Mount Pleasant, NY
Obituaries
Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash
Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash Funeral services are planned for a 30-year-old Putnam County native who died following a motorcycle crash in Northern Westchester. Matthew Hickey, of Verplanck, was killed while driving riding a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle east on Kings Ferry Road in Montrose, a hamlet of Cortlandt, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, during a crash with another vehicle, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. The crash occurred when a  32-year-old Cortlandt woman, driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee west on Kings Ferry Road, turned left onto Hunt Avenue, but she did not see Hickey, Hicks said. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
News
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Toppling Over Hood Of Pick-Up Truck In Fair Lawn Crash Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Toppling Over Hood Of Pick-Up Truck In Fair Lawn Crash
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Toppling Over Hood Of Pick-Up Truck In Fair Lawn Crash A 51-year-old motorcyclist from Franklin Lakes sustained multiple injuries after flying over the hood of a pick-up truck he collided with Tuesday afternoon in Fair Lawn, authorities said. Maple Avenue between River Road and Oak Street was closed following the 12:50 p.m. crash for investigation and is expected to remain shut until rush hour, Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Brian Metzler said. The motorcyclist was headed north on Maple Avenue when he struck a 2002 GMC Sierra turning left onto the road, driven by a 69-year-old man from Maywood, Metzler said. Both vehicles were heavily damaged. The pic…

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by Cecilia Levine
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Man, 63, Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Crash Near North Bay Shore 7-Eleven Man, 63, Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Crash Near North Bay Shore 7-Eleven
Man, 63, Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Crash Near North Bay Shore 7-Eleven A 63-year-old motorcyclist was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash at a busy intersection in North Bay Shore last night. James Antonelli was operating a 2008 Harley Davidson motorcycle eastbound on Pine Aire Drive, east of Manatuck Boulevard, when the motorcycle was struck by a motor vehicle that drove out of a 7-Eleven parking lot at approximately 10:47 p.m.Saturday, April 27, Suffolk County Police said. Antonelli was thrown into the westbound lane where he was struck by a 2004 Mercury sedan, according to police. The Mercury was driven by a 54-year-old Bay Shore woman who st…

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by Joe Lombardi
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Westchester Intersection Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Westchester Intersection
Motorcyclist Hospitalized After Crash At Busy Westchester Intersection A 25-year-old man was critically injured when he slammed into a vehicle while illegally riding a dirt bike in Yonkers, police said. The incident took place around 10:18 p.m., Sunday, March 24, when two dirt-bike riders traveling north on South Broadway collided with a car whose driver turned left from Undercliff Street onto South Broadway, said Yonkers Police Detective Sgt. Dean Politopoulos.  Both drivers of the motorcycles were injured – one operator, a 21-year-old resident of Yonkers, was listed in stable condition; the other operator, a 25-year-old resident of Utica, was …

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by Kathy Reakes
Cresskill-Closter, NJ
Police & Fire
Northvale Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In Closter Crash Northvale Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In Closter Crash
Northvale Motorcyclist, 23, Killed In Closter Crash A 23-year-old Northvale motorcyclist was killed in a crash in Closter following a brief police chase Friday night, authorities said. An officer activated his lights and siren after spotting the motorcyclist speeding on High Street shortly before 8 p.m., Closter Police Chief Dennis Kaine said. However, he quickly pulled back “due to the unsafe speed of the motorcycle,” the chief said. The 2017 Yamaha FZ1 slammed into the driver’s side of a 2017 Infiniti QX6 turning left into a Herbert Avenue driveway a short time later, Kaine said. The Closter Ambulance Squad took the motorcyclist to Hacke…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Paterson, NJ
Police & Fire
Hawthorne Passenger, 57, Dies From Motorcycle Crash Injuries Hawthorne Passenger, 57, Dies From Motorcycle Crash Injuries
Hawthorne Passenger, 57, Dies From Motorcycle Crash Injuries UPDATE: A Hawthorne woman died of her injuries following a crash that killed a Ramsey motorcyclist late Saturday, family friends confirmed. Kimberely Stoll, 57, "suffered head trauma and never regained consciousness" and was pronounced dead just after 1 a.m. Tuesday, a close friend who's also a first responder told Daily Voice. Stoll was on the back of the 2008 Harley Davidson that collided with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler in front of the Wells Fargo Bank on Lafayette Avenue around 9:45 p.m. Saturday. The crash killed 49-year-old Kasey "KC" Checke, the owner-operator of KC's K…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Motorcyclist Injured After Crash With Minivan In Ramapo Motorcyclist Injured After Crash With Minivan In Ramapo
Motorcyclist Injured After Crash With Minivan In Ramapo Traffic was temporarily tied up on a busy Ramapo roadway on Monday morning after a driver blew through a red light and struck a motorcyclist, police said. Officers from the Ramapo Police Department responded to reports of a motor vehicle crash on North Airmont Road on Monday morning, involving a minivan that struck a man on a motorcycle. Police said that the investigation into the incident found that the driver of the minivan allegedly ran a red light as the motorcyclist entered the intersection at Rella Boulevard. The crash left the minivan with extensive front-end damage and the motorcycl…

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by Zak Failla
Stamford, CT
Police & Fire
Stamford Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries In Two-Vehicle Crash Stamford Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries In Two-Vehicle Crash
Stamford Man Suffers Life-Threatening Injuries In Two-Vehicle Crash A crash between a car and a motorcycle left a 24-year-old Stamford man with life-threatening injuries, marking the city's second serious crash involving a motorcycle in as many days. The collision occurred around 12:19 p.m. Tuesday on High Ridge Rd (Route 137) at Oaklawn Avenue, said Stamford Police Sgt. Andrew Gallagher.  The crash took place when a 2018 Kia Stinger sedan was traveling southbound on High Ridge Road turning left onto Oaklawn Avenue and a 1995 Honda motorcycle was traveling northbound in the right lane of High Ridge when the two vehicles collided, Gallagher said. The motorc…

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by Kathy Reakes
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
One Dead In Crash That Caused Hours-Long Closure Of I-95 One Dead In Crash That Caused Hours-Long Closure Of I-95
One Dead In Crash That Caused Hours-Long Closure Of I-95 Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Motorcyclist Killed In I-95 Norwalk Crash One person is dead after an early morning crash on I-95 on Saturday that led to the hours-long closure of all northbound lanes in Norwalk. The crash occurred around 4:30 a.m. on the northbound side in Norwalk between exits 16 and 17 when a motorcyclist lost control and was thrown from his bike. Also involved in the crash were a box truck and Honda Pilot in the same lane. The identity of the motorcyclist has not yet been released. Northbound lanes remained closed until around 9 a.m. Check back to Da…

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by Joe Lombardi
Cliffside Park-Edgewater, NJ
Police & Fire
Dumont Driver Gets 5 Years In MetLife Death Of Cliffside Park Record King Dumont Driver Gets 5 Years In MetLife Death Of Cliffside Park Record King
Dumont Driver Gets 5 Years In MetLife Death Of Cliffside Park Record King A former employee of an Englewood luxury sports car company whose car struck and killed popular Cliffside Park record store owner Steve Lenge as he rode his motorcycle outside MetLife Stadium on Mother’s Day 2012 was sentenced to five years in prison on Friday. Joseph A. Ferretti, 34, of Dumont must serve four years and three months of his sentence before being eligible for parole, under the sentenced handed down by Presiding Superior Court Judge Margaret Foti in Hackensack. Ferretti and Joseph Meyer of Oviedo, Fla., originally were charged with death by auto, a second-degree crime that ha…

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by Jerry DeMarco