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Driver Freed From Flipped Car On Busy Irvington Road Driver Freed From Flipped Car On Busy Irvington Road
Driver Freed From Flipped Car On Busy Irvington Road A driver had to be freed from their vehicle after it flipped and landed on a sidewalk alongside a busy Westchester road.  The crash happened on Friday, Nov. 1, when a vehicle crashed on South Broadway (Route 9) in the village of Irvington-on-Hudson and became wedged between a telephone pole and a wall, according to Irvington EMS. Thanks to teamwork between the village's police, fire, and EMS departments, the driver was successfully taken out of the wrecked car and placed into medical care using the Jaws of Life, fire officials said. Information about the cause of the crash was not rel…
Driver Rescued From Pond In Fairfax County By Virginia State Police Troopers Driver Rescued From Pond In Fairfax County By Virginia State Police Troopers
Driver Rescued From Pond In Fairfax County By Virginia State Police Troopers Virginia State Police troopers had to make a bold rescue on Sunday night when a 40-year-old woman splash landed in a Fairfax County pond, officials say. Two troopers were called shortly before 9:45 p.m. on Oct. 20, to a stretch of eastbound lanes on I-66, when a woman went off the road and into a retention pond near exit 60 (Route 123).  The vehicle became submerged, according to police, and the driver was trapped, leading to a brave rescue by the troopers, who were able to get her out of the vehicle through its sunroof. She was taken to an area hospital for evaluation and treatment o…
DUI Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Stafford County, Sheriff Says DUI Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Stafford County, Sheriff Says
DUI Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Stafford County, Sheriff Says A driver in Virginia had one too many and is facing a DUI charge after crashing and finding himself in a perilous position, according to the sheriff's office. Members of the Stafford County Sheriff's Office were called on Friday night when an 82-year-old man required assistance after flipping his SUV and landing on the roof.  Deputies were called to the 1900 block of Mountain View Road at approximately 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 11 where there were reports of an SUV that had flipped over and was upside down with the driver trapped inside. A deputy was able to gain access to the vehicle by brea…
1-Year-Old Rescued From Locked Car In Hudson Valley 1-Year-Old Rescued From Locked Car In Hudson Valley
1-Year-Old Rescued From Locked Car In Hudson Valley As the temperatures soared to 98 degrees, police in the Hudson Valley rescued a 1-year-old boy from a locked car. The incident occurred in Rockland County around 2:15 p.m. on Tuesday, July 16, at the Costco parking lot in Nanuet. According to Det. Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police, an officer, found the child's father outside the vehicle who said he had accidentally locked the door with the boy inside.  Peters said the officer who could see the boy in the back seat immediately broke the vehicle window. When he was removed, the child was alert and conscious. He was quickly tur…
Three Rescued From Vehicle Trapped In Floods: Belleville PD Three Rescued From Vehicle Trapped In Floods: Belleville PD
Three Rescued From Vehicle Trapped In Floods: Belleville PD Three people were rescued after their vehicle got stuck on a flooded roadway in Belleville early Wednesday morning, Nov. 22.  At 5:10 a.m., Belleville police were notified of a vehicle stuck on a flooded roadway near 525 Main St, officers said.  Police found a 2014 Dodge Durango with three occupants inside and along with the fire department, were able to safely remove the occupants, officers said. The vehicle was subsequently towed, police said.  The roadway was eventually reopened, police said.
Officers Rescue Pair Neck-Deep In Freezing Waters As Car Plunges Into Pequannock Pond: WATCH Officers Rescue Pair Neck-Deep In Freezing Waters As Car Plunges Into Pequannock Pond: WATCH
Officers Rescue Pair Neck-Deep In Freezing Waters As Car Plunges Into Pequannock Pond: Watch Newly released footage from the Pequannock Police Department shows the “truly amazing rescue” of a driver and passenger after their car plunged into a local pond, leaving the pair neck-deep in frozen waters. The rescue occurred at the retention pond at Cedar Crest Village on the evening of Sunday, April 2. Officers responded and found a vehicle submerged almost completely in the water. Photo and video footage of the rescue shows Sgt. Dericks, Ptl. Parigi and Ptl. Knatz pulling the driver and passenger to safety “as the murky water was filling the vehicle,” the department said as it was rel…
Pedestrian Pulls Seriously Injured DWI Driver From Honda After Fiery West Windsor Crash: Police Pedestrian Pulls Seriously Injured DWI Driver From Honda After Fiery West Windsor Crash: Police
Pedestrian Pulls Seriously Injured DWI Driver From Honda After Fiery West Windsor Crash: Police A pedestrian pulled a seriously injured driver from a Honda just moments before the vehicle burst into flames following a drunken crash in West Windsor Tuesday evening, authorities said. The crash occurred just before a curved section of South Mill Road near the intersection with New Edinburg Road around 7:10 p.m., West Windsor police said. Officers say local resident Christopher F. Howard was heading eastbound in a 2011 Honda Accord when the vehicle crossed the center line, veered off the left side of the roadway, and crossed over New Edinburg Road before crashing into a pine tree. A Good…
Jaws Of Life Used To Pull Driver From Mangled Car On I-695 Jaws Of Life Used To Pull Driver From Mangled Car On I-695
Jaws Of Life Used To Pull Driver From Mangled Car On I-695 Jaws of Life was used to rescue a person after a horrific crash in Towson, authorities say. The crash occurred shortly before 5 a.m., Friday, Dec. 16 in the inner loop of I-695 just before the Providence Road exit, according to the Baltimore County Fire Department. **Corrected location** Single vehicle accident with rescue; I695 inner loop between exit 27/28. DT 0445 *TA https://t.co/a7Dz9ZJQL6 pic.twitter.com/jpR2diFa7w — Baltimore County Fire Department (@BaltCoFire) December 16, 2022 The destroyed vehicle was found in the woods near the road with a person trapped inside. The person…
Serious 2-Car Crash On Route 22 Traps Driver (PHOTOS) Serious 2-Car Crash On Route 22 Traps Driver (PHOTOS)
Serious 2-Car Crash On Route 22 Traps Driver (Photos) Crews were quick to rescue a trapped driver Sunday afternoon following a two-car crash on Route 22. The Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Company responded to the reported crash with injuries in the eastbound lanes near milepost 327.4 in Hanover Township and found the trapped driver around 1 p.m., the squad said. Emergency crews removed the roof of the vehicle — which appears to be a Mustang — with help from the Catasauqua Fire Department and extricated the victim within about 15 minutes upon arrival. The victim was then transferred to EMS crews who were waiting nearby. The cause of the cr…
Person Injured After Cement Mixer Falls Through Parking Lot Deck In Danbury Person Injured After Cement Mixer Falls Through Parking Lot Deck In Danbury
Person Injured After Cement Mixer Falls Through Parking Lot Deck In Danbury A cement truck driver was injured after his vehicle fell through a parking deck in Fairfield County. The incident took place in Danbury around 11:45 a.m., Monday, Nov. 28 on Crosby Street. The Danbury Fire Department responded to reports of a cement truck that had fallen through a parking deck. Upon arrival, firefighters found a single-axle cement truck with rear tires that had fallen through a one-story parking deck, said Erin Henry, spokesperson for the Danbury Fire Department. The driver of the vehicle had been struck in the collapse and suffered injuries. They were taken by EMS to the…
Person Trapped After Vehicle Rolls Over In Yorktown Heights Person Trapped After Vehicle Rolls Over In Yorktown Heights
Person Trapped After Vehicle Rolls Over In Yorktown Heights A person had to be rescued after they were trapped inside a rolled-over vehicle in Northern Westchester.  On Sunday, Nov. 27 around 12:20 a.m., firefighters responded to a report of an overturned vehicle in Yorktown Heights on Crow Hill Road in the area of Colonial Hill Road, according to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department.  After arriving at the scene, fire officials found one person trapped inside the vehicle, and determined that another occupant had already left the scene on foot, fire officials said.  The trapped passenger was freed in less than 10 …
HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car HEROES: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car
Heroes: Ridgefield Park Officers Rescue Trapped Driver In Burning Car Flames are rapidly spreading as Ridgefield Park police officers furiously try to pull a trapped Fort Lee driver from his burning sedan, dramatic bodycam video shows. An electrical malfunction ignited the front of 55-year-old Christopher Vagnone’s Honda Accord outside Mavis Discount Tire on Route 46 (Winant Avenue) shortly before 2 a.m. Saturday, Police Chief Joseph Rella said. Unable to open the car doors, Sgt. Nicholas Triano retrieved a Halligan bar and smashed the driver’s side window, the chief said. Bodycam footage shows Ridgefield Park police officers pulling a Fort Lee driver f…
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Fair Lawn Crash A driver was hospitalized with serious injuries following a crash Monday in Fair Lawn that forced firefighters to cut a steel fence to free her. No other injuries were reported in the two-vehicle crash on Morlot Avenue at Philip Street. A paramedic team from The Valley Hospital assisted members of the Fair Lawn Volunteer Ambulance Squad. Fair Lawn Rescue Squad members cut part of the fence to free the driver.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE Both the Toyota Avalon and the other vehicle had to be towed after members of the Fair Lawn Heavy Rescue Squad cut the fence to free the sedan. B…
Long Island Man Rescued From Dock After Car Ends Up In Water Long Island Man Rescued From Dock After Car Ends Up In Water
Long Island Man Rescued From Dock After Car Ends Up In Water A man clinging to the edge of a dock and screaming for help after his vehicle ended up in the water was rescued by police on Long Island. The incident took place around 9:15 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 23, in Bay Park. Nassau County Police officers received a 911 call for a vehicle submerged in water at the Bay Park boat launch located at 198 1st Avenue.  Upon arrival, police discovered a man, age 66, screaming for help from the water while clinging onto the edge of the dock.  The man was recovered from the water by officers without further incident. Marine Bureau responded to the sc…
Driver Rescued From Vehicle Teetering Over Edge Of Barrier Wall In Morris County [PHOTOS] Driver Rescued From Vehicle Teetering Over Edge Of Barrier Wall In Morris County [PHOTOS]
Driver Rescued From Vehicle Teetering Over Edge Of Barrier Wall In Morris County [Photos] A driver was rescued from a vehicle that was teetering over the edge of a barrier wall in Morris County Tuesday morning, authorities said. The Mount Tabor Volunteer Fire Department responded to the Morris County composting facility on W. Hanover Avenue just before 11:30 and found that the driver, though uninjured, was still inside, authorities said. “We did not want to remove the victim until the vehicle was stabilized for fear of the weight shifting,” the department said. The driver was able to step out safely with help from a veteran front end loader operator. The Parsippany Rescue and…
Deputy Saves Woman From Burning Vehicle Following Crash In Area Deputy Saves Woman From Burning Vehicle Following Crash In Area
Deputy Saves Woman From Burning Vehicle Following Crash In Area A Hudson Valley woman is alive thanks to the efforts of an area deputy who happened to see her crash her vehicle, which then burst into flames. The incident took place in Putnam County around 10 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 3, on Route 9D in the Town of Philipstown near Boscobel.  At that time, when Putnam County Deputy William Verrastro was traveling southbound on the roadway and spotted a white Hyundai behind him suddenly veer off the road and collide with a tree and catch on fire, the Putnam County Sheriff's Office said.  Verrastro immediately ran to the aid of the trapped woman w…
HEROES: Good Samaritans, Police Rescue Driver Whose SUV Plunged Into Passaic River HEROES: Good Samaritans, Police Rescue Driver Whose SUV Plunged Into Passaic River
Heroes: Good Samaritans, Police Rescue Driver Whose SUV Plunged Into Passaic River A motorist was rescued by a family of good Samaritans and Nutley police after he drove his SUV into the Passaic River as high tide rolled in. The rescuers jumped in and got the driver out after the vehicle plunged down the boat ramp north of the Kingsland Avenue Bridge, which connects Nutley and Lyndhurst, shortly before 6 p.m. Saturday, responders said. The SUV then became submerged in 10 feet of water about 100 feet or so from shore, they said. The Lyndhurst Fire Department deployed a rescue diver who searched the vehicle and immediate area and found no additional victims. The vehicle …
Rollover Crash In Western Mass Crash Traps Two Inside, Officials Say Rollover Crash In Western Mass Crash Traps Two Inside, Officials Say
Rollover Crash In Western Mass Crash Traps Two Inside, Officials Say A serious rollover crash in Western Massachusetts sent two people to the hospital. It happened around 5:35 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, in Franklin County on Wheeler Avenue in Orange, said the Orange Fire-Rescue Department. When first responders arrived on the scene they found a single vehicle that had crashed into a tree and then rolled over, with two people trapped inside the vehicle, officials said. Crews went to work to stabilize the vehicle and used the jaws of life to extricate the occupants.  Both were taken to Athol Hospital for treatment.
HEROES: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash HEROES: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash
Heroes: Port Authority PD, Tunnel And Bridge Agents Rescue Dangling Baby In GWB SUV Crash A 14-month-old boy was dangling from his car seat, held in place by the straps, after an SUV ended up precariously perched on two wheels against the divider of the approach to the George Washington Bridge in Fort Lee. The boy’s mother and another adult were cushioned by the Chevy Equinox’s airbags, but the vehicle itself was unstable. Port Authority police and tunnel and bridge agents had to get the diaper-clad child out. Once they did, Officer TJ McPike wrapped the boy in his uniform shirt and passed him off to Officer Greg Rose, who comforted the youngster until his mother was rescued. …
Driver Survives Train Crash In Lancaster County Driver Survives Train Crash In Lancaster County
Driver Survives Train Crash In Lancaster County A driver was injured when their car collided with a train in Lancaster County on Monday, according to East Lampeter police. Police were called to the crash at the train tracks along Hess Road in Upper Leacock Township in the area of Belmont Trailers and Cardinal Building Products, around 1:00 p.m., according to Emergency Dispatch Services. This section of tracks has no railroad crossing lights, according East Lampeter police. There have been other crashes at the same crossing the police do not consider this a common occurrence. The driver was entrapped and required rescuing by first resp…
Driver, 27, Extricated After Multi-Vehicle Garden State Parkway Pileup Driver, 27, Extricated After Multi-Vehicle Garden State Parkway Pileup
Driver, 27, Extricated After Multi-Vehicle Garden State Parkway Pileup UPDATE: A driver had to be extricated following a pre-dawn multi-vehicle pileup Saturday on the rainy Garden State Parkway in Clifton. The 27-year-old victim was taken to the trauma unit at St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson after his Nissan Sentra overturned in the five-vehicle, chain-reaction crash near Exit 153B around 4:50 a.m. There was no immediate word on other injuries, although his appeared the most serious. Firefighters freed the driver of the overturned Nissan Sentra.CHRIS LEON (Bergen Brookside Auto Body and Towing, Inc.) The vehicle may have been caused by a …
Overturned Dump Truck Causes Sand Spill On Route 422 In MontCo Overturned Dump Truck Causes Sand Spill On Route 422 In MontCo
Overturned Dump Truck Causes Sand Spill On Route 422 In MontCo An overturned dump truck filled with sand caused temporary lane closures on Route 422 in Upper Providence Township (Montgomery County) Friday morning, authorities said. Responding crews were dispatched on a report of a vehicle rescue around 9:50 a.m. and arrived in the westbound lanes to find a dump truck overturned on its passenger side with the driver already out of the truck, according to Black Rock Volunteer Fire Company. The dump truck blocked the fast lane, while its load of sand spilled across the adjacent lanes, authorities said. It was immediately unclear how the dump tr…
State Police: Driver Airlifted In Hunterdon County Minivan Crash On Route 78 State Police: Driver Airlifted In Hunterdon County Minivan Crash On Route 78
State Police: Driver Airlifted In Hunterdon County Minivan Crash On Route 78 A minivan driver was airlifted after colliding with another vehicle on Route 78 in Hunterdon County Sunday afternoon, state police said. The crash — involving a Hyundai Elantra and Dodge Grand Caravan — occurred on Rt. 78 westbound near milepost 22.8 in Clinton Township just after 1:45 p.m., NJSP Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. The Dodge driver became entrapped in the crash and was flown to Morristown Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, Goez said. The two other occupants in the Dodge, as well as the two in the Elantra, were not seriously injured, authorities said. …
Bucks Driver Crashes Into Upper Southampton Shoe Store Bucks Driver Crashes Into Upper Southampton Shoe Store
Bucks Driver Crashes Into Upper Southampton Shoe Store Officials are investigating after a Bucks County driver crashed into a shoe store in Upper Southampton Friday, authorities said. The driver crashed into the Faherty Shoe Repair store on Second Street Pike around 11:15 a.m., according to a Facebook post by Emergency Alerts of Bucks, Montgomery, and Delaware Counties. Two people were reportedly pinned under the car, and fire crews used airbags to rescue them, authorities said. The victims were sent to Abington Hospital around 12 p.m. for treatment, authorities said. Their condition was unknown.  The car was towed from the scene by J.W Harki…
Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car
Video Shows NJ Officer Risking His Life On Thanksgiving To Save Driver From Burning Car A heart-stopping video posted by a Middlesex County police department shows an officer running out of his car to rescue a driver from a burning vehicle in a Thanksgiving Day crash. The 3-minute and 40-second dashcam tape shows Monroe Township officer Douglas Perrone jumping out of his vehicle to  Pergola Avenue near Namsan Drive around 8:40 p.m., and running straight to the fully-engulfed Ford Fusion -- the driver trapped inside. Perrone tried using his fire extinguisher to put out the blaze, but when that wasn't working, he climbed inside of the vehicle and pulled the driver from the …
Details Emerge After LI Man Escapes Without Injuries When Vehicle Collapses On Top Of Him Details Emerge After LI Man Escapes Without Injuries When Vehicle Collapses On Top Of Him
Details Emerge After LI Man Escapes Without Injuries When Vehicle Collapses On Top Of Him Details have been released after a Long Island man who was trapped under a vehicle when a jack collapsed was rescued by first responders. The incident took place around 9:40 a.m., Tuesday, Nov. 17, when the 43-year-old man was working on his vehicle near the intersection of Hempstead Turnpike and Loring Road in Levittown, said Nassau County Police. Earlier report - One Injured After Vehicle Falls Off Jacks And Lands On Top Of Person On Long Island According to police, the victim put a jack under the vehicle and extended it to lift the vehicle off the ground so he could inspect underne…
HEROES: Somerset County EMTs Wade Into Pond To Rescue Trapped Driver HEROES: Somerset County EMTs Wade Into Pond To Rescue Trapped Driver
Heroes: Somerset County EMTs Wade Into Pond To Rescue Trapped Driver A pair of EMTS waded into a Somerset County pond to rescue a driver who had veered off the road and into the water in Somerset County. Julia P. Gomez was heading west on Old York Road when her Toyota Sienna left the road and became submerged in Ardmaer Park pond around 4:20 p.m. Wednesday, Bridgewater Police Lt. Thomas Rice said. Robert Wood Johnson Mobile Intensive Care Unit (M.I.C.U.) Medics, Michael Calabrese and Ryan Mulhall arrived moments after the crash, Rice said.  They waded into chest-high water and pulled Gomez from the vehicle, Rice said. Gomez was transported to Robert …
VIDEO: Hopatcong Officers Rescue Man, Dog Trapped In Vehicle After Rollover Crash VIDEO: Hopatcong Officers Rescue Man, Dog Trapped In Vehicle After Rollover Crash
Video: Hopatcong Officers Rescue Man, Dog Trapped In Vehicle After Rollover Crash The moment officers rescued a man trapped in his vehicle after a rollover accident in Hopatcong was captured in an action-packed video. Officers were called to the area of Nariticong Avenue and Beacon Road for a smoking vehicle that had been involved in a rollover accident, trapping the driver on Wednesday, August 12, authorities said in a release. Despite the heavy smoke coming from the engine compartment, officers were able to cut the driver free and remove him from the vehicle, authorities said. Officers can be seen in the video carrying the man to safety. The officers also successfull…
Cuomo To The Rescue: Governor Helps Pull Passenger From Vehicle After Crash In NYC Cuomo To The Rescue: Governor Helps Pull Passenger From Vehicle After Crash In NYC
Cuomo To The Rescue: Governor Helps Pull Passenger From Vehicle After Crash In NYC New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo may not have exactly traded in his business suit for a superhero’s cape but he was caught on camera helping a passenger trapped in an overturned vehicle on the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. On his way home from a luncheon at the Association for a Better New York at approximately 1:15 p.m. on Monday, Jan. 6, the governor and his team helped a man trapped by his seatbelt in a van that was on its side after the crash. Cuomo’s staffers shared a video of the rescue on social media. It shows Cuomo and other responders helping to escort the man out of his company vehicle. …
Woman Rescued After Car Crashes Off Saw Mill Parkway Into River In Westchester Woman Rescued After Car Crashes Off Saw Mill Parkway Into River In Westchester
Woman Rescued After Car Crashes Off Saw Mill Parkway Into River In Westchester A woman was rescued from her submerged vehicle in freezing water following a crash on the Saw Mill Parkway. The incident took place around 8:23 a.m., Wednesday, Dec. 18, when the Yonkers Fire Department Engine Company 310 was dispatched to a call of a motor vehicle accident on the Saw Mill River Parkway, said Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone. When firefighters arrived on the scene they found a car off the parkway and into the river, Citrone said. They noticed the female driver was trapped in the car with water up to the dashboard and the woman's chest.  Firefighters rushed into the f…
HEROES: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan HEROES: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan
Heroes: Good Samaritan Dives Into Frigid Passaic River To Rescue Woman In Sinking Sedan A young woman whose car rolled off Route 21 into the Passaic River was rescued Monday morning by a Good Samaritan who pulled her from her sinking sedan and a police officer who threw them a lifeline, responders said. "She was going north on Route 21 around 10:30 [a.m.] when she lost control and the car went over the guardrail," one said. "It flipped three or four times and landed in the river." A Belleville police officer arrived as the passerby jumped in. He threw them a safety preserver ring and pulled both to shore, a local police officer said. Dive teams from Lyndhurst, Wallington, N…