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Police & Fire
Driver Cited After Tractor-Trailer Overturns, Spills Trash At I-87 Service Area:
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A New Jersey woman was issued citations after the tractor-trailer she was driving rolled over on its side and spilled trash at a New York State Thruway service area in Ulster County, NY, police said. The crash happened just before 9 p.m. on Thursday, June 25, when troopers responded to the Malden Service Area on Interstate 87 in Saugerties for a tractor-trailer rollover, New York State Police announced on Friday, June 26. After arriving at the scene, investigators found the driver, 35-year-old Michelle Paulino Rosario of Kearny, New Jersey, had been operating a 2016 Freightliner when s…
Sports
ESPN NFL Analyst Loses Arm In Horrific Crash: 'I'm Incredibly Fortunate'
ESPN NFL Draft analyst Matt Miller said his left arm was amputated after he crashed his SUV into an oncoming tractor-trailer. Miller shared details of the crash and his injuries in a social media post on Tuesday, June 23. The 42-year-old said he was airlifted to a hospital in Joplin, Missouri, where he underwent a life-saving amputation. The Webb City, Missouri, native also suffered severe injuries, including "multiple fractures and broken ribs." "I'm deeply grateful for the exceptional care I have received, from the first responders to the doctors, nurses, and medical staff," Miller …
Police & Fire
Tractor-Trailer Breaks In Half, Shuts Down Road In Hudson Valley: Report
A tractor-trailer broke apart while attempting a delivery in Rockland County on Tuesday night, Dec. 30, completely blocking a busy roadway. The incident happened on Cedar Lane in Monsey, where the tractor-trailer split in half while trying to drop off a load, The Monsey Scoop reported. As a result, Cedar Lane was closed between Blauvelt Road and Crown Road as crews worked to clear the scene, according to the report. Members of Chaverim of Rockland and the Ramapo Police Department responded to assist with traffic control and cleanup efforts, The Monsey Scoop said. Motorists were told…
News
Trucker Spent Half Hour Killing Girlfriend Outside NY Motel; Now Faces Life In Prison
A Long Island trucker will spend up to life in prison for murdering his girlfriend inside the cab of his tractor-trailer outside a Patchogue motel. Willie Hart, 61, of Yaphank, was sentenced Wednesday, Dec. 3, to 22 years to life behind bars after a Suffolk County jury convicted him of second-degree murder in the death of 37-year-old Candace Woodruff. The killing was captured on surveillance video and left Woodruff battered, asphyxiated, and covered in Ramen noodles. Hart called police around 2:30 a.m. on May 29, 2023, claiming he had just discovered Woodruff unresponsive on the floor of h…
News
Bridge Reopens After Being Damaged By Tractor-Trailer In Westchester (
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This story has been updated. A bridge on a windy back road in Westchester has reopened to all traffic after a tractor-trailer damaged the structure, officials said. The bridge on White Hill Road in Yorktown between William Court and Hunterbrook Road reopened on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24, after being damaged in a crash earlier in the morning, the town's highway department announced. According to officials, a tractor-trailer took out part of the bridge, rendering it unsafe until its reopening. "Many thanks to our highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli and his team…
News
PA Man, NJ Woman Killed In NY 17 Tractor-Trailer Crash: State Police
A crash between a tractor-trailer and a passenger car killed two people on State Route 17 in Nichols, New York, state police announced on Tuesday, Sept. 9. Frank J. Dempaire, 45, of Reading, Pennsylvania, and Elize Carlos, 45, of Newark, New Jersey, were identified as the victims, according to New York State Police. The crash happened shortly after 4:30 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8, when both vehicles were traveling east on State Route 17 and the tractor trailer rear-ended the passenger car, troopers said. Dempaire and Carlos, who were inside the car, died at the scene. The tractor trailer driv…
Police & Fire
Yonkers Woman Killed After Vehicle Overturns, Hits Tractor-Trailer On NJ Turnpike: Police
A woman from Yonkers, NY was killed in an early morning crash on the New Jersey Turnpike in Fort Lee, authorities said. Vanessa Diaz Pichardo, 37, had been driving a Hyundai passenger car in the southbound lanes near milepost 121.5 when the vehicle veered off the road to the right at approximately 2 a.m. Monday, July 28, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan said. Diaz Pichardo’s car struck the curb and guardrail, then overturned and entered the southbound local ramp, where it slammed into the side of a Freightliner tractor-trailer, according to Marchan. Pichardo was killed as a res…
Police & Fire
ID Released Of Driver Killed In 4-Vehicle Pileup On I-84 In Hudson Valley (
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Authorities have released more information about a multi-vehicle crash that shut down part of Interstate 84 for hours in Putnam County and resulted in the death of a 36-year-old man. The crash happened around 1:45 p.m. on Monday, June 23, on I-84 westbound near mile marker 61.4 in the Town of Kent, Trooper Krystal Paolicelli of the New York State Police said in an update on Wednesday, June 25. Investigators said 36-year-old Nodir Umarov of Brooklyn was driving a 2024 Ram truck in the right lane when he failed to stop for traffic slowing near a work zone. His truck slammed into t…
Police & Fire
ID Released For Wrong-Way Driver Killed In I-87 Crash With 2 Tractor-Trailers, Police Say
New details have been released in the fatal wrong-way crash that shut down a stretch of Interstate 87 in Rockland County early Saturday, June 21. Brian P. Tortora, 33, of New York, was driving a 2024 Subaru WRX northbound in the southbound lanes when he struck two tractor-trailers in Clarkstown just after 3 a.m. near mile marker 18.9, just west of Exit 12, according to New York State Police. Tortora’s Subaru first collided with a 2017 Volvo truck towing a trailer, driven by a 52-year-old man, police said. Seconds later, the Subaru was struck by a 2016 Freightliner, also towing a trail…
News
3 Northeast High School Students Killed In Florida Spring Break Crash; 1 Remains Hospitalized
Three Massachusetts high school seniors were killed earlier this week during a Spring Break trip to Florida when their SUV collided with a tractor-trailer, police said. Jimmy McIntosh, Hannah Wasserman, and Maisey O'Donnell — all 18-year-old students at Concord-Carlisle High School — died around 9:30 p.m. Monday, April 21, near Panama City in the Florida Panhandle, authorities said. A fourth student, also 18, who has not been identified, remains in critical condition at a Florida hospital. Concord-Carlisle High School is about 30 minutes outside of Boston. O'Donnell was among …
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Crash Leaves Driver Critically Injured On I-95 In Westchester
A wrong-way driver on Interstate 95 in Mamaroneck was involved in a head-on collision with a tractor-trailer early Friday morning, Feb. 21, leaving him critically injured, New York State Police said. The crash happened around 4 a.m. on I-95 northbound near Exit 19, when a 2012 Honda CRV traveling southbound in the northbound lanes collided head-on with a 2023 Freightliner tractor-trailer. The driver of the Honda, a 38-year-old man, was trapped in his vehicle and suffered severe injuries to his arms, legs, and head. Emergency crews extricated him, and he was rushed to Westchester …
Police & Fire
Truck Overturns On I-287 In Westchester
A truck landed on its side on Interstate 287 in Westchester. The crash happened on Thursday, Feb. 13 just before 10 a.m., when a box truck overturned on Interstate 287 East near the Exit 12 ramp to Interstate 95 South, according to New York State Police. Two people inside the truck were able to get themselves out with minor injuries. The scene has since been cleared and all lanes are open. Posted by Westchester Fire Wire on Thursday, February 13, 2025
Police & Fire
Car Of Speeding Driver Crushed By 2 Tractor-Trailers On I-87, Police Say (
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A speeding driver escaped serious injury, but not traffic citations, after police say he caused a crash involving two tractor-trailers Tuesday morning, Dec. 3 on I-87 in Rockland County. Joseph T. Bonomi of Washingtonville, was cited for speeding and moving from the lane unsafely, and treated at Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries following the crash in the southbound lanes in Hillburn, State Police said. The collision occurred in the southbound lanes of the New York State Thruway near Exit 15A in Hillburn. Photos shared by The Monsey Scoop show the car …
Police & Fire
54-Year-Old Man Killed After Hitting Tractor-Trailer On I-684 In Northern Westchester
A 54-year-old Hudson Valley man was killed after his vehicle struck a tractor-trailer parked near a rest area on a busy interstate in Northern Westchester. The crash happened at around 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when a 2021 Kia Sportage driving southbound on Interstate 684 in Bedford left the roadway for an unknown reason and hit a 1995 International Harvester tractor-trailer parked south of the town's rest area, New York State Police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The driver, Putnam County resident Howard Zaibel of Brewster, was rushed to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount …
Police & Fire
Trapped Driver Rescued After Multi-Vehicle Crash On Interstate In Westchester
Three people were hospitalized following a multi-vehicle crash on a busy interstate in Westchester that also involved a tractor-trailer and caused lane closures, fire officials said. The incident happened on Sunday, Sept. 8 just before 7:30 a.m., when three cars and a tractor-trailer collided on Interstate 95 South in Rye, according to the City of Rye Fire Department, Arriving first responders soon learned that one of the involved drivers was trapped inside their vehicle and soon began efforts to free them. To do so, crews stabilized the damaged car and moved the tractor-…
Traffic
Oversized Tractor Trailer Knocks Down Wires At Westchester Intersection, Causes Closure
A busy Westchester intersection is closed thanks to fallen wires knocked over by a tractor-trailer, officials said. The intersection of South Main Street and Grace Church Street in Port Chester is closed to traffic following a crash, village officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 3 around 7 a.m. According to officials, an oversized tractor-trailer struck the overhead Optimum Cable lines in the intersection and knocked them to the ground. As a result of the crash, residents and businesses in the area should expect to be without television, internet, or landlines for most of…
News
Trooper Injured After I-84 Crash Causes Hours-Long Closure
A Connecticut State Police trooper was injured after an overnight crash that caused a three-hour closure on a stretch of I-84. It happened in Fairfield County just after 9 p.m. Friday, June 14, in Danbury. The 41-year-old trooper was inside her cruiser with the emergency lights activated at the scene of another accident on the shoulder on the westbound side between Exit 8 on and off ramps. A 2018 GMC Acadia was parked in the left lane near the on-ramp. Connecticut State Police said a 2014 tractor-trailer was traveling in the right lane when the operator lost control of his vehi…
Police & Fire
SUV Hits Tractor-Trailer, Enters Woods On Highway Exit Ramp In Westchester
A person was injured after their SUV struck a tractor-trailer on a highway exit ramp in Westchester, sending it into a wooded area. The crash happened on Sunday, April 9 around 9:15 p.m., when emergency responders were sent to a crash in Harrison on the exit ramp from Interstate 287 to Interstate 684 northbound, according to the Purchase Fire Department. Once they arrived, authorities found that an SUV had collided with a tractor-trailer and had come to rest in a wooded area. Luckily, though, the driver of the SUV managed to escape his vehicle with only minor injuries, fire officials sai…
Police & Fire
Man Dies After Tractor Trailer Strikes Him On Side Of Westchester Highway: Police
A man was killed after he was hit by a tractor-trailer while standing by his disabled truck on the side of a Westchester County highway, police said. The crash happened on Tuesday, Dec. 27 around 4:15 a.m., when police responded to I-287 and the I-95 ramps in Rye for a reported accident between a box truck and tractor-trailer, according to state police. Police determined that Levittown, Pennsylvania resident Kevin Roman, age 26, had been driving a tractor-trailer east on I-287 when he left the lane and hit a box truck that was disabled on the shoulder of the highway. …
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