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Support Rises For Teenage 'Beautiful Soul' Killed In Capital Region Alleged Drunk Driving Crash Support Rises For Teenage 'Beautiful Soul' Killed In Capital Region Alleged Drunk Driving Crash
Support Rises For Teenage 'Beautiful Soul' Killed In Capital Region Alleged Drunk Driving Crash The community is pulling together to help the family of a young honors student who was killed in a suspected drunk driving crash in the region. A’Mon Willis, age 14, of Albany, died in the wreck that happened just after 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, on I-890 in Colonie, according to New York State Police. Troopers said the Albany High School student was one of four teens in the car when the 17-year-old driver lost control while speeding, rolling the vehicle several times. The car then struck a westbound vehicle, killing the boy. Earlier Report: 14-Year-Old Honors Student Killed In Colonie …

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by Michael Mashburn
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14-Year-Old Honors Student Killed In Capital Region Crash Caused By Drunk Teen, Police Say 14-Year-Old Honors Student Killed In Capital Region Crash Caused By Drunk Teen, Police Say
14-Year-Old Honors Student Killed In Capital Region Crash Caused By Drunk Teen, Police Say A teen driver is facing vehicular homicide and other charges for allegedly causing a drunk driving crash in the region that killed a 14-year-old honors student. The deadly wreck happened just after 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, in Albany County, on I-890 in Colonie. New York State Police said the 17-year-old suspect was driving at a high rate of speed eastbound when they lost control and rolled the car several times. The car rolled into oncoming traffic and struck a westbound vehicle. Of the four teenage passengers in the suspect’s car, one suffered severe injuries and died at the scene. Tr…

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by Michael Mashburn
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Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home
Details Emerge After 2 Shot In Broad Daylight Outside NY Gubernatorial Candidate's Home New details have emerged after two teenagers were injured in a broad-daylight shooting outside the home of New York Republican gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, a US Congressman representing parts of Long Island. The incident happened around 2:20 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 9 in Suffolk County in the hamlet of Shirley. Three teenagers were walking on Saint George Drive West when a dark-colored vehicle went by and an occupant fired multiple gunshots through the vehicle’s window, Suffolk County Police said. Two 17-year-old boys were struck and attempted to hide in the yard of a residence on the str…

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by Joe Lombardi
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'Not Funny:' Police Probing Reports Of Driver Running Teen Off Road In Capital District 'Not Funny:' Police Probing Reports Of Driver Running Teen Off Road In Capital District
'Not Funny:' Police Probing Reports Of Driver Running Teen Off Road In Capital District A mother from the Capital District is sounding the alarm after her son was allegedly run off the road by a car full of teenagers. Schenectady County resident Kristin Crosby-Miller, of the village of Scotia, posted on Facebook just hours after the incident, which she said happened at around 4 p.m. Monday, July 11, in Scotia on Sanders Avenue. “Please talk to your teenage drivers about how NOT funny it is to try to run younger kids and other teenagers off the road,” she wrote. “My son was riding his bike home on Sanders Ave today when a silver/grey car came up behind him, blared the horn and…

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by Michael Mashburn