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Serious Injury
Bedminster, NJ
Police & Fire
NY Man Ejected From Motorcycle On Route 78:
Njsp
A 30-year-old Middletown man was seriously injured when he crashed his BMW motorcycle on Route 78 in Somerset County on Sunday, July 12, authorities said. At 3:22 p.m., the front of a motorcycle struck the back of a Toyota passenger vehicle in Bedminster Township causing the motorcycle to overturn and the motorcyclist to be ejected from the vehicle, Postorino said. The motorcyclist sustained serious injuries and was transported to an area hospital, Postorino said. The crash remains under investigation, Postorino said.
Ballston Spa, NY
News
Plane Crashes At Saratoga County Airport, At Least One Injured: State Police (
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A plane crashed at Saratoga County Airport on Tuesday, May 26, authorities said. New York State Troopers responded to the airport in Ballston Spa around 1:45 p.m., police said. One person was seriously injured in the crash and transported to a local hospital, state police said. No additional details have been released. The wreck came nearly seven months after another plane crash near the airport. Fredrick “Fredd” Baber, 58, was killed when his plane went down shortly after takeoff and slammed into a Ballston Spa home on Oct. 31, 2025. This is a developing story and will be updated.
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Good Samaritans Pull Driver From Burning SUV On I-495 Moments Before Vehicle Erupts In Flames
Seconds mattered on the Beltway on Monday night. Several passing drivers stopped on I-495 to help pull a dazed motorist from a burning SUV moments before it became fully engulfed in flames near the Clara Barton Parkway ramp, officials said. The fiery crash happened around 7:30 p.m. on Monday, May 11, on the Inner Loop of the Capital Beltway near Exit 41, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer. Photos from the scene show the SUV engulfed in flames, with thick black smoke pouring into the sky above the highway. The fire on I-495 in Montgomery County. …
Belvidere-White Township, NJ
News
82-Year-Old Injured After Truck Strikes Tree, Overturns On Route 519 In Hope Twp:
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An 82-year-old Blairstown man was injured after his car overturned on Route 519 in Warren County, authorities said. At 4:12 p.m. on Thursday, April 16, the man was operating a Chevrolet pickup truck north on Route 519 in Hope Township when when he lost directional control of his vehicle, crossed a double yellow line, ran off the roadway to the left, struck a tree and overturned, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. As a result of the crash, he sustained serious injuries and was transported to an area hospital, Lebron said. The crash remains under investigat…
Hebron-Marlborough, CT
News
Ratchet Strap Snaps, Sends Person To Hospital With Serious Head Injury In Hebron
A person was rushed to the hospital after police said they were struck in the head by a ratchet strap that snapped in Hebron. The incident happened Monday, Feb. 23, on Burnt Hill Road, according to Connecticut State Police. Troopers with Troop K responded to the area for what police described as a medical assist. When they arrived, they found that a ratchet strap had snapped and hit a person in the head. The injured person has not been identified. Police said the victim was taken to a local hospital with suspected serious injuries. Burnt Hill Road was temporarily shut down as crews…
Malverne, NY
News
Teen Flees After Hitting 80-Year-Old Pedestrian With Car In Malverne, Police Say
An 80-year-old woman is fighting for her life after she was struck in a hit-and-run crash on Long Island, police said. The incident happened around 12:20 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 4, in Malverne, at the intersection of Franklin Avenue and Cornwell Avenue, according to Nassau County Police. A preliminary investigation found the woman was crossing the roadway when she was struck by a Toyota Camry. She was rushed to a nearby hospital, where she was listed in critical condition. The 19-year-old driver, Matthew Calabrese did not stop and fled the scene eastbound on Franklin Avenue, police said. He was …
Hellertown, PA
Police & Fire
Head-On Crash: Passenger Bus Carrying 22 Collides With NY Driver In Poconos, Police Say
A head-on crash between a passenger bus and a car left a woman seriously injured in Tobyhanna Township, police announced on Monday, Sept. 15. The collision happened at the intersection of State Route 940 and the Interstate 380 northbound on-ramp at 11:01 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, according to Pocono Mountain Regional Police. Investigators said a 2006 Vanderhaul passenger bus carrying 22 passengers was traveling east on SR 940 when the driver, Ming Zhang, 39, of Flushing, New York, turned left onto the on-ramp. At the same time, a Nissan Versa driven by Jada Lilly, 27, of Long Pond, was he…
Montgomery-Walden, NY
Police & Fire
Teen Bicyclist Seriously Hurt In Hit-Run In Montgomery
Police are investigating a hit-and-run that left a 16-year-old bicyclist seriously injured in Orange County. The crash happened between 11:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 12, and 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Sept. 13, at the intersection of Route 52 and Bel Air Road in the Town of Montgomery, according to Montgomery Police. Officers were called to the scene at about 1:29 a.m. and found the teen on the side of the roadway after being struck by a vehicle that fled. The victim was treated at the scene by Montgomery EMS and then taken to Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital with serious injuries. …
Tappan-Blauvelt, NY
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck, Pinned, Dragged In Orangeburg Crash: Report
A pedestrian was left seriously injured after being struck and pinned by a vehicle in Rockland County. The crash happened on Tuesday, Sept. 9 in the area of the Dominican University New York campus in Orangeburg when a vehicle lost control, trapping the pedestrian between two cars before dragging the person underneath, according to a report by The Monsey Scoop. Emergency crews from the Orangeburg and Blauvelt Fire Departments, Orangetown Police, South Orangetown EMS, Nanuet EMS, Rockland Paramedics, and the Rockland County Sheriff all rushed to the scene. A medevac helicopter was first re…
Sussex-Wantage, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Killed, Passenger Badly Hurt In Route 206 Crash In New Jersey: Police (
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A deadly crash on Route 206 in New Jersey left one driver dead and a passenger fighting for their life, police said. On Sunday, Aug. 31, at around 3:51 p.m., Chester Police officers were called to the intersection of US Highway 206 and Fox Chase Road for reports of a multi-vehicle crash, according to the department. When officers arrived, they found two vehicles wrecked along the side of the roadway. The scene of the crash in New Jersey. Chester Police Department Police said one driver sustained fatal injuries, a passenger was seriously hurt, and a second driver suffered a minor in…
Ronkonkoma, NY
Police & Fire
Hit-And-Run Horror: 13-Year-Old E-Biker Hurt, Ronkonkoma Driver Tracked Down Next Day, Police
A Long Island woman has been charged in a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a 13-year-old e-bike rider in Lake Ronkonkoma, Suffolk County Police announced on Wednesday, Aug. 27. Virginia Waka, 47, of Lake Ronkonkoma, was arrested after investigators identified her as the driver of a 2012 white Ford Fusion that struck the teen at the intersection of Hawkins Avenue and School Street around 8:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 26. According to Fourth Squad detectives, the Ford turned left from southbound Hawkins Avenue onto School Street, hitting the northbound teen and then fleeing the scene eas…
Newton-Andover, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Ejected, Seriously Injured As SUV Overturns In Pre-Dawn Fredon Crash:
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A driver was seriously hurt after being ejected from their SUV in a rollover crash in Sussex County on Thursday, Aug. 21, authorities said. At 4:20 a.m., troopers responded to County Route 618 East in Fredon Township after a Subaru SUV traveling eastbound veered off the roadway to the right and overturned, Tpr. II Christopher Postorino said. The driver was ejected and sustained serious injuries, Postorino said. They were taken to a nearby hospital, Postorino said. The crash remains under investigation, Postorino said.
Dix Hills-Melville, NY
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Seriously Injured In Melville Hit-And-Run: Police
A Brooklyn man was seriously injured after being struck in a hit-and-run crash in Melville, Suffolk County police announced on Saturday, July 5, 2025. Nadil Ceka, 58, was standing on the shoulder of southbound Bagatelle Road, just south of Dix Woods Drive, while checking on a disabled vehicle around 1:10 p.m. when he was hit by an unknown vehicle that fled the scene, according to the release. The vehicle, believed to be a gray Hyundai, continued traveling south on Bagatelle Road, police said. Ceka was taken by ambulance to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical Center in West Islip. He suffered s…
Rockville, MD
Traffic
Child Hospitalized, Adults Seriously Injured In Five-Car Montgomery County Crash: Officials
Two adults were seriously hurt and a child was hospitalized following a brutal five-vehicle crash that lit up Randolph Road in Maryland, authorities said. Firefighters responded to the crash just east of Connecticut Avenue around 8:30 p.m. Thursday, June 12, according to a Montgomery County Fire & Rescue spokesperson. Photos from the scene show at least five badly wrecked vehicles, including a commercial SUV with extensive front-end damage and another car torn apart down the middle of the roadway. Emergency responders rushed two adult trauma patients to local hospitals with serious inj…
West Babylon, NY
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Strike By Mercedes In West Babylon
A pedestrian was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle in West Babylon on Saturday, May 31, Suffolk County Police announced. At 9:43 a.m. on Saturday, the pedestrian was crossing eastbound Little East Neck Road, near Great East Neck Road, when he was hit by a northbound 2024 Mercedes Benz. The pedestrian, a 51-year-old man from Seaford, was rushed to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip for treatment of serious injuries. The 56-year-old driver of the Mercedes, from West Babylon, was not injured in the incident. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check as part of …
Deer Park, NY
Police & Fire
Three Seriously Injured In Crash At Deer Park Intersection: Suffolk County Police
A multi-vehicle crash at a busy Deer Park intersection left three people seriously injured, Suffolk County Police said. The collision happened at the intersection of Deer Park Avenue and Grand Avenue at 3:18 p.m. on Saturday, May 17, according to a release issued on Sunday, May 18. Multiple vehicles were involved in the crash, and three adults were transported to local hospitals with serious injuries, detectives said. The circumstances surrounding the crash, including the total number of vehicles involved, remain under investigation. Detectives with the Major Case Unit are urging anyone w…
Meriden, CT
Police & Fire
Car Plunges 40 Feet Down Embankment In Meriden; Teen Driver Hospitalized After Rescue
A 19-year-old woman was seriously injured when her car veered off the road and plunged 40 feet down an embankment, authorities said. The crash happened near the intersection of Woodland Ridge and Golden Street in Meriden on Wednesday, April 9, around 2:45 p.m., according to police. The woman, who was driving a Toyota 4Runner, lost control and drove down the steep embankment, where firefighters had to descend the slope and extricate her from the SUV, Meriden police said. Emergency crews successfully removed her from the vehicle, but she suffered serious injuries. Paramedics transported her …
Hauppauge, NY
Police & Fire
Repeat DWI Offender Crashes Into Car, Seriously Injuring Woman At Hauppauge Intersection: Cops
A Brentwood man with a prior DWI conviction was arrested for driving while intoxicated after crashing into another vehicle at a Hauppauge intersection, seriously injuring a woman, Suffolk County Police announced on Sunday, March 9. Eybee Guevara, 27, was driving a 2021 Subaru south on Route 111 when he struck an eastbound 2011 Honda at the intersection with Route 347 around 4:35 a.m., police said. A passenger in the Honda was rushed to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries, according to authorities. The driver and another passenger in the Honda were also hospitalized with no…
Middletown, CT
Police & Fire
CT Man Gets 16+ Years In Prison For 2021 Shooting In Middletown's Traverse Square: DA
A Connecticut man will spend more than 16 years behind bars for a 2021 shooting in Middletown's Traverse Square that left a man seriously wounded, authorities said. Antwan Rufus, 36, of Middletown, was sentenced to 16 ½ years in prison, followed by 10 ½ years of special parole, after being convicted of multiple charges, including assault and unlawful possession of a firearm, Middlesex State’s Attorney Michael A. Gailor announced Tuesday, Feb. 18. Prosecutors said Rufus stepped out of a car in Traverse Square and opened fire on a man he had previously threatened. He fired six shots, st…
Roslyn, NY
News
Driver Nabbed In Hit-Run That Severely Injured 91-Year-Old Pedestrian In Roslyn Heights: Police
A suspect is behind bars more than a year after a New Year’s Day hit-and-run crash left an elderly pedestrian seriously injured on Long Island. Fariddun Djumaev, 39, of Rego Park, Queens, was arrested on suspicion of leaving the scene of an incident causing serious injury Thursday, Feb. 13, Nassau County Police said. Officers were initially called about a crash involving a pedestrian near Hillside and Mineola avenues in Roslyn Heights on Monday, Jan. 1, 2024. They found a 91-year-old man who was struck by an SUV while attempting to cross Mineola Avenue. The victim suffered severe trauma an…
Rockaway, NJ
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way DUI Driver Kills PA Man On Route 80 In Rockaway: Police, Court Records
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed by a wrong-way intoxicated driver on Route 80 early Sunday, Feb. 2, authorities said. Victor Peters, 45, of Parsippany was heading east in the westbound lanes of Route 80 in a Mercedes SUV in Rockaway Township when he struck a Ford pickup truck driven by Destinn McKnight around 2:20 a.m., according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan. McKnight died while Peters was seriously injured, Marchan said. Records show Peters has been charged with a slew of motor vehicle offenses including DUI, reckless driving, careless driving, wrong way…
Danbury, CT
Police & Fire
2 Dead In I-84 Crash Involving Freightliner, Government-Insured Vehicle In Danbury: State PD
Police have released details in a weekend crash on I-84 in Danbury that involved three vehicles including a Freightliner, and left two people dead. A disabled Hyundai in the left lane of the Exit 8 on-ramp was struck by a Lexus, whose driver was from Avon, traveling in the left, westbound lane around 6:30 a.m. on Sunday, Jan. 12, Connecticut State Police said. Some of the Hyundai's occupants had exited the vehicle, police said. After being struck by the Lexus, the Hyundai spun out into the path of the Freightliner. Those killed included Ronald Omar Tello, 27, of Danbury, the pedestrian…
Macungie-Alburtis-Emmaus, PA
News
Man Stabs Emmaus Girlfriend In Back, Found Dead In Creek Days Later: DA (
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A domestic dispute turned violent when a Bethlehem man stabbed his girlfriend with a pocketknife, only to be found dead days later in Jordan Creek, Lehigh County authorities revealed on Tuesday, Dec. 31. Daniel Leibensperger, 34, was cooking up more than trouble when he attacked his girlfriend in the kitchen of their Emmaus apartment on Wednesday, Dec. 18, police said. Officers were called to the 600 block of Minor Street around 6:30 p.m. for an assault, only to discover the woman lying in agony with the knife still lodged in her back—handle and all, authorities said. The victim recounte…
Bay Shore, NY
Police & Fire
Teenage Bicyclist Seriously Injured In Brightwaters Crash: Police
A teenage bicyclist was seriously injured in a motor vehicle crash in Brightwaters, Suffolk County police announced on Saturday, Dec. 7. The 14-year-old was riding westbound on Howells Road near Manatuck Boulevard when he attempted to cross the street and was struck by a westbound 2011 Honda CRV at 10:25 a.m., according to police. The vehicle, driven by 36-year-old Nube Cajamarca of Bay Shore, remained on the scene. Cajamarca was not injured, police said. The teen, who lives in Brightwaters, was transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip with serious injuries, authori…
Meriden, CT
Police & Fire
Woman Seriously Injured in Meriden After Car Crashes Into Her, Speeds Away
A 21-year-old woman suffered serious head injuries after a car crashed into her and then sped away in New Haven County, police said. The unnamed woman pushing a car with bottles across Broad Street in Meriden just before 8 p.m. She had nearly made it through the crosswalk when a car crashed into her in the northbound lanes, authorities said. The sedan slowed down for a moment before driving away. Paramedics rushed the woman to Hartford Hospital with serious injuries to her head and lower body. Witnesses described the car to Meriden Police as light-colored (white, l…
Central Islip, NY
Police & Fire
21-Year-Old Nabbed For
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After Crash Seriously Injures Teen In Central Islip
A man is accused of impaired driving after a crash with a serious injury on Long Island. Click here for a new, updated story - 19-Year-Old Dies From Injuries After Crash Involving Allegedly Impaired Driver In Central Islip It happened around 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 13, in Central Islip. A 19-year-old Brentwood man was riding a bicycle westbound across Joshuas Path at Vanderbilt Avenue when he was struck by a 2012 Honda sedan traveling southbound on Joshuas Path, according to Suffolk County Police. The teen was transported to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shor…
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
3 Hospitalized After Car Crashes Into Parked Vehicles In Suffolk County
A driver and passenger were seriously injured, and another person was also hospitalized after an overnight Long Island crash. It happened just before 2 a.m. Sunday, Aug. 18 in Brentwood. Edin Quinones, age 20, of Mastic was driving a 2007 Honda Accord eastbound on Express Drive North, just east of Washington Avenue, when the car veered to the right and struck two parked vehicles, Suffolk County Police said. Quinones and a 16-year-old passenger from Freeport were transported with serious injuries to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore. Another passenger, …
Fredericksburg, VA
Police & Fire
Shooting Suspect Refused To Leave Spotsy Home, Ran Over Woman While Fleeing, Sheriff Says
A woman was run over after being struck in a double shooting involving a suspect who refused to leave a Spotsylvania home early on Tuesday morning. Joseph Alfonza Jackson, 43, was arrested after opening fire on a man and woman before fleeing the area and later turning himself in, officials say. According to the Spotsylvania County Sheriff's Office, deputies were called shortly after 1 a.m. to the 11200 block of Ashby Drive, where they found the pair suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Witnesses say that Jackson arrived at the home, where several people were, and was asked to leave. He …
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Nabbed After Hit-Run Crash Injuring Wheatley Heights Boy In Patchogue
An allegedly drunk driver has been charged after a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a child on a Long Island roadway. It happened around 4:45 a.m. Sunday, July 21, in Patchogue. A 13-year-old boy from Wheatley Heights was riding an e-bike eastbound on East Main Street when an eastbound Audi struck him in front of 350 East Main Street and fled the scene, according to Suffolk County Police. The boy was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital with serious injuries. Following an investigation, Flavio Lituma, age 53, of Medford, was arrested in fron…
Hampden-Silver Spring, PA
News
Mom, 4-Year-Old Hospitalized After I-81 Triple Fatal Crash In Central PA
A 4-year-old girl and her mom are in the hospital with serious injuries after a triple fatal crash on Interstate 81 killed the family's matriarch, a family friend told Daily Voice on Tuesday, July 16. Lieu Nguyen, 49 of Harrisburg, was among the three killed in a crash when a tractor-trailer left I-81 North went over the grassy median and struck multiple vehicles on I-81 South on Sunday, July 14, as Daily Voice reported at the time. Lieu's daughter, 28-year-old Hoa-my Nguyen, and her daughter (Lieu granddaughter) 4-year-old Mila Nguyen remain in Hershey Medical Center …
Brentwood, NY
Police & Fire
3 Hospitalized In Miller Place Crash Involving Ambulance
Police are investigating a Long Island crash involving an ambulance in which a person suffered serious injuries. It happened around 6:30 p.m. Saturday, June 22 in Miller Place, according to Suffolk County Police. An ambulance with its lights and sirens activated was traveling westbound on Route 25A when an eastbound 2008 Subaru Forester, driven attempted to make a left turn onto Parkside Avenue and collided with the ambulance. The 41-year-old driver of the Forester, a Port Jefferson Station man, was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital in serious condition. …
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