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Wrong-way driving

WRONG-WAY CRASH: Blood Taken After Route 46 Wreck Sends Both Drivers To Hospital WRONG-WAY CRASH: Blood Taken After Route 46 Wreck Sends Both Drivers To Hospital
Wrong-way Crash: Blood Taken After Route 46 Wreck Sends Both Drivers To Hospital Authorities were awaiting the results of a blood test after a wrong-way driver crashed her sedan into an oncoming SUV on Route 46 in Little Falls. Police in Totowa and Clifton had received calls from motorists and were headed to the highway when the crash occurred shortly after 12:30 a.m. Monday, Dec. 18. The wrong-way 2004 Oldsmobile Alero driven by a 32-year-old Lodi woman collided with a 2020 Toyota RAV 4 driven by a 57-year-old man from Bloomfield, Little Falls Police Lt. Ryan Hoyt said. Both drivers were taken to St. Joseph's University Medical Center, the lieutenant said. Firefighte…
South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash South Jersey Engineer, 25, Killed In Wrong-Way Massachusetts Crash
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…
Dad, Kids Killed In Andover Crash Caused By 22-Year-Old Driver: Police Dad, Kids Killed In Andover Crash Caused By 22-Year-Old Driver: Police
Dad, Kids Killed In Andover Crash Caused By 22-Year-Old Driver: Police Shock and sadness spread Memorial Day Weekend following a crash that killed four people, including a father and his two children struck by a wrong-way driver in Sussex County. Bruce Cseh, 22, of Blairstown, was behind the wheel of a 2021 Jeep Rubicon heading west crossed over the double yellow lines on Newton-Sparta Road around 4 p.m. in Andover Township on Friday, May 26, local police said. Cseh struck a 2011 Ford Ranger pickup, driven by Andrew Benavente, 36 of Newton. Benavente's truck erupted in flames which became too intense for firefighters. As a result, the dad, his 13-year-old son,…
Bergen County Man Victim Of Double Fatal Wrong-Way NY Crash: Police Bergen County Man Victim Of Double Fatal Wrong-Way NY Crash: Police
Bergen County Man Victim Of Double Fatal Wrong-Way NY Crash: Police A Bergen County man was identified by authorities as one of the two people killed in a wrong-way, head-on crash overnight in New York. George Gonzalez, 68, of Dumont, was heading north in the southbound lanes of I-87 in a 2017 Toyota RAV4, when he drove into a 2022 Nissan Altima around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 in Tuxedo, New York State Police said. Gonzalez's car became engulfed in flames. The Altima driver was identified as Yehuda Weinstock, 67, of Chester, NY. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Neither vehicle had any passengers. All southbound lanes were closed during the crash …
UPDATE: Drivers Killed In Palisades Interstate Parkway Head-On Crash Identified UPDATE: Drivers Killed In Palisades Interstate Parkway Head-On Crash Identified
Update: Drivers Killed In Palisades Interstate Parkway Head-On Crash Identified Authorities identified both drivers who were killed in a head-on crash over the weekend on the Palisades Interstate Parkway just north of the New Jersey border, responders said. Aristan Garandeau, 22, of Croton-on-Hudson was pronounced dead at the scene after driving his 2017 Subaru Impreza south in the parkway's northbound lanes and hitting a 2016 Toyota Avalon head-on in the passing lane between exits 9 and 10 in Rockland at 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, New York State Police said. Brendan Seabrook, a 27-year-old resident of Wilkes Barre, PA, was pronounced dead at Montefiore Nyack Hospital …
Wrong-Way Driver ‘Tried To Kill’ Wife, Phillipsburg Motorcyclist Says In Caption Of Viral Photo Wrong-Way Driver ‘Tried To Kill’ Wife, Phillipsburg Motorcyclist Says In Caption Of Viral Photo
Wrong-Way Driver ‘Tried To Kill’ Wife, Phillipsburg Motorcyclist Says In Caption Of Viral Photo A Phillipsburg man’s GoPro captured the terrifying moment a wrong-way driver nearly hit his motorcycling wife — and he’s diligently searching for the identity of the person behind the wheel. “I’m glad my wife is still alive — because someone on S. Main tried to kill her,” starts a widely shared Facebook post from Mitch Traphagen of Phillipsburg. Traphagen was riding behind his wife, Michelle, who he says was nearly struck by the driver near 991 S. Main St. just after 12 p.m. Tuesday. However, the driver wasn’t passing another vehicle — “he went into the lane either intentionally or due to…
Driver, 20, Charged In Wrong-Way Route 20 Paterson Crash That Killed Passenger, 22 Driver, 20, Charged In Wrong-Way Route 20 Paterson Crash That Killed Passenger, 22
Driver, 20, Charged In Wrong-Way Route 20 Paterson Crash That Killed Passenger, 22 UPDATE: A 20-year-old wrong-way driver was charged in a head-on predawn crash on Route 20 in Paterson that killed his 22-year-old passenger. City resident Dwayne Smalls was driving a 2019 Kia Forte north in the southbound lanes of the highway when it collided with a 2016 Honda Accord driven by a 63-year-old Fair Lawn man at 17th Avenue shortly before 5 a.m. Feb. 24, authorities said. The Accord was then struck by a 2010 Ford Escape driven by a Hawthorne woman, they said. Critically injured in the crash was Marquise Samuels, also of Paterson, who died three days later at St. Joseph’s Region…
NJSP: Two Kids, Mom Seriously Hurt In Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Thanksgiving Crash That Injured 6 NJSP: Two Kids, Mom Seriously Hurt In Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Thanksgiving Crash That Injured 6
Njsp: Two Kids, Mom Seriously Hurt In Wrong-Way NJ Turnpike Thanksgiving Crash That Injured 6 An Edison couple and their three young children were all hospitalized on Thanksgiving -- some with serious injuries -- after a sedan driven the wrong way on the New Jersey Turnpike struck their minivan head-on, State Police said. A southbound Nissan Versa driven by Michael Forman, 26, of Sellersville, PA man hit the family’s Honda Odyssey in the Turnpike’s northbound lanes in Gloucester County’s Woolrich Township, around 9:45 p.m., they said. The Versa then slammed into the concrete median, the NJSP said. The 36-year-old mother and two of the children, 6 and 11, were seriously injured, Sta…