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Entire Family Killed On Way To Wedding Mourned As Devout Christians, Immigrants
A Massachusetts family traveling to a wedding in South Carolina has been identified among the five people killed in a devastating chain-reaction crash involving a charter bus on Interstate 95 in Virginia.
Providence Christian Academy announced Friday, May 29, that members of the Doncev family died in the crash, which happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95 in Stafford County.
Relatives identified the family of four as Dimitri Doncev, 45, and his wife Ecaterina Doncev, 44, along with their two children, Emily, 13, and Mark, 7, all of Greenfield, MA.
The family …
Former Hershey Cubs Hockey Player Killed In NY Crash
A former Hershey Cubs hockey player was killed in a violent overnight crash near his New York campus, leaving the hockey community on two continents in mourning.
Bradly Burden, 22, of Alaska, died around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, after the BMW he was driving crashed at Main Street and Cleveland Avenue in Niagara Falls, according to the Niagara Falls Police Department.
Burden was driving northbound “at a high rate of speed” when he lost control, and the vehicle spun into a steel pole at the intersection, police said.
“The driver side of the vehicle made contact with the pole first,” police s…
NY Firefighter, Army Vet Seriously Injured By Wrong-Way Driver On NJ Turnpike
A Hudson Valley firefighter, US Army veteran, and young father is facing a long road to recovery after being struck by a wrong-way driver on the NJ Turnpike last weekend, loved ones say.
Guillermo Mollins, 39, of Poughkeepsie, was in a Honda sedan when he was struck by a Ford pickup truck driven by 44-year-old Bruce Canfield, of Pottstown, PA, who was traveling south in the northbound lanes of the Turnpike early Saturday, Jan. 3, NJSP Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron said.
Canfield died as a result of the head-on crash near milepost 117.8, which sent the pickup into a concrete …
3 Hurt After School Bus, Car Collide At Route 208 Intersection In NY
Several people were taken to the hospital after a car crashed into a school bus carrying children during the morning commute in Orange County, police said.
Troopers responded to the crash around 7:45 a.m. on Thursday, Oct. 23, on Route 208 southbound at the Route 17 Exit 130 on-ramp in Monroe, New York State Police said.
Investigators said a Honda heading north on Route 208 struck the front of a southbound school bus as it turned onto the on-ramp.
The bus driver, a 61-year-old woman from Middletown, and a 65-year-old male passenger, also from Middletown, were on board, along wi…
Ex-Adelphi President Drove Drunk Onto Lirr Tracks, Caused Explosion, DA Says
The former president of Adelphi University is accused of drunkenly plowing her BMW onto Long Island Rail Road tracks, narrowly missing commuters.
Christine Riordan, 43, appeared in Nassau County Court Thursday, Oct. 16, where she was hit with upgraded felony charges stemming from the Sept. 30 crash at the Nassau Boulevard station in Garden City.
Riordan’s car accelerated through a parking lot, struck two vehicles, smashed through protective fencing, and landed on the third rail, sparking an electrical explosion, as Daily Voice reported.
Crews worked overnight to repair extensive damage to …
Music Legend Brent Hinds Dies At 51 In Crash Between SUV, Motorcycle
Brent Hinds, the electrifying musician whose riffs helped launch Mastodon to metal stardom, has died in a tragic motor-vehicle crash in Atlanta.
The 51-year-old Hinds, the former lead guitarist and co-vocalist of the Grammy-winning band, was killed on Wednesday, Aug. 20, when his Harley Davidson motorcycle was struck by a BMW SUV that failed to yield while turning, according to police, Atlanta News First reported.
The collision caused fatal injuries, and authorities have ruled his death accidental.
Born William Brent Hinds in Birmingham, Alabama, he began his musical journey on…
Yonkers Mom Killed In NJ Turnpike Crash Came To U.S. Seeking Better Life
A Yonkers woman killed in a crash on the New Jersey Turnpike had come to the U.S. in search of a better life, her sister said.
Vanessa Diaz Pichardo, 37, died after her Hyundai left the road and overturned before slamming into a tractor-trailer in Fort Lee just after 2 a.m. Monday, July 28, New Jersey State Police said.
Her sister, Rosanna Diaz, has launched a GoFundMe campaign to help return Vanessa’s body to the Dominican Republic so she can be buried with family. As of Tuesday, July 29, the campaign had raised $4,500.
“I am Rosanna Diaz, sister of Vanessa Diaz,” she wrote. “It is very p…
Mass Casualty: Lightning Strike At NJ Archery Range Kills 1 Man, Injures 14 Others, Police Say
A man was killed and 14 others were injured, including a child, after a lightning strike at a New Jersey archery range Wednesday evening, July 16, police said.
The incident happened at 7:13 p.m. at Black Knight Bowbenders, an outdoor range on Perrineville Road in Jackson Township, according to Jackson Township Police Chief Matthew Kunz.
Police were notified that multiple people had been struck by lightning, with CPR being performed on one individual, Kunz said.
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Responders confirmed that a male was being a…
2 Killed When ATV Flips, Lands In Ditch In NY
A man and woman were killed over the weekend after their ATV veered off the road and flipped in Orange County, authorities said.
According to the Town of Montgomery Police Department, the crash happened on Sunday, July 6, around 2:56 a.m. on Berea Road near Crist Brothers Orchards. A four-wheeled ATV carrying two people was traveling north when it left the roadway, plunged into a ditch, and overturned.
Both passengers were ejected from the vehicle. Despite life-saving efforts by emergency responders, they were pronounced dead at the scene.
Police identified the victims as Bryan Robb, 37, a…
