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Fatal Collision

Upper Marlboro, MD

Traffic

Passengers Flee After Fatal Head-On Crash In Upper Marlboro, Police Say

Passengers Flee After Fatal Head-On Crash In Upper Marlboro, Police Say

Passengers Flee After Fatal Head-On Crash In Upper Marlboro, Police Say Police have identified a 57-year-old woman who was killed in a head-on crash when another driver unexpectedly veered into her lane on Wednesday afternoon. Springfield resident Monica Wilson was heading north at around 5 p.m. on Oct. 23 in the 500 block of Largo Center Drive when she was struck by a second driver who was heading south and crossed into the northbound lanes. FATAL COLLISION: Officers responded to the 500 block of Largo Center Dr at approx 5:10 pm for a crash involving two vehicles. Both drivers were taken to a hospital for treatment. One of the drivers, an adult femal…

10/24/2024

Odenton, MD

Traffic

Police ID Odenton Woman Struck, Killed By Two Hit-Run Drivers In Maryland

Police ID Odenton Woman Struck, Killed By Two Hit-Run Drivers In Maryland

Police ID Odenton Woman Struck, Killed By Two Hit-Run Drivers In Maryland Both drivers who struck and killed a 29-year-old pedestrian in Howard County fled the scene and are wanted for hit-and-run, police say. Zulma Maginelly Zepeda Barrientos went ping-ponging between two cars traveling in opposite directions in Elkridge over the weekend, and both drivers sped away following the fatal strike, according to investigators. At approximately 9:30 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 6, officers were called to the 6200 block of Washington Boulevard when Zepeda Barrientos was struck by a vehicle heading south, then struck again by a second vehicle heading north. Neither driver …

09/09/2024

Brentwood, NY

Police & Fire

Know This Car? Police Asking For Help In Fatal Long Island Hit-Run

Know This Car? Police Asking For Help In Fatal Long Island Hit-Run

Know This Car? Police Asking For Help In Fatal Long Island Hit-Run Police on Long Island are asking the public for help identifying a car that is wanted in connection with a fatal hit-and-run. The incident occurred in Ronkonkoma on Monday, May 20, on Ronkonkoma Avenue near Third Street. According to Suffolk County Police, Elyse Crivaro was in the roadway on Ronkonkoma Avenue, near Third Street, on May 20, when she was struck by a dark-colored Toyota Prius that was traveling southbound at approximately 3:20 a.m. Crivaro, age 21, of Holbrook, was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital, police said. Suffolk County Crime Stop…

by Kathy Reakes

06/21/2024

Bowie, MD

News

Passenger Killed, Driver Hospitalized When Dirt Bike Crashes Into Car In Maryland: Police

Passenger Killed, Driver Hospitalized When Dirt Bike Crashes Into Car In Maryland: Police

Passenger Killed, Driver Hospitalized When Dirt Bike Crashes Into Car In Maryland: Police The 22-year-old passenger riding on a dirt bike is dead after being involved in a crash with a car at a Prince George’s County intersection, authorities announced on Tuesday. Greenbelt resident George Jackson has been identified by police as the victim of a fatal crash that left a driver hospitalized with serious injuries Monday night in Lanham. According to a Prince George’s County Police Department spokesperson, the crash happened at approximately 8:45 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 28 near the area of Lanham Severn Road and Main Street. FATAL COLLISION: Officers responded to the intersection …

08/29/2023

Bowie, MD

News

Police ID Teen Killed After Crashing Into Pole In Maryland

Police ID Teen Killed After Crashing Into Pole In Maryland

Police ID Teen Killed After Crashing Into Pole In Maryland New information has been released by the Prince George's County Police Department after a fatal crash killed one and left another in critical condition. Jason Peraza, 17, of Lanham, has been identified by police as the person killed on Friday, July 21 after wrapping his car around a utility pole. Shortly after 8 a.m. on Friday, officers were called to the 9100 block of Ardwick Ardmore Road in Springdale to investigate a single-vehicle crash when Peraza struck a pole and nearly sheared the vehicle in half. FATAL COLLISION: We are on the scene of a fatal collision that occurred in the 91…

07/24/2023

Jersey City, NJ

Police & Fire

Mother, Son Charged In Fatal Union City Car Crash: Prosecutors

Mother, Son Charged In Fatal Union City Car Crash: Prosecutors

Mother, Son Charged In Fatal Union City Car Crash: Prosecutors A 37-year-old mother and her 16-year-old son, both Union City residents, were charged in connection with a fatal collision in Union City that killed a 73-year-old DPW employee on Monday, June 5, authorities said. Fortunato Rojas-Solis died after being struck by a Dodge Durango driven by the 16-year-old, who did not have a license, in the area of Palisade Avenue and 36th Street, while he was on the job, Hudson County Prosecutor Esther Suarez said. The 16-year-old was charged as a juvenile with knowingly leaving the scene of a motor vehicle collision and causing death while driving unlicensed…

06/26/2023

Bel Air, MD

Police & Fire

Truck Driver Killed By Teen On Shoulder Of I-95: Maryland State Police

Truck Driver Killed By Teen On Shoulder Of I-95: Maryland State Police

Truck Driver Killed By Teen On Shoulder Of I-95: Maryland State Police A pair of New Yorkers were involved in a fatal crash on I-95 in Harford County overnight, according to Maryland State Police. Rajwinder Singh, 22, of Hicksville, was killed on Wednesday, April 5, when he got out of his disabled tractor-trailer on the side of the interstate in Abingdon and was struck by Roosevelt resident Abbas Zaheer, 19, who police say lost control of his Toyota Camry. Shortly after 6 p.m. on Wednesday afternoon, troopers from the JFK Memorial Highway Barrack were called to a stretch of southbound I-95 in Abington to investigate a reported pedestrian strike. Detectives sa…

04/06/2023

Washington Township, NJ

News

Man Was Driving 119 MPH In Fatal South Jersey Crash: Police

Man Was Driving 119 MPH In Fatal South Jersey Crash: Police

Man Was Driving 119 MPH In Fatal South Jersey Crash: Police A 22-year-old driver is accused of traveling more than 100 miles per hour just before a fatal collision, authorities said. Gabriel H. Woolson, of Williamstown, was charged Friday, Jan. 6 with death by auto and assault by auto in connection with the Dec. 14, 2022, crash, Monroe Township police said. Woolson was allegedly traveling at 119 mph just three seconds before the collision, according to details included in an affidavit of probable cause cited by NJ Advance Media Woolson struck a car on Route 322/South Black Horse Pike near Ocean Lane, police said. Evan Silverstein, 52, of Marlton, …

01/09/2023

New Haven, CT

Police & Fire

25-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash

25-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash

25-Year-Old Killed In 2-Vehicle CT Crash A crash between a box truck and a Volvo left a 25-year-old Connecticut man dead. The crash took place in New Haven around 1 a.m., on Friday, Dec. 16 at the intersection of Trumbull Street and Orange Street. According to Officer Scott Shumway, of the New Haven Police Department, officers responding to the area located two vehicles in the intersection; a grey Volvo, being operated by a 25-year-old Milford man, and a white Ford E450 box truck, being operated by a 30-year-old Naugatuck man. American Medical Response transported both drivers to Yale New Haven Hospital where they were trea…

by Kathy Reakes

12/16/2022

New Haven, CT

Police & Fire

Fairfield County Man Charged With DUI After Fatal Wrong-Way Crash

Fairfield County Man Charged With DUI After Fatal Wrong-Way Crash

Fairfield County Man Charged With DUI After Fatal Wrong-Way Crash A Fairfield County man has been charged with operating a vehicle under the influence following a fatal, head-on, wrong-way crash on a stretch of I-95 in New Haven County. The "head-on style collision" happened around 2 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 26 on the northbound side in Milford in the area of Exit 34 when a 2018 GMC Sierra 1500 was traveling southbound in the northbound lanes, Connecticut State Police said. The male operator of the other vehicle involved in the crash, a 2005 Toyota Camry, identified as Tianzhu Yuan, age 35, of North Haven, was pro…

by Joe Lombardi

11/27/2022

Bowie, MD

Police & Fire

Police Investigate Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Prince George's County

Police Investigate Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Prince George's County

Police Investigate Fatal Pedestrian Crash In Prince George's County Detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding a fatal pedestrian crash in Palmer Park, authorities say. Jackie Monroe, 53, was attempting to cross the 8000 block of Barlowe Road when he was struck by a vehicle around 10:40 p.m., Tuesday, July 5, according to the Prince George's County Police Department. Initial investigation revealed that Monroe was not in the crosswalk when the westbound vehicle him, investigators noted, adding that the driver of the vehicle remained at the scene after the fatal collision. Monroe was rushed to a nearby hospital where he later succumbed …

07/13/2022

Bowie, MD

Obituaries

Police ID 28-Year-Old Driver Killed In Violent Maryland Crash

Police ID 28-Year-Old Driver Killed In Violent Maryland Crash

Police ID 28-Year-Old Driver Killed In Violent Maryland Crash The victim of a violent fatal collision in Seat Pleasant has been identified as a 28-year-old Hyattsville man, authorities said. Jose Hernandez Chaves was killed after the driver of a pickup truck rear ended Chaves at a red light, pushing Chaves's vehicle into a third vehicle, on the 8400 block of Central Avenue around 3:45 p.m., Monday, May 23, Prince George's County Police say. Chaves was taken to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other drivers involved were not injured. Police ask that anyone with information that could help investigators to call the Collision Analysis …

05/24/2022

Bowie, MD

Police & Fire

1 Dead In Capitol Heights Single Car Crash: Police

1 Dead In Capitol Heights Single Car Crash: Police

1 Dead In Capitol Heights Single Car Crash: Police One person is dead following a single car crash in Prince George's County, authorities said. Prince George's County Police were on the scene of a fatal crash in the 6600 block of Sisalbed Drive in Capitol Heights, the department said on Twitter just before 11 a.m. on Wednesday, March 23. FATAL COLLISION: We are on the scene of a fatal collision in the 6600 block of Sisalbed Drive in the unincorporated part of Capitol Heights. pic.twitter.com/jIccuYQlse — PGPDNEWS (@PGPDNews) March 23, 2022 Officers responded to the scene around 9:20 a.m., police said. The driver of said vehicle was ta…

by David Cifarelli

03/23/2022

Bowie, MD

Police & Fire

Authorities ID Victim Killed In 'Good Luck Road' Crash

Authorities ID Victim Killed In 'Good Luck Road' Crash

Authorities ID Victim Killed In 'Good Luck Road' Crash The Prince George's County Police Department is investigating a fatal collision in Lanham. Gladys Addrah, 65, of Upper Marlboro was killed in the accident that happened on Dec. 31, 2021, in the 9300 block of Good Luck Road, according to police. Addrah was a passenger in a car traveling eastbound on Good Luck Road when investigators say an SUV traveling westbound crossed over the double yellow line and crashed into the vehicle Addrah was in head-on. She was transported to a nearby hospital where she later died. The driver of the SUV was not injured. No arrests have been made in the acc…

01/03/2022