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Bergen County Assault Suspect Leads Cross-County NY Pursuit In U-Haul Van, Police Say
A suspect is in custody following a chase through multiple counties in the Hudson Valley that involved several collisions with police vehicles and was prompted by an assault, authorities said.
The incident began in Putnam County at around 10:30 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 27, when a domestic assault was reported on Stoneleigh Avenue in Carmel, according to Carmel Police.
Responding officers, along with units from the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, saw the suspect, later identified as 47-year-old Noel Mendez, of Fairview, NJ fleeing the scene in a white U-Haul van. Police said the sus…
Driver Charged In Route 1&9 Crash That Killed Passenger: 'She Slayed Too Hard For This World'
A 22-year-old Newark man has been arrested in connection with a crash that killed a 21-year-old Bloomfield resident on Friday, Sept. 1, authorities said.
Gabriel Melo was behind the wheel of the 2018 Audi that collided with the tractor trailer on the Routes 1 & 9 North ramp at Route 139 West, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. Melo was arrested at the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office on Thursday, Sept. 7, Suarez said.
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Melo's passenger, Daniella Rosario, of Bloomfield, and formerly of Paramus and Haledon, ultimately died, while two other passengers…
South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
A 25-year-old engineer from Mercer County was killed this week by a wrong-way driver in Massachusetts, where she lived and worked, police said.
Geetika Guruprasad, of West Windsor, died just after 12:45 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 17, in Littleton, a suburb of Boston.
Guruprasad was driving her Mazda CX-5 on Route 2 when an SUV traveling on the wrong side of the road collided with her, Massachusetts State Police said. Paramedics rushed her to Emerson Hospital in Concord, Massachusetts, where doctors pronounced her dead.
The 22-year-old driver of the Chevrolet SUV was also se…
Unlicensed NJ Driver Charged In Staten Island Crash That Killed 3 Teens In Ford Mustang
A 47-year-old unlicensed New Jersey driver has been charged in a Staten Island crash that left three teenagers, including a pair of siblings, dead over the weekend, authorities said.
Maher Asi-Mahmoud, of Marlboro, was turning left in an eastbound 2017 GMC Yukon when it collided with a westbound Ford Mustang, carrying the teens Sunday, July 10, police said. The Mustang was sent into a tree on impact and split in half, ejecting two of the occupants.
The victims were identified as 16-year-old Fernanda Gil, 15-year-old Jessie Gil and 15-year-old Ashley Rodriguez. The driver, 16, was the only o…
Crash Seriously Injures Driver, 64, Outside Her West Milford Home
A West Milford driver was seriously injured when her sedan collided with a van right outside her home, authorities said.
Yolanda Tineo, 64, was taken to St. Joseph’s University Medical Center after her 2011 Honda Accord collided with a 2020 GMC Savana on a stretch of Germantown Road north of Route 23 shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 30, they said.
The other driver, Nicholas Kovatch, 28, of Hewitt wasn’t injured,
Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia M. Valdes and West Milford Police Chief James DeVore said in a joint release.
They asked that anyone who might have witnessed the crash or…
1 Killed, Another Airlifted With Serious Injuries In Head-On Sussex County Crash
One person was killed and another was flown to a nearby hospital with serious injuries following a head-on crash in Sussex County Sunday evening, police said.
Erin Moore, 41, was driving a blue Hyundai Tuscon southbound on Route 181 near Signal Hill Trail in Sparta when she collided with a gray 540i BMW driven by Attila Princz, 41, around 5:30 p.m., Sparta Police Lt. John Lamon said.
Princz, of Sparta, had been driving northbound when his vehicle crossed over into the southbound lane, striking Moore’s vehicle head-on, Lamon said.
Both drivers were treated at the scene, and Moore was extric…
