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Tag: Driving while impaired
Police Crossing Guard Critically Injured In Nassau County Crash On Sunrise Highway
A police crossing guard is in critical condition after he was struck while directing traffic on Long Island, officers announced on Thursday, Feb. 26.
The guard was working on Sunrise Highway near Merrick Avenue in Merrick at 8:03 a.m. when he was hit by a white 2020 Toyota Tacoma, according to Nassau County Police.
Detectives said the truck was operated by a 30-year-old man who remained at the scene. The injured crossing guard was taken to a nearby hospital, where he is listed in critical condition, police said.
Following an investigation, Joshua M. Alvarado, 30, of Rosedale, Queens, was a…
High Driver Who Rolled Car, Killing 14-Year-Old NY Girl Sentenced To Prison
A 19-year-old man will spend years in prison for a high-speed crash that killed a teenage girl and seriously injured her brother in upstate New York.
Everhett Hatlee, of Troy, was sentenced to five to 15 years behind bars in Saratoga County Court on Friday, Sept. 5, after pleading guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide.
Hatlee admitted to driving while impaired by cannabis on June 29, 2024, when he lost control of his vehicle along Fonda Road in Waterford. The teen, 18 at the time, was speeding when the car went off the road, became airborne, and struck multiple utility poles before coming…
Southern State Triple-Fatal: Driver High On Marijuana Admits Causing Farmingdale Crash
A 29-year-old man formally confessed to causing an impaired, high-speed crash on the Southern State Parkway that claimed three lives.
Matthew Whyte, of Laurelton, Queens, pleaded guilty to aggravated vehicular homicide and related charges in Nassau County Court on Thursday, Feb. 20, in the deaths of Florence Oprisan, Ciara Hare, and Jean Marc Miller.
In pleading guilty, Whyte admitted that he was high on marijuana and driving nearly 100 miles per hour, weaving in and out of traffic, when he struck Hare’s vehicle on the Southern State Parkway near exit 32 in Farmingdale shortly before 9 p.m.…
