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Loaded and Loaded: 80,000-Pound Tractor-Trailer Driver Arrested For LI DWI, Police Say
A tractor-trailer driver was operating his big rig while drunk on Long Island early Monday, April 13, according to police. Frederic Mejia, 35, was arrested after multiple people reported his tractor-trailer failing to maintain its lane on the Long Island Expressway through Brentwood, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Suffolk County highway patrol officers responded around 7 a.m. and located the truck, cops said. Investigators determined Mejia, a Bronx resident, was driving the 18-wheeler while drunk. Mejia’s arraignment on DWI charges was set for later Monday. Cops also inspected …
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Trucker Spent Half Hour Killing Girlfriend Outside LI Motel; Will Likely Die 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…
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Trucker Killed GF In Tractor-Trailer Cab Outside Long Island Motel, Jury Finds
A Long Island jury found a 61-year-old truck driver guilty of murdering his girlfriend inside the cab of his tractor-trailer parked outside a Patchogue motel. Willie Hart, of Yaphank, was convicted Wednesday, Oct. 29, of second-degree murder in the 2023 death of 37-year-old Candace Woodruff of Texas. Prosecutors argued Hart called police around 2:25 a.m. on May 29, 2023, claiming he found Woodruff unresponsive on the floor of his cab near the Shore Motor Inn, as Daily Voice reported. Officers arrived to find her on the ground, not breathing. Medical examiners determined Woodruff died from …
Obituaries
Young EMT Killed In LI Motorcycle Crash Was Disabled Veteran Mom’s Caretaker: 'Great Young Man'
A young EMT and aspiring nurse is being remembered as a devoted son, brother, and friend after his life was cut short in a motorcycle crash on Long Island. Aiden LoMele, 18, of Whitestone, Queens, was fatally injured in a collision at a busy Riverhead intersection on Tuesday, Sept. 9, as Daily Voice reported. The crash happened around 2:20 p.m. on Center Drive, just south of West Main Street, according to Riverhead Town Police. LoMele was riding a 2022 Honda motorcycle when he stopped in front of a tractor-trailer at a red light. When the light turned green, the truck began moving and col…
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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
Driver Airlifted After Slamming Into Parked Tractor Trailer On Long Island Expressway: Police
A Shirley man was seriously injured after slamming into a parked tractor trailer on the Long Island Expressway in Melville, Suffolk County Police announced on Sunday, July 20. The 40-year-old man, was driving a 2022 Hyundai Tucson eastbound when he struck a 2013 Toyota Camry before veering into a tractor trailer on the shoulder by Exit 50 at 3:36 a.m., according to investigators. He was airlifted by Suffolk County Police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical condition. The Toyota’s driver, a 46-year-old man also of Shirley, was taken to Good Samaritan Hospital Medical C…
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Edward Johnson, 31, ID'd As Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Long Island
A Long Island man killed in a wrong-way crash involving a tractor-trailer has been identified, Suffolk County Police announced on Friday, May 23. Edward Johnson, 31, of Deer Park, was driving a 2005 Mazda northbound on Commack Road in Dix Hills when the vehicle crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a tractor-trailer near Euclid Avenue around 9:05 a.m., detectives said. Johnson was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor-trailer driver, a 60-year-old man from Patterson, New Jersey, was taken to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was treated and released. Of…
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Driver Killed In Wrong-Way Crash With Tractor-Trailer On Long Island
A driver was killed when his car veered into oncoming traffic and collided with a tractor-trailer on Long Island. The crash happened just after 9 a.m. Friday, May 23, on Commack Road north of Euclid Avenue, according to Suffolk County Police. A man was driving a Mazda northbound on Commack Road when the vehicle crossed into the southbound lanes and struck a tractor-trailer head-on, police said. The Mazda driver was pronounced dead at the scene. The tractor trailer driver, a 60-year-old man from Patterson, New Jersey, was transported to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, whe…
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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 …
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Tractor-Trailer Driver DWI Crashes, Spills 50 Gallons Of Diesel On LIE: PD
A trucker was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed his tractor-trailer, taking down streetlamps and spilling diesel fuel across the Long Island Expressway, Suffolk County police announced on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Timothy Murray, 64, of Mastic, was behind the wheel of a 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer when he veered off the westbound LIE near Exit 50 in Dix Hills, smashing into the guardrail around 7:48 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 10, police said. The crash took out several hundred feet of guardrail and knocked down two streetlamps. Another driver hit the debris and was left stranded on the high…
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Bicyclist Killed Slamming Into Parked Tractor-Trailer ID'd: Nassau County Police
The 51-year-old bicyclist who died after striking a parked tractor-trailer in Syosset has been identified, Nassau County police announced Monday, Jan. 21. Chalermchai Losirisup, of Great Neck, was riding eastbound on the Long Island Expressway’s South Service Road, also known as South Marginal Road, when he collided with the legally parked truck near exits 43 and 44 on Saturday, Jan. 18 at 9 a.m., authorities said. Losirisup was pronounced dead at the scene by a Nassau County Police Department medic. No other injuries were reported, and police said there is no criminality involved in the i…
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Driver On Suspended License Admits Fleeing After Long Island Crash That Killed Passenger
A 28-year-old man who was driving on a suspended license formally confessed to fleeing a Long Island car crash that killed his passenger. Dolores Mancia-Landaverde, of Medford, pleaded guilty to leaving the scene of an incident without reporting in Suffolk County Court on Tuesday, Nov. 12, in the death of 44-year-old Hedilberto Nava-Perez, of Medford. According to investigators, Mancia-Landaverde was driving a BMW sedan southbound on Horseblock Road with two passengers when he turned in front of a tractor-trailer at the intersection of Express Drive North shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Jun…
Police & Fire
3 Hospitalized After Overnight Long Island Expressway Crash In Jericho
Two men and a woman were hospitalized after an overnight crash on the Long Island Expressway. It happened just before 1:30 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, in Jericho. That's when a 2016 Volvo tractor-trailer was traveling eastbound and struck a 2005 Isuzu in the vicinity of Exit 40E, according to Nassau County Police. The driver of the Isuzu, a 55-year-old man, was establishing a construction zone at the time of the accident, Nassau County Police said. The collision damaged the passenger side of the Volvo and caused a 35-year-old female passenger to become trapped. Nassau County …
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Woman Killed After Being Struck By Tractor-Trailer On Long Island
Police are investigating after a woman was killed in an overnight Long Island crash. It happened around 1:50 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 20, in North Bellport. The victim was walking in the right lane of westbound Sunrise Highway (Route 27), east of Exit 55, when she was struck by a 2015 Kenworth tractor-trailer, according to Suffolk County Police. Maureen Howley, age 77, of Bellport, was transported to Long Island Community Hospital in Patchogue, where she was pronounced dead. The tractor-trailer driver, a 30-year-old East Hampton woman, was not injured. Motor…
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NY Dad, His 2 Children Killed In Tractor-Trailer Crash On PA Turnpike: State Police
A father and his two children from Long Island have been identified as the victims of a triple fatal crash on the Interstate 76/PA Turnpike involving a tractor-trailer that happened on Sunday, July 21, Pennsylvania State Police and the Lancaster County Coroner announced in separate releases the following Monday. Donnell Hickson, 43 of the 2700 block of Grant Avenue in Baldwin, NY, has been identified as the driver of the passenger vehicle that fatally collided with a tractor-trailer at mile marker 268.8 at 4:24 a.m., authorities detailed. His 18-year-old son, Decir Hickson of the…
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Fatal Long Island Expressway Crash: ID Released For 30-Year-Old Victim In Plainview
The identity has been released of a man who was killed in a two-vehicle overnight crash on the Long Island Expressway. The crash happened around 9:20 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in Plainview. A 30-year-old victim was operating a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound near Exit 46 when he struck the rear of a 2023 International tractor-trailer. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by a Nassau County Police Department Medic. He's now been identified as Justin Iezzoni, age 30, of Dix Hills. The operator of the truck, a 57-year-old man, was uninjured and remained at the…
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Long Island Expressway Crash: 30-Year-Old Killed In Plainview
One person was killed in a two-vehicle overnight crash on the Long Island Expressway. Click here for a new, updated story - Fatal Long Island Expressway Crash: ID Released For 30-Year-Old Victim In Plainview It happened around 9:20 p.m. Saturday, June 22, in Plainview. A 30-year-old man was operating a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle eastbound near Exit 46 when he struck the rear of a 2023 International tractor-trailer. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene by a Nassau County Police Department Medic. His identity has not yet been released. The operator of the truck…
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Fatal Hit-Run Medford Crash: Suspect Nabbed, ID Released For Victim
A suspect has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run crash on Long Island that left one person who has now been identified dead and another seriously injured over the weekend. It happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday, June 8, in Medford. Original report - 1 Killed, Another Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Medford Crash A tractor-trailer was traveling northwest on Horseblock Road and attempting to make a left turn onto Express Drive North when it was struck by a 2008 BMW, Suffolk County Police said. The driver of the BMW fled on foot. A passenger in the BMW, He…
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1 Killed, Another Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Medford Crash
One person was killed and another seriously injured in an overnight hit-and-run crash on Long Island. Click here for a new, updated story - Fatal Hit-Run Medford Crash: Suspect Nabbed, Victim ID'd It happened just before 2 a.m. Saturday, June 8, in Medford. A tractor-trailer was traveling northwest on Horseblock Road and attempting to make a left turn onto Express Drive North when it was struck by a 2008 BMW, Suffolk County Police said. The driver of the BMW fled on foot. One passenger in the BMW was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Of…
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