Newburgh, NY
Police & Fire
Jeep Hits 3 Kids In Newburgh Neighborhood, 2 Critical (
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This story has been updated. A Jeep struck three children in an Orange County neighborhood, leaving two hospitalized in critical condition. The incident happened at around 6:52 p.m. on Thursday, June 4, on Starrow Drive in the Town of Newburgh, according to the Town of Newburgh Police Department. According to police, a 2024 Jeep Wrangler driven by a 52-year-old Newburgh man was traveling westbound on Starrow Drive when it collided with three children. Two of the children were transported to Westchester Medical Center, where they were listed in critical but stable c…
Norfolk, MA
News
Beloved Nantucket Dad Fighting For Life After Being Pulled From Harbor
A Nantucket husband and father of two is fighting for his life after he was pulled unresponsive from the waters of Nantucket Harbor earlier this week, authorities said. Now, friends and family are rallying support for his loved ones as he remains hospitalized. Farruh Nunuzov, 48, was found in the harbor just off the town pier on Monday, June 1. He was rescued from the water by the Nantucket Moorings crew, and paramedics rushed him to Nantucket Cottage Hospital. Authorities said Nunuzov had been kiteboarding in Nantucket Harbor at the time of the incident. The emergency triggered a large re…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Historic Landmark Building Deemed Loss After Massive Blaze In Poughkeepsie (
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A historic building at the former Hudson River Psychiatric Center in Dutchess County was destroyed on Wednesday, June 3, as firefighters from across the region battled a massive multi-alarm fire that burned for hours. The blaze broke out Wednesday afternoon at the former psychiatric center property at 72 Hudson View Dr. in the Town of Poughkeepsie. In an update Wednesday evening, Town of Poughkeepsie officials confirmed that the historic Administration Building, designed by renowned architect Thomas S. Kirkbride, had been lost despite what officials described as "heroic efforts" by fi…
Reading, PA
News
Line-Of-Duty Cause Of Death Revealed For Berks Officer Kristen Yeager
A Pennsylvania police officer killed while responding to an emergency call is being remembered as a dedicated public servant, athlete, wife, and mother of three after officials released new details about her death on Wednesday, June 3. Central Berks Regional Police Officer Kristen M. Yeager, 42, died after the patrol vehicle she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree in Earl Township on Friday, May 29, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Berks County Coroner's Office. She was responding to assist a neighboring police department when the crash happened. Investigators said …
Lyndhurst, NJ
Police & Fire
Fires Break Out At 2 Popular Bergen County Restaurants Within Hours
Two popular Bergen County restaurants were damaged by fires within hours of each other late Sunday, May 31, and Monday, June 1. The first fire broke out Sunday evening, May 31, at Brick House on Godwin Avenue in Wyckoff, according to the Wyckoff Fire Department. Firefighters responded after reports of a brush fire against the rear of the building with visible smoke and flames, officials said. Arriving crews confirmed the brush fire had extended into the restaurant's air ventilation system. Firefighters also encountered heavy smoke conditions in the basement and requested a working fire…
Gaithersburg, MD
News
Firefighters Cut Apart Trail Bridge To Free Horse Trapped In Patuxent River State Park (
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Firefighters in Maryland headed into Patuxent River State Park on Sunday afternoon looking for an injured person on a trail. What they found instead was a horse in far worse shape. Crews were dispatched at approximately 1:40 p.m. on May 31, to the park in Brookville for a reported injured person, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. While searching the trail system by UTV, firefighters came across a horse whose leg had fallen through a wooden pedestrian bridge along the Red Trail. The animal was unable to stand. What started as a routine medica…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Traffic
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Shuts Down Route 80 Ramp To Route 17 In Lodi
An overturned tractor-trailer blocked a ramp connecting Interstate 80 to Route 17 in Lodi during the Monday morning commute, June 1. The crash was reported at approximately 6:31 a.m. on the southbound Route 17 ramp from Interstate 80, the NJDOT site shows. The overturned truck shut down the ramp as emergency crews responded to the scene. Traffic delays were expected in the area as responders worked to clear the crash and reopen the roadway. Motorists were advised to seek alternate routes and expect delays in the area.
Leonardtown-California, MD
Traffic
22-Year-Old Motorcyclist Fighting For Life After Being Flown From Mechanicsville Crash
What started as an evening ride through Southern Maryland ended with a 22-year-old motorcyclist being flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Leo Cianciolo remains in critical condition after a crash on Mechanicsville Road that drew a major emergency response, shut down part of the roadway, and ended with him being rushed away by a state police helicopter, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, first responders were called to investigate a reported crash involving an SUV and a motorcycle. Investigators say an 86-year-ol…
Stafford, VA
Traffic
5 Dead, 34 Hurt In Bus Crash On I-95 In Stafford County
Five people were killed, and dozens more were injured early on Friday morning on I-95 in Virginia when a bus plowed into slowed traffic, officials confirmed. The crash was reported around 2:35 a.m. on May 29, near the 146-mile marker of the southbound lanes of the interstate in Stafford, where traffic was slowing for an upcoming work zone, according to Virginia State Police. The bus failed to slow down and instead crashed into six vehicles. The I-95 crash in Virginia. Virginia State Police By sunrise, the aftermath stretched across the interstate and beyond it. Photos release…
Arlington, VA
Obituaries
Funeral Set For Arlington Officer Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer After Pentagon Response
A longtime police officer in Virginia who spent days working the Pentagon crash site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be laid to rest next week following his death from 9/11-related cancer. Arlington Police Cpl. Barry Foust, a veteran officer whose decades-long career stretched across some of the region’s darkest and most demanding moments, died Friday, May 22, after battling cancer linked to his response to American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon in 2001. Now, Arlington County officials have announced funeral arrangements for Foust, whose death has been classified a…
Ashburn, VA
Police & Fire
Woman Hit In Ashburn Roadway, Then Carried Into Pickup Truck Before Driver Vanished: Sheriff
A woman struck in the middle of a Virginia roadway was then picked up by a man, carried into a black pickup truck, and driven away before deputies got answers, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Now, the agency is putting together the pieces. The strange chain of events unfolded around 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, at the intersection of Farmwell Drive and Hemingway Drive in Ashburn, investigators said. Deputies responding to the scene found witnesses describing something straight out of a movie scene. A woman had reportedly been hit in the roadway, and before first …
Hagerstown, MD
Traffic
Bus Fire Shuts Down I-70 In Washington County Near I-81 During Rainy Morning Commute
Drivers hit the brakes on I-70 Wednesday morning after a bus burst into flames near the busy I-81 interchange in Washington County. The fire broke out around 6:40 a.m. on the westbound side of I-70 near Exit 26 in the Hagerstown area, shutting down all westbound lanes during the rainy morning commute. Traffic cameras showed thick backups stretching behind the scene as emergency crews surrounded the burning bus. According to multiple reports, the fire started after a tire blew out. Students and the driver were able to get off the bus safely before flames spread through the vehicle. By mid…
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