responsibility. Lennell Bethea, 57, was found guilty on Wednesday, Sept. 29, in the fatal Feb. 1, 2023 crash that killed 17-year-old Bryan Ramirez-Gutierrez on Sherman Parkway near Harding Drive in New Haven, according to New Haven State’s Attorney John P. Doyle Jr. Bethea left immediately after the crash and did not notify local authorities, the prosecutor said. New Haven police’s Accident Reconstruction Team later ide…
Aspen Hill, MD
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Witness Gets License Plate After Hit-Run Driver Fatally Strikes Woman In Aspen Hill: Police
The driver of a Jeep took off after fatally striking a woman in Maryland, but there was one problem: Someone saw it happen. The 62-year-old woman was struck at approximately 7:21 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 30, near Arctic Avenue and Bel Pre Road in Aspen Hill, Montgomery County police officials said. The driver didn't stick around. Instead, police say the Jeep Wrangler left the scene while the woman was suffering from serious injuries in the roadway. But a witness to the crash was able to give responding officers both a description of the Jeep and its license plate. Officers arriving at th…
Conshohocken-Plymouth Meeting, PA
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PA Teacher Killed By Audi While Trying To Catch Bus: Police
A 26-year-old teacher was killed when an Audi struck her as she crossed a city street while trying to catch a bus early Wednesday, Sept. 30, authorities announced the following day. Zoe Schemm, of the 1200 block of North Fifth Street, was crossing Lombard Street northbound at 19th Street around 6:42 a.m. when she was struck by a white 2023 Audi A4 traveling west, according to Philadelphia police. Schemm became trapped beneath the vehicle and suffered severe injuries. Philadelphia Fire Department medics pronounced her dead at the scene, police said. Schemm was teaching in Philadelphia at th…
Temple Hills-Camp Springs, MD
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Driver Killed In Two-Vehicle Crash In Temple Hills: Police (
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A two-vehicle crash turned deadly on a busy Maryland roadway on Wednesday afternoon. Officers were called to the 4400 block of Branch Avenue in Temple Hills at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Sept. 30, where two vehicles had collided, according to Prince George’s County Police. One of the drivers, a man whose name has not been released, was rushed to an area hospital, where he died a short time later. The driver of the second vehicle was not injured. Investigators with the department’s Collision Analysis and Reconstruction Unit remained at the scene Wednesday afternoon working to determine wha…
Linden, NJ
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SUV Plows Through Fence, Into Linden Home After Crash; Other Driver Flees: Police
A two-vehicle crash sent an SUV through a home and into a fence, while one driver fled the scene Tuesday, Sept. 29 in Linden, police said. Police responded to East Linden Avenue and Carteret Street shortly after 5 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, for a serious crash, the department said. A 2007 Ford SUV was heading west on East Linden Avenue when it collided with a 2009 Honda sedan traveling south on Carteret Street, police said. The impact sent the Ford across a front lawn, through a fence and into a home on the 200 block of East Linden Avenue. The Ford driver suffered non-life-threatening in…
New Brunswick, NJ
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New Brunswick Driver Was Drunk, Speeding On Wrong Side Of Road In Deadly Head-On Crash: Cops
A New Brunswick man was drunk, speeding and driving on the wrong side of the road when he caused a head-on crash that killed another driver, authorities said. Alexcis Merino, 25, was charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter and second-degree vehicular homicide on Tuesday, Sept. 29, Middlesex County Prosecutor Linda Estremera and New Brunswick Police Chief Vincent Sabo said. The crash happened on Jersey Avenue near Triangle Road in New Brunswick around 2:47 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 20, authorities said. Merino was driving a 2017 Honda Accord when he collided head-on with a 2009 Toyota Co…
North Hunterdon, NJ
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Audi Driver, 21, Killed In Route 78 Crash With Parked Tractor-Trailer In Hampton
A 21-year-old Maryland man was killed when his Audi struck a parked tractor-trailer on Route 78 in New Jersey early Sunday, Sept. 27, authorities said. Jourdain Nicholson, of Riverdale, was heading west near milepost 15.4 in Union Township when he lost control of the Audi around 3:34 a.m., New Jersey State Police Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said. The Audi ran off the right side of the highway and struck the rear corner of the parked tractor-trailer, according to Lebron. Nicholson was subsequently pronounced dead. The crash remained under investigation Sunday. No additional information was ava…
Fairfield, CT
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Worker Killed On I-95 In Fairfield; Gov. Lamont Calls Death ‘Heartbreaking Tragedy’
A Connecticut Department of Transportation worker was killed while working along I-95 Friday morning, Sept. 25, Gov. Ned Lamont said. Elvin Hernandez, 60, was struck by a vehicle around 10:35 a.m. near southbound Exit 20 in Fairfield, authorities said. Hernandez had worked for CTDOT since 2010. Lamont called Hernandez’s death a “heartbreaking tragedy that never should have happened.” “CTDOT workers face dangerous situations while performing their jobs because of drivers who aren’t paying attention to road conditions and speeding through work zones," Lamont said in a Faceb…
Upper Township, NJ
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NJ Woman Killed In Route 9 Upper Twp Crash:
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A 49-year-old Rio Grande woman was killed in a crash on Route 9 in Cape May County Wednesday, Sept. 23, authorities said. At 2:35 p.m., troopers responded to a crash on Route 9 north in Upper Township after a Mini Cooper failed to negotiate a curve, crossed the centerline into the northbound lanes and collided head-on with a Honda Sedan, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State Police said. Bobbie Stefankiewicz, the driver of the Mini Cooper, was pronounced dead at the scene while two people in the Honda were also injured, Lebron said. The crash remains under investiga…
Pleasantville-Absecon, NJ
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Pleasantville 6-Year-Old Struck, Killed By Vehicle Mourned
Quintay Muhammad was just six years old when he was struck and killed by a vehicle in Pleasantville on Sunday, Sept. 13, authorities said. "This loss has completely devastated the family. Quintay was deeply loved, and we want people to remember Quintay's name and the love that surrounded this sweet child every single day," Cartayah Smith, who organized a GoFundMe for the family. At 9:30 p.m., officers responded to the Black Horse Pike and Noahs Road in Pleasantville after a Quintay, who his family said was diagnosed with autism, entered the roadway and was struck by a vehicle driven by…
Temple Hills-Camp Springs, MD
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Wheelchair User Killed In Camp Springs Hit-Run ID'd By Police As 67-Year-Old Temple Hills Man
New details have been released after a 67-year-old man using a wheelchair was struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver in Maryland. Temple Hills resident James Evan Moore, Jr. has been identified by the Prince George's County Police Department as the person who was killed early on Saturday morning in Camp Springs by a driver who remains at large. Investigators say Moore was crossing Allentown Road around 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 19 in the 6300 block of Allentown Road when he was struck. Moore was pronounced dead at the scene. Detectives believe the vehicle that struck him was a dark blue or b…
Babylon, NY
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Harley Rider Seriously Injured In Babylon Crash, Police Say
A Harley-Davidson rider was seriously injured when a Toyota turning across a Long Island roadway struck his motorcycle, police said. The crash happened at the intersection of Little East Neck Road and Platt Avenue in West Babylon at approximately 3:50 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, according to Suffolk County Police. Rosemay Clairant, 60, of North Amityville, was driving a 2011 Toyota north on Little East Neck Road and attempting to turn left onto Platt Avenue when her vehicle struck a southbound 2009 Harley-Davidson motorcycle, police said. The motorcycle was being operated by a 25-year-old from …
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