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Fiery Crash
Norwich, CT
News
New Update: ID Released For Person Killed In Fiery Crash On I-95 Bridge In CT
The identity has been released of a person who was killed in a fiery crash on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut. It happened around 11 a.m. Friday, April 21 when a 2006 Toyota Avalon was traveling southbound in New London County on the right lane, approaching the Gold Star Memorial Bridge, in the Town of Groton, Connecticut State Police said. The Avalon sustained a tire failure, causing the tire to deflate. Following the tire failure, the Toyota Avalon traveled from the right lane, across the left acceleration lane, and into the right acceleration lane for th…
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Killed In Fiery Morris County Crash: Authorities
A driver was killed in a fiery crash in Morris County late on Wednesday, Feb. 1, authorities said. The crash occurred on Southgate Parkway near the intersection with South Street in Morris Township shortly before 11:20 p.m. Morris County Prosecutor’s Office PIO Meghan Knab told Daily Voice. A vehicle veered off the road and hit a tree before going up in flames, Officer Knab said. The unidentified driver was pronounced dead at the scene while firefighters responded to extinguish the blaze. The crash remained under investigation by the MCPO. No further details were released.
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
News
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: Motorists Report Tractor-Trailer Weaving Before Driver Is Killed In Fiery Route 80 Crash
UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off t…
Saddle Brook-Elmwood Park, NJ
News
Tractor-Trailer Driver Killed In Horrific Fiery Crash On Route 80
UPDATE: A tractor-trailer driver apparently suffered a medical emergency before he died in a fiery crash off Route 80, authorities confirmed. Motorists had just reported the rig weaving back and forth in front of them when it barreled off the westbound highway close to the site of the old Marcal plant in Elmwood Park shortly before 8:30 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. First it drifted onto the right shoulder, then it struck the guardrail and continued over the curbed median at the Exit 61 on-ramp before plowing through another guardrail and plummeting off t…
Hamilton Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver Killed In Fiery Mercer County Crash, Police Say
A driver was killed in a fiery crash in Mercer County, authorities confirmed. Officers responding to a report of a car fire in the woods near the Marie Katzenbach School for the Deaf on Lower Ferry Road in Ewing found the vehicle fully engulfed just before 2 a.m. on Wednesday, June 1, Ewing Police said. The fire department rushed to douse the blaze but were unable to save the driver due to the intensity of the fire, police said. A follow-up investigation found that the driver ran a stop sign at Lower Ferry Road while driving on Stuyvesant Avenue before crashing through a fence at the Katze…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
Fiery Crash Downs Power Lines In Lehigh Valley: FD
A fiery crash caused downed power lines in the Lehigh Valley, authorities said. Firefighters were on their way home late Thursday, April 13, when they spotted the wreck at the intersection of South 24th Street and Lehigh Parkway North, the Western Salisbury Fire Company said. The driver was taken by EMS to a hospital for evaluation, officials said. After crews confirmed that no power was coming through the lines, the fire was put out and the vehicle was towed away, the fire department said. South 24th Street was expected to be closed for an undetermined period of time while the power…
Allentown, PA
Police & Fire
1 Dead In Fiery Lehigh County Crash
UPDATE: The fatal crash victim has been identified as a 47-year-old Allentown man. Click here to read more. ** Original story below *** One person was killed in a fiery crash over the weekend in Lehigh County, authorities said. Upper Macungie police were called to Hickory Lane and Snowdrift Road around 6:30 p.m. Sunday. Two SUVs collided after entering the intersection at the same time, according to investigators. One of the vehicles caught fire and was severely burned, according to 6abc. One of the drivers, a 47-year-old man, died at the scene, police said. His passenger and the other…
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver, 34, Killed In Fiery Garden State Parkway Crash
A 34-year-old North Jersey man was killed in a fiery crash on the Garden State Parkway in Monmouth County, State Police said. Fabrice Deryce, of Scotch Plains, was heading south in a Chevy Impala when he struck multiple fixed objects around 11:45 p.m. Saturday in Tinton Falls, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry said. The vehicle then entered the grass median that separates the local and express lanes, and struck a concrete cantilever overhead sign support. Initial reports say the car caught fire and CPR was performed on Deryce, formerly of Rahway. He was later pronounced dead, Curry said. The …
Mahopac, NY
Police & Fire
ID Released For Man Killed During Police Chase Crash On I-84
The identity of the person killed during a police chase on I-84 that ended in a fiery crash has been released by New York State Police. The chase began around 9:40 p.m. Monday when New York State troopers attempted to stop a 2001 Toyota Tacoma on the Taconic State Parkway traveling north in the town of East Fishkill, said Trooper AJ Hicks. During the stop, troopers learned the operator of the vehicle, Thomas E. McGrath, 50, of Cresco, Pennsylvania, was wanted on several warrants. McGrath then fled the scene and a pursuit was initiated. The pursuit continued on to I-84 westbound across the …
