Mastic-Shirley, NY
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21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash At Mastic Intersection: Suffolk Police 21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash At Mastic Intersection: Suffolk Police
21-Year-Old Motorcyclist Seriously Injured In Crash At Mastic Intersection: Suffolk Police A motorcyclist was airlifted to the hospital after a serious crash in Mastic, Suffolk County police announced on Sunday, Aug. 24. The 21-year-old from Mastic, was operating a 2014 Yamaha motorcycle southbound on Mastic Road when he struck a 2010 Subaru Forester that was turning left onto Pineway Avenue at approximately 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 23, according to police. He was transported by police helicopter to Stony Brook University Hospital in serious condition, authorities said. The 60-year-old Subaru’s driver, of Mastic Beach, was not injured, police confirmed. Both vehicles were im…

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by Jillian Pikora
Yonkers, NY
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Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen' Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen'
Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen' A frightening crash on the New York State Thruway left two people hospitalized after a car slammed into the back of a maintenance vehicle, officials said.  The crash happened Thursday, Aug. 22, on I-87 near the New York City line, according to the New York State Thruway Authority.  Officials said a passenger car struck the rear of an attenuator truck—a safety vehicle designed to absorb impacts and protect road crews.  Both the Thruway worker and the car’s driver were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. “This should not happen,” the Thruway Authority said in a stateme…

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by Ben Crnic
Greenburgh, NY
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Driver Was Nearly 4 Times Legal Limit On I-87 With Child In Car In Greenburgh, Police Say Driver Was Nearly 4 Times Legal Limit On I-87 With Child In Car In Greenburgh, Police Say
Driver Was Nearly 4 Times Legal Limit On I-87 With Child In Car In Greenburgh, Police Say A man was arrested after police said he was driving nearly four times the legal limit with a child in the car on Interstate 87 in Westchester. The incident happened on Sunday, Aug. 10, around 6 p.m., when troopers on patrol saw a 2015 Ford drifting onto the right shoulder of Interstate 87 in the town of Greenburgh, New York State Police said on Monday, Aug 18.  After pulling the vehicle over, police said they identified the driver as 36-year-old Edgar J. Torres Flores of Mount Vernon and noticed signs of impairment. Torres Flores failed standardized field sobriety tests and was later f…

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by Ben Crnic
Somers, CT
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Somers Man Ejected, Killed After Jeep Crashes Into Telephone Pole: Police Somers Man Ejected, Killed After Jeep Crashes Into Telephone Pole: Police
Somers Man Ejected, Killed After Jeep Crashes Into Telephone Pole: Police A 40-year-old Connecticut man was killed over the weekend when he lost control of his Jeep and crashed into a telephone pole, authorities said.  Gregory Issa was traveling at a high rate of speed northbound on Battle Street in Somers around 7 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, Connecticut State Police said.  For unknown reasons, the Somers man went off the side of the road and crashed into the telephone pole. The impact threw him from the vehicle, police said.  Issa died at the scene. Investigators ask anyone who witnessed the crash or has any information about it to contact Tro…

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by Josh Lanier
Yorktown, NY
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Over 75 Drivers Ticketed In 4 Hours In Taconic Work Zone Crackdown In Yorktown Over 75 Drivers Ticketed In 4 Hours In Taconic Work Zone Crackdown In Yorktown
Over 75 Drivers Ticketed In 4 Hours In Taconic Work Zone Crackdown In Yorktown A work zone safety enforcement effort along the Taconic State Parkway in Westchester County ended up in dozens of traffic tickets in just four hours, police announced.  The detail, conducted in Yorktown on Wednesday, Aug. 13, by New York State Police in partnership with the New York State Department of Transportation, was part of “Operation Hard Hat,” which targets reckless and distracted driving in highway work zones, according to State Police.  Among the citations issued were 32 for speeding, eight for cell phone use, and two for violating New York’s Move Over law. Addition…

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by Ben Crnic
Gaithersburg, MD
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Bowie Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash With BMW In Brookeville, Police Say Bowie Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash With BMW In Brookeville, Police Say
Bowie Motorcyclist Killed In Head-On Crash With BMW In Brookeville, Police Say A weekend ride ended in tragedy when a motorcyclist lost control and slammed into a BMW along a Maryland roadway, police confirmed. The victim, 30-year-old Patrick Adam Smith of Bowie, was killed in the crash, which was reported around 6:15 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 9, near the 22000 block of New Hampshire Avenue in Brookeville, according to the Montgomery County Department of Police. Investigators said Smith was heading north on New Hampshire Avenue on his black 2006 Triumph Rocket III when, for reasons still under investigation, he lost control and collided with a silver 2013 BMW 128i travel…

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by Zak Failla
Bethlehem, NY
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Trooper Injured After Vehicle Strikes Patrol Car On Thruway In Bethlehem Trooper Injured After Vehicle Strikes Patrol Car On Thruway In Bethlehem
Trooper Injured After Vehicle Strikes Patrol Car On Thruway In Bethlehem A New York State Trooper was hospitalized after her patrol vehicle was struck during a traffic stop on I-87 in Albany County. Trooper Kristen Sullivan was conducting a northbound traffic stop around 8:44 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, when a 2017 Subaru Forester hit the driver’s side of her vehicle, New York State Police said. Sullivan suffered minor back and neck injuries and was taken to Albany Medical Center, where she was expected to be released later the same day. An initial investigation found that the Subaru was traveling in the left lane when the driver swerved onto the left shoulder to avoi…

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by Michael Mashburn
Burtonsville, MD
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Wrong-Way Driver Kills Columbia Man In Head-On Burtonsville Crash Wrong-Way Driver Kills Columbia Man In Head-On Burtonsville Crash
Wrong-Way Driver Kills Columbia Man In Head-On Burtonsville Crash A 30-year-old man from Columbia was killed when a wrong-way driver slammed into his SUV in Maryland, authorities said. Jazz Andrew Taylor died at the scene of a head-on crash that happened just after 3:20 a.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 6, in the area of Sandy Spring Road and McKnew Road in Burtonsville, according to Montgomery County Police. Detectives say a gray 2024 Honda CR-V — with an unknown driver behind the wheel — was traveling east in the westbound lanes of Sandy Spring Road when it crashed into a red 2007 Honda CR-V that was heading west in the proper lane. Taylor, the driver of the red…

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by Zak Failla
Branchburg, NJ
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DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police
DWI Driver Crashes Into Branchburg Home: Police A 50-year-old Somerville man was arrested for drunk driving after he crashed his car into a home in Branchburg on Monday morning, Aug. 4. At 9:29 a.m., officers responded to a residence on Hillcrest Drive after a white pick-up truck crashed into the first floor of a residential home, Branchburg police said. The driver, Eric Wilson, was able to self-extricate, police said.  Wilson had a laceration to his head and was treated on scene, police said. A person inside the residence on the second floor was not injured, police said. While officers spoke with Wilson, they observed he may be un…

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by Sam Barron
East Lyme-Niantic, CT
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Motorcyclist Fighting For His Life After Crashing Bike In East Lyme Motorcyclist Fighting For His Life After Crashing Bike In East Lyme
Motorcyclist Fighting For His Life After Crashing Bike In East Lyme A 42-year-old man was airlifted to a Connecticut hospital after crashing his motorcycle over the weekend, authorities said. The Rhode Island motorcyclist was riding his bike along McCurdy Road in East Lyme, near the intersection with Bittersweet Lane on Sunday, Aug. 3, Connecticut State Police said.  He lost control of the motorcycle, went off the road, and crashed into a mailbox.  Authorities said he was taken to the hospital in critical condition.  The crash is under investigation.  Authorities ask anyone with information on the incident to contact Trooper John Pins…

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by Josh Lanier
Upper Marlboro, MD
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Upper Marlboro Man Killed Crossing Road In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Sought, Police Say Upper Marlboro Man Killed Crossing Road In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Sought, Police Say
Upper Marlboro Man Killed Crossing Road In Hit-Run Crash: Driver Sought, Police Say A Prince George’s County man was killed in a hit-and-run crash, and now state police are asking for help tracking down the driver who left him to die. Leroy Wedge, 43, of Upper Marlboro, was pronounced dead at the scene after being struck by a vehicle that fled the area on Saturday morning, according to Maryland State Police. Troopers were called to the eastbound lanes of Maryland Route 202 near Wood Branch Court around 6:20 a.m. on Aug. 2, where Wedge had reportedly been trying to cross the road when he was hit. Police say the striking vehicle, believed to be a 2012–2014 GMC Terrain or Ch…

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by Zak Failla
Quarryville, PA
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Trooper Injured Along With 2 Others When Truck Slams Into Lancaster Home and Fabric: PSP Trooper Injured Along With 2 Others When Truck Slams Into Lancaster Home and Fabric: PSP
Trooper Injured Along With 2 Others When Truck Slams Into Lancaster Home and Fabric: PSP A Pennsylvania State Police trooper and two civilians were hospitalized after a box truck slammed into Lancaster Home and Fabric on Lincoln Highway East in East Lampeter Township on Wednesday, July 30, authorities announced in a release Friday, Aug. 1. The crash happened around 5:04 p.m. as the Troop J, Lancaster trooper was responding with lights and sirens to a separate crash in Paradise Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The trooper, driving an unmarked silver Ford SUV patrol unit, was traveling east on Lincoln Highway East when a white box truck entered from the north sid…

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by Jillian Pikora