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Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver Causes Quadruple Fatal On NJ Turnpike, Cops Say: 4 Jewish Teens Dead
Four young Jewish men were killed and another driver seriously injured after a wrong-way crash on the New Jersey Turnpike early Sunday, Oct. 19, authorities said. Troopers responded around 12:42 a.m. to the crash near milepost 1.3 in Carneys Point Township, according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan. Christopher Neff, 41, of Westminster, CO, was driving a Dodge pickup truck northbound in the southbound lanes of the Turnpike when it collided head-on with a Mazda SUV traveling south, Marchan said. The Mazda, driven by Yaakov Kilberg, 19, of Lakewood, was carrying three passeng…
Police & Fire
Coroner IDs Motorcyclist Killed By Wrong-Way Driver On PA Turnpike
Officials have identified the motorcyclist who they say was struck and killed by a wrong-way driver on the PA Turnpike Sunday, March 30. Lehigh County Coroner Daniel Buglio identified the biker as John Joseph Sweeney, 50, of Bristol, PA. Sweeney had gone out with a group of five other riders when he was struck by a wrong-way driver, a 24-year-old woman from Perth Amboy, NJ, according to Buglio and Pennsylvania State Police. The crash happened around 10:10 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-476 at mile marker 67.1 in Washington Township, PSP said. Following an autopsy, Buglio ruled the …
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way NJ Driver Hits Group Of Bikers On I-476, Killing 50-Year-Old Motorcyclist: Coroner
A 50-year-old man from Bristol, PA was killed when his motorcycle was struck by a wrong-way New Jersey driver on the Pennsylvania Turnpike, officials said. UPDATE: Coroner IDs Bristol Motorcyclist Killed By Wrong-Way Driver The crash happened on Sunday, March 30, around 10:10 a.m. in the northbound lanes of I-476 at mile marker 67.1, according to Lehigh County Coroner Daniel A. Buglio. The victim, whose name has not yet been released publicly, was pronounced dead at the scene. He was part of a group of six motorcyclists traveling together when a vehicle heading south in the northbound lane…
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way DUI Driver Kills East Stroudsburg Man On Route 80: Police, Court Records
A 31-year-old Pennsylvania man was killed by a wrong-way intoxicated driver on Route 80 early Sunday, Feb. 2, authorities said. Victor Peters, 45, of Parsippany was heading east in the westbound lanes of Route 80 in a Mercedes SUV in Rockaway Township when he struck a Ford pickup truck driven by Destinn McKnight around 2:20 a.m., according to New Jersey State Police Sgt. Charles Marchan. McKnight died while Peters was seriously injured, Marchan said. Records show Peters has been charged with a slew of motor vehicle offenses including DUI, reckless driving, careless driving, wrong way…
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way DUI Driver Who Killed PA Woman, Injured Nine In I-495 Maryland Crash Sentenced
The Georgia man who killed a Pennsylvania woman in a three-vehicle wrong-way Montgomery County crash that left nine others - including several children - will spend nearly a decade in prison, authorities announced on Monday. Montezuma native Jayleen Hannor, 24, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison with all but eight years to serve in connection to the fatal crash that took the life of 36-year-old Easton, Pennsylvania resident Elizabeth "Liza" Velez in a crash last summer. Elizabeth "Lisa" Velez GoFundMe Shortly before 11:45 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 1, 2023, Maryland State Police in…
Traffic
Victim Named In Deadly Wrong-Way Crash On PA Route 22
The Northampton County Coroner's Office has identified the 22-year-old man who died after a wrong-way driver drove up a highway on-ramp between Easton and Bethlehem on Thursday, Oct. 5. John Michael Woodburn of Bethlehem died from multiple blunt force trauma, Coroner Zachary Lysek said. His cause of death was ruled accidental. State troopers have said a motorist in a red Chevrolet Silverado was headed south in the northbound lane of Route 33 when they drove up an on-ramp from Route 22 around 10:30 a.m. The driver of the red Chevy was a 58-year-old man from Summit Hill, who was …
Police & Fire
One Killed, Another Injured In Wrong-Way Route 1 Crash
One driver was killed and another was hurt following a Tuesday, July 19 wrong-way crash on the Route 1 bypass in East Nottingham Township, authorities confirmed. A 33-year-old Pennsylvania driver was traveling in the northbound lanes between SR472 and SR272 when a 25-year-old wrong-way driver from Maryland struck her vehicle head-on around 5:40 a.m., Pennsylvania State Police said. The Nottingham woman was pronounced dead at the scene while the Rising Sun man was taken to Christiana Hospital in Delaware for treatment, troopers said. Both victims have yet to be identifie…
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver Caused Deadly PA Turnpike Crash: Report
A crash that turned deadly on the Pennsylvania Turnpike last week was caused by a wrong-way driver, 6abc reports. The car was going north in the southbound lanes when it hit another car head-on near the Allentown Service Plaza around 9:15 p.m. Friday, June 24, the outlet said citing authorities. A passenger in the wrong-way vehicle died and both drivers were hurt. Click here for more from 6abc.
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