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Newtown, CT
Police & Fire
CT Teen, 16, Seriously Hurt In High-Speed I-84 Crash In Newtown; Police Say Driver Sped Away
A 16-year-old boy was seriously hurt in a violent crash on Interstate 84 that state police say involved speeding and a driver who fled the scene. The crash happened just before 4 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 21, on eastbound I-84 near exit 13 in Newtown, according to Connecticut State Police. A Honda Civic LX and a Toyota RAV4 were both speeding eastbound when the Toyota, traveling faster, cut into the Honda’s lane and then slammed on its brakes, authorities said. That sudden move caused the Honda to lose control. The car crossed over the highway and slammed into the Jersey barrier on the right sho…
Edison, NJ
Police & Fire
Man Ejected From BMW Killed In Chain Reaction Turnpike Crash:
Njsp
A 31-year-old Perth Amboy man was killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Edison early Sunday morning, Jan. 22, authorities said. At 4:02 a.m., a BMW SUV driven by Alan Cahuanasayhua struck the back of a Chevrolet pickup truck parked on the right shoulder of the Turnpike south, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police. After the initial impact, a Lexus SUV struck the back of the BMW, causing both the Lexus and BMW to continue forward and strike the concrete barrier, Lebron said. A Madza SUV then struck the back of the BMW, Lebron said. Cahuanasay…
Woodbridge, VA
Traffic
70-Year-Old Man Fatally Struck Crossing Busy Woodbridge Highway During Rush Hour: Police
A 70-year-old man was fatally struck while trying to cross a heavily traveled Virginia highway during the evening rush, police said. Woodbridge resident Julio Carlos Cruz Merino has been identified as the pedestrian who was killed by a teen driver crossing Richmond Highway in Prince William County on Tuesday evening. According to the Prince William County Police Department, at around 6 p.m. on Feb. 17, officers were called to a stretch of the highway near Opitz Boulevard in Woodbridge, where there were reports of a pedestrian who had been struck by a 2025 Toyota Camry in the southbound lane…
Bay Shore, NY
News
Pedestrian Killed On Sunrise Highway In Bay Shore Charged In Drug-Impaired Crash Days Earlier
A man struck and killed in a drug-impaired crash on Sunrise Highway had himself been arrested just three days earlier on a separate drugged-driving charge, court records show. Korey Klein, 37, of Bellport, was hit around 5:20 a.m. Friday, Feb. 13, while walking along the eastbound Sunrise Highway Service Road near the Brentwood Road overpass in Bay Shore, as Daily Voice reported. An investigation found that Andrew Garriques, 27, of Bellport, was driving a Mercedes C350 when he hit Klein, Suffolk County Police said. Klein was pronounced dead at the scene. Garriques was not injured and has b…
Monsey, NY
Police & Fire
Video
: Drunk Driver Pinned After Head-On Crash With Coach Bus In Monsey, Report Says
The driver of a passenger car is believed to have been drunk when she crashed head-on into a coach bus Saturday night, Feb. 14 in Rockland County, the Monsey Scoop reports. The crash happened on Saddle River Road near Hillside Avenue in Monsey sometime around 10 p.m. The Monsey Scoop shared two videos (here and here) of the crash, including one that appears to show the car swerving moments before impact and hitting the bus head-on. The driver of the vehicle was pinned inside and had to be extricated by the Monsey Fire Department, according to the outlet. She was taken by Fais…
Pittsfield, MA
Obituaries
Police ID Man Killed After Car Dragged Him In Pittsfield Hit-Run; Police Investigating
Authorities have identified the 69-year-old man killed this week after he was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Western Massachusetts. William S. Colbert was struck sometime between 11:33 p.m. and 11:49 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the area of Linden Street/Francis Avenue area of Pittsfield, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said. Investigators said he was pulled beneath the car and was trapped for some time before being released around 1350 West Housatonic Street, authorities said. The driver did not stop to call for help. Pittsfield police are asking the pu…
Saint James-Nesconset, NY
Police & Fire
Cop Killed In DWI Crash Ran Red Light, T-Boned Nassau Mom With Newborn Years Earlier: Lawsuit
A Long Island mom alleges that a Nassau County police officer who was killed in a suspected drunk-driving crash ran a red light years earlier and crashed into her vehicle while she and her newborn were inside, leaving them with lasting injuries. In a civil complaint filed in Nassau County Supreme Court, Zakiya Ruffin names Nassau County, its police department, and late officer Patricia Espinosa as defendants. Ruffin alleges that Espinosa, while driving a county-owned police SUV in July 2022, ran a red light at Elmont Road and Linden Boulevard in Elmont and struck her BMW. Ruffin alleges Es…
Sparta, NJ
Police & Fire
63-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Struck On Route 15 In Sparta
A 63-year-old man who was standing near a disabled vehicle in the shoulder of a New Jersey highway died after being struck by a commercial vehicle on Tuesday, Feb. 10, police said. Officers responded to Route 15 north in Sparta approximately 8:30 p.m. near the 9-mile marker for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, according to Sparta Police Capt. Thomas Snyder. When officers arrived, they found the man in the roadway while bystanders were providing lifesaving measures, Snyder said. The man was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The preliminary …
Bowie, MD
News
Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County
The woman responsible for a crash in Maryland that killed Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two former teammates will spend years in prison, according to reports. Cori Clingman, 25, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol for her role in the July 2024 crash that claimed the lives of 24-year-old Khyree Jackson, 23-year-old Isaiah Hazel, and 24-year-old Anthony Lytton, Jr., according to the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Clingman was reportedly sentenced to three years…
Setauket-Stony Brook, NY
Police & Fire
DWI Woman Crashes Into Snowplow: Suffolk County Police
A woman was seriously injured after crashing into a state snowplow during an early-morning incident on Long Island, Suffolk County police announced on Sunday, Feb. 8. Erika Jackson, 25, of Coram, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated after the crash on Middle Country Road in Middle Island at approximately 5:20 a.m., according to Suffolk County Police. Jackson was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu westbound when her vehicle crossed into the eastbound lane in front of 140 Middle Country Road and struck a New York State Department of Transportation snowplow, police said. She was transpor…
Hyde Park, NY
Police & Fire
6-Time DWI Offender Charged In Fatal Route 9 Crash In Hyde Park, Cops Say (
Update
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A man with five previous DWI arrests has been charged more than a month after a deadly head-on crash on Route 9 in Dutchess County that claimed the life of a 28-year-old local resident, police said. Richard Charles Rider, 46, was arrested early Thursday morning, Jan. 29, in connection with a December 14, 2025, crash that killed Alijah M. Johnson, 28, of Hyde Park, the Town of Hyde Park Police Department announced. Police said the collision happened at around 4:21 p.m. near Route 9 and Huyler Drive, when Rider was driving a 2014 Ford F-150 pickup truck northbound and allegedly cr…
Kingston, NY
News
Head-On Crash Kills 1, Closes Esopus Highway For Hours
A head-on crash in Ulster County left one person dead and another hospitalized, and shut down a highway for hours. The two-vehicle wreck happened around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in the town of Esopus, on Route 9W north of Burroughs Drive, according to the Esopus Fire Department. Emergency crews arriving on scene found two vehicles off the roadway on opposite sides of Route 9W. One occupant had been ejected from a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, fire officials said. The second vehicle still had one person trapped inside. With help from responding police officers, firefigh…
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