One Person Extracted, One Critical Following Car Crash Outside Police Station In Smithtown: FD One Person Extracted, One Critical Following Car Crash Outside Police Station In Smithtown: FD One Person Extracted, One Critical Following Car Crash Outside Police Station In Smithtown: FD
One Person Extracted, One Critical Following Car Crash Outside Police Station In Smithtown: FD One person was trapped and another left in critical condition in a two-car crash on Long Island on Thursday morning, Sept. 17, authorities said. A 2010 Honda Odyssey and a 2013 Dodge Grand Caravan collided at the intersection of Veterans Memorial Highway (Route 347) and County Center Drive in Smithtown, the Suffolk County Police Department said. When first responders arrived on the scene, one person was still trapped in a vehicle, and crews used the Jaws of Life to remove the driver’s side door and extract them from the car, the Smithtown Fire Department said. A passenger in the Dodge, a 6…
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash: Hamilton PD Motorcyclist Killed In Crash: Hamilton PD Motorcyclist Killed In Crash: Hamilton PD
Motorcyclist Killed In Crash: Hamilton PD A motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Hamilton on Tuesday, Sept. 15, authorities said. At 2:39 p.m., authorities responded to Whitehouse-Mercerville Road and Kuser Road after a 2003 GMC pickup trick driven by a Hamilton Township resident was exiting the parking lot of a shopping center when it collided with a 1997 Yamaha motorcycle traveling northbound, Hamilton police said. The motorcyclist, Justin Morell, an Allentown, New Jersey resident, was pronounced dead at Capital Health Regional Medical Center, police said. The crash remains under investigation, police said.
Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police
Man Killed In Head-On Rocky Point Crash: Police A 44-year-old man was killed and another driver was injured in a head-on crash on Long Island on Wednesday afternoon, police said. David Maiman of Middle Island was driving a 2020 Lexus north on Rocky Point Yaphank Road around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, according to Suffolk County Police. A Jeep traveling southbound then veered into the northbound lanes, striking Maiman's Lexus, police said in an update Monday, Oct. 5. Maiman was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Jeep driver, Ferdi Reyes Garcia, 45, of Port Jefferson, was taken to the same hospital …
Farmington Driver Dies After Vehicle Strikes Exit Sign Support, Flips On I-84 In New Britain Farmington Driver Dies After Vehicle Strikes Exit Sign Support, Flips On I-84 In New Britain Farmington Driver Dies After Vehicle Strikes Exit Sign Support, Flips On I-84 In New Britain
Farmington Driver Dies After Vehicle Strikes Exit Sign Support, Flips On I-84 In New Britain An 85-year-old driver died after his vehicle ran off Interstate 84 and overturned near an exit. Abbott Schultz Jr. of Farmington was traveling west near Exit 36 in New Britain when the crash happened Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 8, Connecticut State Police said. Schultz’s vehicle left the highway and broke through a support post for the Exit 36 sign. It then flipped and stopped on its roof past the guardrail. Schultz suffered serious injuries, and an ambulance rushed him to a New Britain hospital, where he died, police said.  Several people stopped and helped Schultz before emergency cre…
Man Struck In Bethlehem Crosswalk By Driver On Drugs ID'd As Allentown Man: Coroner Man Struck In Bethlehem Crosswalk By Driver On Drugs ID'd As Allentown Man: Coroner Man Struck In Bethlehem Crosswalk By Driver On Drugs ID'd As Allentown Man: Coroner
Man Struck In Bethlehem Crosswalk By Driver On Drugs ID'd As Allentown Man: Coroner A 43-year-old man was identified as the pedestrian killed when a speeding driver struck him in a marked crosswalk, authorities announced on Tuesday, Sept. 8. Walter Lee Taylor III of Allentown was walking his bicycle across Daly Avenue at Wind Creek Boulevard when he was struck around 4:05 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 7, according to Bethlehem police and Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. Taylor was taken to the emergency department at St. Luke’s University Hospital in Bethlehem, where he was pronounced dead at 6:11 p.m., Buglio said. An autopsy was scheduled for Tuesday to determine his ca…
Driver Hits Maryland Police Cruiser, Takes Off Before Deadly Crash Mile Away In Jessup: AG Driver Hits Maryland Police Cruiser, Takes Off Before Deadly Crash Mile Away In Jessup: AG Driver Hits Maryland Police Cruiser, Takes Off Before Deadly Crash Mile Away In Jessup: AG
Driver Hits Maryland Police Cruiser, Takes Off Before Deadly Crash Mile Away In Jessup: AG A hit-run involving a Maryland police cruiser turned deadly about a mile down the road. It began around 2:17 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 6, when a 2018 Infiniti Q60 struck an occupied Howard County Police Department vehicle that was parked in the 7100 block of Montevideo Road in Jessup, police said. The Infiniti didn't stop. An officer pursued the fleeing car for approximately a mile before it ran off the road and slammed into a retaining wall, according to the Maryland Attorney General's Office. One person inside the Infiniti was pronounced dead at the scene. Two others survived and were take…
Man Killed After Subaru Hits Tree In Dix Hills: Police Man Killed After Subaru Hits Tree In Dix Hills: Police Man Killed After Subaru Hits Tree In Dix Hills: Police
Man Killed After Subaru Hits Tree In Dix Hills: Police A man was killed and a woman was injured when a Subaru crashed into a tree in Dix Hills on Saturday afternoon, police said. The 86-year-old driver was heading north on Burrs Lane when he lost control of a 2026 Subaru, left the road, and hit a tree in front of 211 Burrs Lane at approximately 1:50 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 5, Suffolk County Police said. The driver was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was pronounced dead. His name was being withheld pending notification of next of kin. An 84-year-old woman riding in the Subaru was taken to the same hospital with …
Child Extricated, 12 Kids Injured In Monroe School Bus Crash: Police Child Extricated, 12 Kids Injured In Monroe School Bus Crash: Police Child Extricated, 12 Kids Injured In Monroe School Bus Crash: Police
Child Extricated, 12 Kids Injured In Monroe School Bus Crash: Police A child was trapped following a crash between two dump trucks and a school bus that left 12 juveniles injured in Monroe Township Thursday, Sept. 3, authorities said. A commercial dump truck was traveling northbound on N. Tuckahoe Road when it failed to observe the stopped traffic and struck the rear of a passenger vehicle occupied by an adult and three children, Monroe Township police said. The force of the crash pushed the vehicle into another car occupied by a woman, police said. The vehicle was then pushed into the back of a school bus occupied by nine children and two adults, …
Driver Killed, Passenger Ejected In Three-Vehicle Indian Head Highway Crash In PG County Driver Killed, Passenger Ejected In Three-Vehicle Indian Head Highway Crash In PG County Driver Killed, Passenger Ejected In Three-Vehicle Indian Head Highway Crash In PG County
Driver Killed, Passenger Ejected In Three-Vehicle Indian Head Highway Crash In PG County One person was killed, and another was ejected from a vehicle in a late-night crash in Maryland. The three-vehicle collision was reported shortly before 9:40 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 2, on northbound Indian Head Highway near Palmer Road in Prince George's County. First responders arrived to find one person trapped inside a vehicle and another who had been ejected, according to the Prince George's County Fire/EMS Department. The trapped driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger who was ejected was taken to an area hospital in critical condition. Prince George's County Pol…
Pedestrian Hospitalized After Sunrise Highway Collision In West Babylon, Police Say Pedestrian Hospitalized After Sunrise Highway Collision In West Babylon, Police Say Pedestrian Hospitalized After Sunrise Highway Collision In West Babylon, Police Say
Pedestrian Hospitalized After Sunrise Highway Collision In West Babylon, Police Say A pedestrian was hospitalized with serious injuries following a crash on a Long Island highway Tuesday night, Sept. 1, police said. The man was walking in the eastbound lanes of Sunrise Highway between Exits 37 and 38 in West Babylon, the Suffolk County Police Department said. The victim has not been identified pending next of kin notifications. A 50-year-old East Islip woman driving a 2014 Kia Optima struck the man around 8:30 p.m., cops said. She was not injured in the collision. The pedestrian was rushed to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, authorities said. His conditio…
NJ Business Owner Dies A Week After I-80 Motorcycle Crash In PA NJ Business Owner Dies A Week After I-80 Motorcycle Crash In PA NJ Business Owner Dies A Week After I-80 Motorcycle Crash In PA
NJ Business Owner Dies A Week After I-80 Motorcycle Crash In PA A New Jersey business owner has died a week after his motorcycle collided with another vehicle on Interstate 80 in the Poconos, officials said. Albert R. VanRiper III, 71, of Montville, was pronounced dead at 12:32 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 1, at Lehigh Valley Hospital–Cedar Crest, according to the Lehigh County Coroner’s Office. VanRiper was riding a motorcycle when it crashed around 8:16 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 25, on I-80 near mile marker 305 in Stroudsburg, Monroe County, the coroner said. The Montville resident was the president and owner-operator of A. R. Van Riper Jr. Inc., according to h…
Pedestrian Killed In Pickup Truck Crash On Flanders Road: Police Pedestrian Killed In Pickup Truck Crash On Flanders Road: Police Pedestrian Killed In Pickup Truck Crash On Flanders Road: Police
Pedestrian Killed In Pickup Truck Crash On Flanders Road: Police A Long Island pedestrian was killed while crossing a street early Sunday, Aug. 30, police said. Wayne Conforti Jr., 37, of Flanders, was walking in Flanders Road around 1:30 a.m. Sunday when a 2016 Toyota Tacoma struck him in the roadway, the Southampton Town Police Department said. Cops responded to the scene and found Conforti lying in the road, near the intersection with Oak Avenue, suffering from serious physical injuries, authorities said. He was rushed to Peconic Bay Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead. Investigators determined the Tacoma driver was traveling westbound on Fl…