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Honda Recalling 750K+ Vehicles Nationwide Due To Faulty Air Bag Concerns
More than three-quarters of a million Honda and Acura vehicles are being recalled due to potentially faulty air bags that could cause them to deploy unexpectedly. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) announced that the motor vehicle giant is recalling upwards of 750,000 cars, SUVs, minivans, and pick-up trucks due to the malfunctioning air bags, which could pose a safety hazard, the agency says. Recalled models include Honda Civic, Accord, CR-V, Fit, HR-V, Insight, Odyssey, Pilot, Passport, Ridgeline vehicles, as well as the Acura MDX, RDX and TLX that were produc…
Business
Honda Recalls 303K+ Vehicles Due To Seat Belt Defect
Honda is recalling hundreds of thousands of vehicles due to faulty seat belts that could put drivers and passengers at risk. The auto giant announced that an estimated 303,770 Honda Accord and HR-V vehicles are subject to the recall for seat belts that could falter when motorists crash or jam on the brakes, increasing the risk of injury. According to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the recalled vehicles are limited to Honda Accord and HR-V vehicles that were produced between April 2022 and October 2023, months after the defect was discovered. O…
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UMass Dartmouth Student Charged In Death Of Manahawkin Peer In On-Campus Crash: DA
A 22-year-old Boston woman will face charges after she fatally struck 19-year-old University of Massachusetts Dartmouth student Frank Petillo Jr. earlier this year, authorities said. Danasia Sampson, of Mattapan, MA, was charged last week with motor vehicle homicide by negligent operation, the Bristol County District Attorney's Office said. Sampson is also a student at the university. Petillo, a Manahawkin, NJ, native, was crossing Ring Road with a friend on April 6 near his dorm when police say Sampson crashed into him with her Honda Accord around 5:30 p.m., the Bristol prosecutor said.…
Police & Fire
Police Officer's Daughter Killed By Hit-Run Driver While Crossing Philadelphia Street
The 27-year-old daughter of a Delaware County police officer was killed in a hit-and-run crash over the weekend in Philadelphia. Ashley McLean, of Glenolden, whose mother is longtime Folcroft Borough officer Leslie McLean, was struck as she was crossing west on Lindbergh Boulevard at 84th Street, at 2:30 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 26, police said. Posted by Folcroft Borough Police Department on Saturday, August 26, 2023 Ashley, who has two young daughters, was pronounced dead at the scene, the outlet said. Police say the vehicle, a 2023 Honda Accord with NY tags, was recovered, but the driver …
Traffic
Driver Who Sped Away From Trooper Crashes, Suffers Serious Injuries On NJ Turnpike (
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A 49-year-old man from New York who was stopped in the shoulder of the New Jersey Turnpike was seriously injured when he suddenly sped away from the trooper checking on him, hitting another vehicle Sunday morning, May 14, authorities said. The man was stopped in a Honda Accord on the shoulder near milepost 54.2 in Bordentown, when a trooper came over to check on him around 10:35 a.m., NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. Suddenly, the Accord sped off, crossing from the outer roadway to the inner roadway, striking the passenger side of a Honda Odyssey, police said. The Odyssey then struck the …
News
Catalytic Converter Thieves Drawing Intense Attention Of Police In Teaneck
It began with an overnight call to police from a Teaneck resident who heard an electric saw being used just outside the family's home. In no time, catalytic converter thieves had hit at least a dozen vehicles in the area, Police Chief Andrew R. McGurr said. Such thieves have been cutting out converters and selling them for scrap for years. It's recently become something of an epidemic, though -- one that is made all the more visible by the explosion of home security video. The highly-prized emissions-control devices help remove nitrogen oxide and other potentially toxic pollutants from a …
Police & Fire
Honda Driver, 52, Ejected, Killed In South Jersey Crash: Report
A 52-year-old man from South Jersey was killed in a crash, NJ Advance Media reports. The man from Marlton was driving a Honda Accord west on South Black Horse Pike in Monroe Township around 5:40 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14 when he tried to turn left, the outlet said, quoting Monroe Township Police. The car was turning across the eastbound lanes when it was struck near its rear passenger side by a Chevrolet Corvette that was heading east, the outlet said. The Honda driver was ejected from his car, the outlet said, and pronounced dead at a local hospital. His name had not been released. The 22-…
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Smash
Burglars
: Photos Show Destructive NJ Jewelry Thieves At Work
PHOTOS: Three burglars who smashed their way into a Wyckoff jewelry store cleared broken glass from the front of the shop, loaded a plastic trash can with bling and fled, security images released by police show. Township police released the images while trying to identify the trio who struck Devon Fine Jewelry in the Wyckoff Square shopping center over the weekend. Officers who responded to an alarm down the street from police headquarters found the front door glass smashed shortly before 12:30 a.m. Sunday, Nov. 27, Lt. Joseph Soto said. Authorities asked that anyone who might have wit…
Police & Fire
Honda In Philly-NJ Pursuit No Longer Linked To Mass Shooting (
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While police initially believed that a vehicle involved in a pursuit from Philadelphia to New Jersey was linked to a weekend mass shooting, they say that's no longer the case, according to CBS Philadelphia. The dark-colored Honda Accord matched specific characteristics of a suspect vehicle linked to the shooting that left nine people hurt over the weekend, Chief Inspector Scott Small told the outlet. Once the suspect was taken into custody following the chase, it became clear to investigators that he was not associated with the incident, CBS says citing police. The chase began Wednesd…
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Impression
: Plate Indentation Helps Police In North Jersey ID Hit-And-Run Vehicle
A motorist literally made an impression that helped Glen Rock police crack a hit-and-run crash that injured another driver, authorities said. A 48-year-old borough man had stopped for a pedestrian in a crosswalk on Rock Road just east of Main Street when his 2012 Honda Accord was rear-ended by a black Jeep that fled the scene, Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening after the 6:42 p.m. crash last Thursday, Oct. 20, the chief said. Meanwhile, Officer Andrew Magro investigated the crash …
Police & Fire
Another H2oi Arrest Made With More Possibly On The Way
Yet another arrest has been made in the deadly H2oi meetup held last month in Wildwood and authorities say more could be on the way. Zion Diaz, of Hammonton, told others to block intersections, perform "burnouts" and block police vehicles from responding to emergency calls the night of Sept. 24, Cape May County Prosecutor Jeffrey H. Sutherland said. Diaz was arrested without incident and was charged with riot, a crime of the 4th degree. Diaz was processed and released on a summons pending Court proceedings. Meanwhile, authorities were looking to identify the man pictured above,&…
Police & Fire
Driver, 44, Killed In Head-On South Jersey Crash: Report
A 44-year-old South Jersey driver was killed in a head-on crash, NJ Advance Media reported. A Honda Accord was heading north on Route 9 near Eagle’s Way in Middle Township when it crossed the center line and struck a southbound Nissan Versa head-on at about 4:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 25, the outlet said citing police. The Honda driver, Theodore O’Donnell Jr., of Millville, was pronounced dead at Cape Regional Medical Center, the report says. The Honda also hit a Ford F-150 pickup truck that was driving behind the Nissan, leading to hospitalization of the driver for unspecified injuries, t…
News
Passenger Gravely Injured In Multi-Vehicle North Jersey Crash
A back-seat passenger died following a chain-reaction crash on Route 287, New Jersey State Police said. The elderly victim was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern following the crash on the northbound highway in Mahwah shortly after 1 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 27, responders said.She succumbed to her injuries, NJSP Trooper Brandi Slota said. A trio of vehicles had begun to suddenly slow when the crash occurred, Slota said. A Honda Accord was in front. Behind it was a Chevy SUV. Behind the SUV was a Tesla Model Y, the trooper said. A Nissan Maxima rear-ended the Tesla, which struck the …
News
Off-Duty Son, Lieutenant Dad Indicted In Fatal Parkway Crash, Charges Dropped Against Mom
An off-duty Newark police officer, his father and his cousin were indicted by a grand jury on charges of trying to conceal the death of a pedestrian struck on the Garden State Parkway last year, authorities said. Charges against the young officer's mother, however, have been dropped. Louis A. Santiago, 25, was staring at a cellphone when his Honda Accord drifted onto the shoulder and struck Damian Z. Dymka, a 29-year-old nurse from Garfield, near Exit 151 in Bloomfield around 3 a.m. on Nov. 1, 2021, they alleged. What Dymka was doing on the parkway shoulder, particularly at that time, was…
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Update
: BMW That Crashed During Chase Had Just Been Stolen By Paramus Home Burglars, Police Say
A stolen luxury SUV that crashed and overturned as a good Samaritan chased it was stolen moments earlier by two teenage thieves who'd broken into the owner's Paramus home, authorities said. An auto detailer who was working at the Hasse Avenue home at the time chased the Newark pair Friday afternoon as they sped off in the 2020 X-5, which had been taken from the garage after the pair entered the house and apparently found the keys. Officers Dan DeRienzo and Don Liu were on patrol near the corner of Farview Avenue and Century Road when both vehicles came whizzing by, Police Chief Kenneth Ehr…
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: Stolen SUV Pursued By Civilian Crashes, Thieves Captured By Police In Paramus
A stolen luxury SUV that rolled as a good Samaritan chased it had been stolen moments earlier by two teens who'd broken into the owner's Paramus home, authorities said. An auto detailer who was working at the Hasse Avenue home at the time chased the Newark pair Friday afternoon as they sped off in the 2020 X-5, which had been taken from the garage after the pair entered the house and apparently found the keys. Officers Dan DeRienzo and Don Liu were on patrol near the corner of Farview Avenue and Century Road when both vehicles came whizzing by, Police Chief Kenneth Ehrenberg said. The …
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Heroes
: Trio Of NJ Officers Rescue Trapped Driver From Burning Car
Flames are rapidly spreading as Ridgefield Park police officers furiously try to pull a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan, dramatic bodycam video shows. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Bodycam footage shows Ridgefield Park police officers pulling a Fort Lee driver f…
Police & Fire
Gunman Convicted In Bucks County Shooting: DA
A 22-year-old gunman was convicted Wednesday, May 11 of shooting at a group of people that included a 4-year-old child in 2019, authorities in Bucks County said. Sysco Schruby, of Bristol, was found guilty of multiple counts of aggravated assault, carrying a firearm without a license, possession of an instrument of crime, and recklessly endangering another person in the shooting, the Bucks County District Attorney's Office said. Schruby intended to shoot 28-year-old William Flemming, when he fired off several rounds at Flemming's 4-year-old child and three others who were standing…
Police & Fire
Passenger, 82, Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash On Jersey Shore: Police
An 82-year-old passenger was killed in a two-vehicle crash on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. On Thursday, April 7, at approximately 9:59 p.m, Manchester Township police responded to the intersection of State Highway 70 and Manchester Boulevard in the Whiting section of town to investigate a two-car motor vehicle accident involving a pickup truck and sedan, with the occupants of the sedan still inside the vehicle. Upon arrival, officers observed a grey, 2004, Dodge Ram Pickup with extensive front end damage facing west in the east bound travel lane of State Highway 70. Officers, also ob…
Police & Fire
4 Hospitalized In Crash At Mercer County Intersection, Police Say
Four people were taken to nearby hospitals following a Sunday night crash at a Mercer County intersection, authorities confirmed. A Ford Taurus heading west on Princeton-Hightstown Road in West Windsor was attempting to turn left onto Clarkville Road while approaching a green traffic signal at Clarksville Road when it collided with an eastbound Honda Accord at the intersection just before 5 p.m., local police said. The Taurus driver and front-seat passenger suffered minor injuries, while the back driver’s side passenger suffered a serious head injury, police said. The Ford driver and passe…
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Video
: Driver Charged In Wild NJ Road-Rage Crash Caught On Dashcam
A driver who survived a horrific crash on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Alpine following a miles-long viral-video encounter has been charged, authorities confirmed. Michael Brabham, 27, of Stony Point, NY told authorities that the Jan. 24 crash on the northbound parkway in Alpine was "caused by having a road rage incident with another vehicle," PIP Detective Sgt. First Class Raymond E. Walter said Friday, Feb. 4. YouTube user Racerwong.Shooterwong posted a dashcam video of Brabham's 2012 Honda Accord tailgating a Ford F-150 in the left lane before suddenly veering across the right l…
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash Reported On Jersey Shore: Police
A motorist was killed in a crash on the Jersey Shore, authorities said. The crash occurred about 6:30 a.m. on Route 18 southbound in Marlboro Township, police said. Route 18 South in the area of Tennent Road and Route 520 was shut down until about 10 a.m., according to Capt. Stephen Levy, a police department spokesman. The vehicle, a 2008 grey Honda Accord, left the roadway and struck a large tree, Levy said. The driver, who was the sole occupant of the Honda, was pronounced dead at the scene. Identification of the driver is being withheld pending notification of hi…
Police & Fire
NYC Man, 20, Killed In Route 80 Crash
A 20-year-old New York City man was killed in a crash on Route 80 Sunday morning, authorities said. Svyon Gregory Acosta was heading east in a Honda Accord when he went off the roadway to the left and struck a tree at milepost 7.9 in Knowlton, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. The crash was reported at 8:45 a.m. Acosta died as a result of the crash, which remains under investigation.
Police & Fire
Teen Struck, Killed In Route 35 Hit-Run
A 15-year-old was struck and killed in a hit-and-run crash early Sunday on Route 35. The crash occurred near South Pine Avenue around 3:45 a.m., the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office and Sayreville Police Department said. The victim's name was not released. Authorities believe a Honda Accord was involved in the incident. Witnesses are asked to contact Sayreville Police Officer Tom Calise at 732-727-4444 or Prosecutor’s Detective Jonathan Berman at 732-745-4328.
Police & Fire
NJ Woman Who Worked At Kalahari Killed, Six Seriously Injured In CT Crash
A woman was killed and six other people all from New Jersey suffered serious injures in a single-vehicle crash in Connecticut. It happened just before 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 13 in New Haven County. The vehicle involved, a Honda Accord, was traveling northbound on Route 15 near Exit 58 in Woodbridge, when the vehicle veered into the right shoulder when it struck a tree, according to state police. The victim has been identified as a passenger in the Accord, Siryania Albino-De Fernandez, 30, of Union City, New Jersey. Those who knew her said she worked at Kalahari Resorts in Pennsylvania. She w…
Police & Fire
Prosecutor: Jersey Shore Couple Dealing Opioids Busted With More Than 40,000 Pills
More than 40,000 pills were discovered in the home of a Jersey Shore couple arrested this week in a statewide opioid distribution scheme, authorities announced on Wednesday. Jason Maxson, 50, and Laurie Maxson, 51 -- who are married -- used their Barnegat home to store and distribute pain medication across New Jersey, according to Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley D. Billhimer. Detectives on Tuesday, July 20 surveilled the home as both Jason and Laurie got into a 2021 Honda Accord and drove off, the prosecutor said. Authorities stopped the pair, who were arrested without incident. A cou…
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Elmwood Park PD: Wanted Paterson Man Nabbed With Stolen Gun, Hollow Points, Oxy
A wanted Paterson man was carrying a stolen gun loaded with hollow-point bullets when Elmwood Park police arrested him, authorities said. Brandon Diaz, 21, was driving a 2005 Honda Accord with an expired registration when he was stopped over the weekend, Police Chief Michael Foligno said. They quickly learned that Diaz was wanted out of Paterson for aggravated assault with a firearm, Foligno said. The officers arrested Diaz on the outstanding warrant, then searched the car and found the 9mm Taurus pistol, reported stolen out of Georgia, the chief said. Diaz remained held Monday in the Ber…
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NY Opera Singer Delivers Her Own Baby In Car On Busy NJ Highway
Emily Hardman had a general idea of how she wanted the birth of her second baby to go: Vaginally and unmedicated. The professional opera singer, who travels around the country singing as a contralto, got just that early last Saturday morning. The only thing was, though, she wasn't in a hospital with midwifery care and her doula. She was in the backseat of her family's Honda Accord — her husband Travis Hardman, CEO of Cantata Media, Daily Voice’s owner, behind the wheel — on Route 78 in New Jersey, guided by nothing but a meditation app and cues from her own body. On May 15 at 5:47 a.m., b…
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: Critical Car Part Swiped At Alarming Rate In US, Fairview PD Nabs Duo
Fairview detectives caught two thieves stealing catalytic converters amid what's become an explosion of thefts of the previous devices nationwide, authorities said. Law enforcement agencies everywhere are dealing with stealthy crews swiping the highly-prized emissions-control devices from the underbellies of vehicles parked in private driveways on otherwise quiet streets. “It’s a quick type of theft. They slide under a vehicle, go snip-snip and they’re gone,” Police Chief Martin Kahn said Monday. “They don’t have to steal the whole car.” Installed in almost all gasoline cars and trucks so…
Police & Fire
Hudson County Man, 21, Gets 5 Years State Prison For Crash That Killed North Bergen Friend
A Hudson County driver has been sentenced to five years in state prison in connection with a marijuana-involved crash that killed his 22-year-old friend from North Bergen, authorities said. The fatal crash occurred in October 2019 on the New Jersey Turnpike in Mansfield. Johnalex Grullon, 21, of Union City admitted to being high on marijuana and driving recklessly on the day of the crash, according to Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina. Grullon and his friends were returning from a trip to South Philadelphia, where they had traveled to buy cheesesteaks. Grullon pleaded …
Police & Fire
Authorities: NJ Gunman Shot Victim In Back Seat Of Car, Dragged Him Into Street To Die
Authorities have arrested two people and released chilling details of a deadly Trenton shooting from earlier this month. Surveillance tapes show that a man later identified as Nasir White, 24, drove a gold Honda Accord onto Chase Street, then stopped in the middle of the road around 3:30 p.m. Dec. 8, Mercer County Prosecutor Angelo J. Onofri said. The driver then got out, walked to the back seat driver side and shot 43-year-old Joel Alexander in the head, Onofri said. White then dragged Joel onto the pavement, got back in the car -- where Monet Maiden, 22, was waiting for hi…
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