Video: Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Returns To Court Days After Fatal Crash Video: Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Returns To Court Days After Fatal Crash
Video: Syracuse University Basketball Coach Jim Boeheim Returns To Court Days After Fatal Crash Syracuse University men's basketball coach Jim Boeheim made his first public appearance three days after the SUV he was driving struck and killed a pedestrian on Saturday, Feb. 23. Boeheim was back on the bench coaching the Orange in a 75-65 nationally televised loss to No. 1-ranked Duke at the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. Boeheim received supportive applause from the record crowd of 35,642 as he made his way out of the tunnel and onto the court before tipoff. He was hugged at center court by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski. After Syracuse's previous game, also at the Carrier Dome (a 69-49 win ove…
Worker Killed After Falling Into Mixing Machine At Area Cheese Company Worker Killed After Falling Into Mixing Machine At Area Cheese Company
Worker Killed After Falling Into Mixing Machine At Area Cheese Company A 41-year-old man was killed after falling into a mixing machine at the Icco Cheese Company in Rockland County. The incident took place around 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, Jan. 15 at the plant on Olympic Drive in Orangeburg, said Orangetown Police Sgt. James Sullivan. When officers arrived on the scene of the accident they were directed to a mixing machine where they found a male employee, Edwin Nunez, of Paterson, New Jersey, inside of the machine, Sullivan said. Rockland paramedics responded and pronounced Nunez dead on the scene, he added. Nunez was assigned to this ma…
Man Injured After Train Hits Car In West Nyack Man Injured After Train Hits Car In West Nyack
Man Injured After Train Hits Car In West Nyack One person was injured after a northbound CSX train hit a car Saturday morning in West Nyack. The incident occurred around 7:30 a.m. at the Pineview Road crossing, Clarkstown Police said. The male driver of the passenger vehicle was taken to Nyack Hospital with minor injuries, police said.  The investigation will continue to determine the cause of the accident, according to police.
Friends Rally Behind Family Of High School Basketball Star Killed In Crash Friends Rally Behind Family Of High School Basketball Star Killed In Crash
Friends Rally Behind Family Of High School Basketball Star Killed In Crash Related story: Services Set For Star High School Athlete Killed In Warwick Crash Friends of the high school basketball star killed in a single-vehicle crash have started a GoFundMe page to help the family and to offer their support. John Guerra, of the Florida section of Warwick in Orange County, was killed around 10:35 p.m. Monday, July 23 when his 2005 Honda Civic, traveling south on Union Corners Road, left the roadway and rolled, coming to a stop against a tree, said Town of Warwick Lt. John Rader. His friends said on the GoFundMe page that he was not only a great athlete, but a frie…
Info Released On 4 Critically Injured In DWI Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash Info Released On 4 Critically Injured In DWI Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash
Info Released On 4 Critically Injured In DWI Mamaroneck Restaurant Crash The ages and hometowns have been released of the four people critically injured when a drunk driver backing out of a parking space hit two vehicles before continuing in reverse and slamming into the front of Enzo's Restaurant in the Village of Mamaroneck. Police were notified of the incident around 7:45 p.m. Sunday, when responding officers arrived on scene and found a vehicle inside of the building/Enzo’s Restaurant. Officers immediately began rendering aid to multiple people on the scene, said Sgt. Sandra DiRuzza. A total of nine victims were treated, four with critical injuries. Of the n…
Garden State Orchestra Saxophonist, 20, Dies In Snowboarding Accident Garden State Orchestra Saxophonist, 20, Dies In Snowboarding Accident
Garden State Orchestra Saxophonist, 20, Dies In Snowboarding Accident A 20-year-old saxophonist in the Garden State Jazz Orchestra died due to injuries sustained snowboarding at a Pennsylvania resort Thursday, reports say. Euna Shin of Piscataway suffered head injuries after falling at the Blue Mountain Resort in Lower Towamensing Wednesday, the New York Post reports. Shin was wearing a helmet and her death was ruled an accident, the article says. The orchestra remembered  the Rutgers University sophomore as a "vibrant, ambitious and brilliant young woman."
Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor
Garnerville Driver Behind Wheel Of Truck That Struck, Killed NJ Actor A 34-year-old Garnerville driver was behind the wheel of a box truck that ran over and killed a local New Jersey actor after he tripped and fell in a northwest Bergen County parking lot Tuesday afternoon, authorities said. Thomas Morrissey, a 56-year-old father of three and grandfather of one, was walking through the lot when he tripped, fell and was run over by a 2016 Chevy box truck, police said. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene. No charges were filed nor summonses issued, police said. An investigation was continuing. Morrissey was in dozens of productions at the Barn Theate…
Hudson Valley Woman Killed After Being Hit Shoveling Snow By Tree Hudson Valley Woman Killed After Being Hit Shoveling Snow By Tree
Hudson Valley Woman Killed After Being Hit Shoveling Snow By Tree Police are reporting that an 88-year-old Hudson Valley resident who was clearing snow was hit and killed by a falling tree as one of the largest storms to hit the area in years moved through the area. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. Wednesday at 61 Hillside Ave. in Suffern, while Barbara Soleskien was clearing snow and was trapped underneath the large tree as it fell, bringing power lines down within a few feet of where she was trapped, said Suffern Police Chief Clarke Osborn. A Rockland County Department of Public Works official and two pedestrians tried to help before rescue officials…
PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash PHOTOS: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash
Photos: Driver Extricated After Mahwah Crash MAHWAH, N.J. -- Firefighters cut a driver out of a sedan that rolled over Saturday night in Mahwah. The driver was hospitalized after firefighters secured the Chevy sedan and removed the roof just after 6:30 p.m. crash on MacArthur Boulevard. There was no immediate word on the extent of injuries.