Woman Arrested After Hit-And-Run Critically Injures Bicyclist In Wyandanch: Police
A bicyclist was critically injured in a hit-and-run crash in Wyandanch, Suffolk County police announced on Saturday, Aug. 2.
Bertha Dantant, 49, of Wyandanch, was arrested after fleeing the scene of a collision that left a man in critical condition, police said.
The crash happened when Dantant, driving a 2011 Toyota Camry, struck the northbound bicyclist as he was making a right turn from Lewis Street onto eastbound Irving Avenue around 10:07 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 1, according to police.
The victim, described as an adult male approximately 50 years old, was transported to Good Samaritan Hos…
VA Man Ignored Friends, Hit Tequila — Then Hit Tree Twice Fleeing Deputies: Sheriff
A Virginia man downing tequila shots at a bar and claiming he was having “a bad night” made things a whole lot worse for himself, deputies say.
German Alfaro, 23, of Woodbridge, is accused of getting wasted at Buffalo Mo’s early Friday, Aug. 1, before crashing his beat-up Honda Civic — not once, but twice — while leading Stafford County deputies on a bizarre drunk-driving chase.
It started around 2:10 a.m., when deputies were called to the bar on Wicomico Drive for a report of an intoxicated driver who had already driven into some bushes. When a sergeant showed up, they spotted the Civic — …
Upper Marlboro Man Dies After Two Drivers Flee Maryland Crash Scene, Police Say
A 25-year-old man is dead after being struck by two drivers who both fled the scene in a double hit-and-run crash in Maryland, authorities said.
Antone Brooks, of Upper Marlboro, was hit around 9:45 p.m. Saturday, July 26, while walking in the 9000 block of Central Avenue in the city of Seat Pleasant, according to the Prince George’s County Police Department.
Officers with the Seat Pleasant Police Department responded and found Brooks in the roadway. He was taken to a hospital, where he died the following day, Sunday, July 27, officials confirmed.
Investigators believe Brooks was struck by…
Hit-And-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In Plainview, Drives Miles Before Stopping: DA
A man crossing Old Country Road was killed in a hit-and-run on New Year’s Day, and a Queens woman has now been indicted in the fatal crash, Nassau County District Attorney Anne Donnelly announced on Friday, July 25.
Veronica Marmol, 40, allegedly struck and killed 38-year-old Kevin Lawry while he was crossing the road with a friend in Plainview on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025 at 5:55 p.m., according to the charges.
Marmol was behind the wheel of a white 2018 Jeep Wrangler traveling eastbound when she hit Lawry near Floral Avenue, then fled the scene, Donnelly explained. A good Samaritan who witn…
