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New Haven, CT
Police & Fire
Four Charged After Racing Vehicles Weave In, Out Of Traffic CT Roadways, Police Say
Four men were charged after being caught racing on Connecticut roadways including on I-95. The incident took place in New Haven County around 10:15 a.m., on Sunday, July 17 in West Haven. The men were caught after state police at Troop G received multiple 911 calls of a group of six vehicles racing, weaving in and out of traffic, and using the shoulder of the roadway to pass on several roadways, including I-95, said the Connecticut State Police. As troopers attempted to pull the vehicles over, one pulled to the shoulder as the others took off. The driver of the first vehicle that stopped w…
Towson, MD
News
'Street Car Racing Anarchists' Take Over As Baltimore FOP Criticize City Leaders
An estimated 300 vehicles took over a Baltimore parking lot and street as "anarchists" taunted police during a street race, authorities say. The chaos began around midnight on Saturday, July 16, in the 4200 block of Boston Street as the street racers blocked off all traffic to the roadway while harassing or assaulting any police officer who tried to intervene, according to Baltimore's Fraternal Order of Police. Police officers on the scene were hit with bottles and rocks, with one officer suffering from cornea damage after being struck with a laser beam directly to the eye, officials …
Gaithersburg, MD
Police & Fire
Maryland Drag Racer Found Guilty In Deadly 2019 Crash
A Silver Spring drag racer was found guilty for causing a multiple-vehicle crash that left one person dead in 2019, state officials said. Noe Daniel Suriel, 29, was found guilty by jury on Thursday, June 9 for causing the death of Rene Antonio Hernandez Jr., 32, during the collision on Georgia Avenue on Sept. 6, 2019, according to the Montgomery County State's Attorney's Office. Suriel speeding in a Dodge Challenger down Georgia Avenue when he struck Hernandez's Honda Civic as Hernandez attempted to turn left onto the entrance ramp to MD 200, authorities said. Suriel swerved in front of t…
Mount Pleasant, NY
Police & Fire
Two Nabbed For Drag Racing After Crashing While Fleeing From Cops In Westchester, Police Say
Two street racers were nabbed by police after their vehicles became disabled from a crash as they fled from police in Westchester. The incident took place on Monday, March 15, when the Greenburgh Police Department officers the two vehicles were initially spotted drag racing on North Central Park Avenue headed southbound, said Lt. Kobie Powell. After an unsuccessful attempt to safely catch up with the vehicles, the initial pursuit was terminated, Powell said. Shortly after, both vehicles and their drivers were located after both vehicles became inoperable…
Marlton-Evesham, NJ
News
Philadelphia Drivers Charged In Fatal 100 MPH Race Across Tacony-Palmyra Bridge
Two men from Philadelphia have been charged with multiple offenses in connection with a fatal high speed hit-and-run crash on the Tacony-Palmyra Bridge, authorities said. The men were racing each other at more than 100 mph, causing a five-car collision in late December, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina and Burlington County Bridge Commission Public Safety Director Patrick J. Reilly. Jonathan Ramos, 28, of East Louden Street, was charged with vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a fatal accident causing Death while driving with a suspended license and endangering a…
West Milford, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Killed In Fiery Route 287 Crash
State Police were investigating a report of vehicles possibly racing before one crashed through a guard rail and burst into flames, killing its driver, near the Wanaque-Oakland border on Route 287 Tuesday night, responders said. Syed Hassan, 34, of Bethlehem, PA was pronounced dead at the scene at milepost 55.9 on the northbound highway in Wanaque following the 10:15 p.m. crash, they said. Wanaque firefighters doused the blaze. Oakland and Wanaque police also responded, along with NJSP’s Fatal Accident Investigation and Crime Scene Unit and the state Department of Transportation.
Fort Lee, NJ
Police & Fire
Video
: Port Authority PD Goes ‘Fast & Furious’ Against NYC Street Racers
Some 70 street racers and their entourages had eluded authorities who tried to clear them from clogging a corner of JFK Airport before they began tearing up area highways. So Port Authority police went all Vin Diesel on ‘em. Uniformed officers in surge patrols had trouble corralling the 60 to 80 wannabe drift kings who’d gathered between 1 and 3 a.m. each weekend for the past two months at the Sunoco Plaza -- blocking gas pumps, handicap parking spots and entrances and exits -- before running illegal New York City races. Whenever marked units entered the plaza, however, they all scattered. …
Ridgefield Park-Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
Police & Fire
Two-Lane Blacktop: Nearly 200 Summonses Issued In Carlstadt Drag Race
A large group of drivers and spectators received nearly 200 summonses from police who busted a street race on an industrial stretch in Carlstadt. Borough police responding to complaints of late night of thunder on Commerce Boulevard crashed Friday’s event with help from their colleagues in East Rutherford and Moonachie and Bergen County sheriff’s officers, Acting Police Chief Thomas Berta said. A total of 55 vehicles were illegally parked in the right lanes on either side of the road as spectators watched the car club event, Berta said. “Motorists and passengers were detained by the office…
Armonk, NY
Police & Fire
Westchester Teen Street Racer Charged With Assault, Reckless Driving After Nearly Striking Cop
A Westchester teenager who was engaged in street racing was arrested after allegedly attempted to flee officers attempting to take him into custody, nearly striking one, police said. Officers from the Yonkers Police Department responded to a stretch of Central Park Avenue at approximately 2:45 a.m. on Saturday, Aug. 17, where there was a report of drivers engaged in a disorderly car meet in a parking lot. Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos said that officers had dealt with the group in several other parking lots in the area that night, having dispersed them in an effort to prevent d…
