Mostly Cloudy and Breezy 48°
Tag:

Highway Accident

News
Parent Of Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Sues Charter Company, Report Says Parent Of Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Sues Charter Company, Report Says
Parent Of Student Injured In Deadly I-84 Bus Crash Sues Charter Company, Report Says The charter bus company involved in a deadly highway crash in New York that killed two teachers and injured dozens of marching band students is facing the first of likely multiple lawsuits, CNN reports. Lawrence Doreson, the father of an injured 14-year-old Farmingdale High School student, sued Regency Transportation and driver Lisa Schaffer for negligence Thursday, Sept. 28, accusing both of “reckless and careless acts,” according to the outlet. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that Schaffer caused the rollover wreck, which occurred Thursday, Sept. 21 on I-84 in the Orange County town of …

SHARE

by Michael Mashburn
News
ID Released For 20-Year-Old Fatally Struck By Jeep On Suffolk County Highway ID Released For 20-Year-Old Fatally Struck By Jeep On Suffolk County Highway
ID Released For 20-Year-Old Fatally Struck By Jeep On Suffolk County Highway The identity has been released of a 20-year-old who was fatally struck by a Jeep on a Long Island highway. The man was in the lanes of travel on eastbound Sunrise Highway (Route 27) in Sayville, east of exit 49, when he was struck by a 2006 Jeep Liberty at about 2:40 a.m. on Thursday, Aug. 19, the Suffolk County Police said. The victim, now identified as Matthew Wenk, of Islip Terrace was pronounced dead at the scene.  The Farmingville man who was driving the Jeep, also age 20, was not injured in the crash, police said. Authorities said the vehicle was impounded for a safety check.&n…

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
ID Released For Man Killed When Minivan Crashes Into Pole On Long Island Expressway ID Released For Man Killed When Minivan Crashes Into Pole On Long Island Expressway
ID Released For Man Killed When Minivan Crashes Into Pole On Long Island Expressway The identity of a man who was killed in a crash on the Long Island Expressway earlier this week has been released. The crash happened on Monday, May 11 just before 11:15 p.m. on the eastbound expressway, between exits 48 and 49 in Melville. The man was driving a 2016 Chrysler Town and Country when the vehicle left the roadway and struck a pole, Suffolk County Police said. The man, now identified as Chester Szarejko, 93, of Queens, was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Suffolk County Medical Examiner's office. The vehicle was impounded for a safety check. …

SHARE

by Joe Lombardi