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Pennsylvania Married Couple Killed In Virginia Motorcycle Crash Pennsylvania Married Couple Killed In Virginia Motorcycle Crash
Pennsylvania Married Couple Killed In Virginia Motorcycle Crash A couple from York, PA died in a Virginia motorcycle crash earlier this month, authorities said. Bill Winemiller and his wife, Jane Winemiller, were heading east on Route 7 on a 2017 Harley-Davidson motorcycle when it rear-ended a 2018 Honda Civic stopped for a red light at the intersection of Harry Byrd Highway and Main Street in Clarke County around 2:30 p.m. on Friday, May 3, according to Virginia State Police. Bill, 69, was taken to Winchester Medical Center, where he died on Saturday, May 11, his obituary on York Dispatch says. Jane died at the same hospital on Friday, M…
VIDEO: SWAT Team Arrests Naked Driver After I-81 Pursuit VIDEO: SWAT Team Arrests Naked Driver After I-81 Pursuit
Video: SWAT Team Arrests Naked Driver After I-81 Pursuit Daily Voice has obtained video footage of a DUI Illinois driver being forced out of the pickup truck that he barricaded himself in after a violent I-81 pursuit — butt naked. The videos show a SWAT team responding to a gore along the Exit 315 ramp on Saturday morning, May 4 in Frederick County, where Marco A. Cruz-Monroy, 27, had crashed, after rear-ending both a trooper's and a civilian's vehicle, as previously reported by Daily Voice (scroll down for video). There, Cruz-Monroy barricaded himself in his Dodge pickup truck. Video shows members of a SWAT team deploying a smoke grenade, c…
DUI Driver Rams One Trooper, Bites Another In I-81 Pursuit: Police DUI Driver Rams One Trooper, Bites Another In I-81 Pursuit: Police
DUI Driver Rams One Trooper, Bites Another In I-81 Pursuit: Police A 27-year-old DUI driver from Illinois is in custody after police said he rear-ended both a state trooper's vehicle and a civilian car in a pursuit along I-81 in Frederick County over the weekend. Motorists traveling through the area began calling police around 9:45 a.m. Saturday, May 4, saying a Dodge pickup truck was driving recklessly and its operator was throwing objects out the window, Virginia State Police said. UPDATE: Video Shows SWAT Team Arresting Naked Driver After I-81 Pursuit A state trooper was able to locate a man later identified as Marco A. Cruz-Monroy in the Dod…
Dump Bed Detaches From Garbage Truck, Lands On Virginia Sheriff's SUV On I-81 Dump Bed Detaches From Garbage Truck, Lands On Virginia Sheriff's SUV On I-81
Dump Bed Detaches From Garbage Truck, Lands On Virginia Sheriff's SUV On I-81 A 71-year-old dump truck driver was charged with reckless driving after he accidentally engaged the dump bed on his vehicle, causing it to detach and land on a Frederick County Sheriff's SUV on I-81, authorities said. Gaylon Miller was heading north on I-81 when he engaged the dump bed of the 2005 Kenworth dump truck by mistake, raising it, causing it to hit the Route 46 bridge overpass around 5:45 a.m. on Friday, May 3 in Shenandoah County, Virginia State Police said. The collision at milepost 292 caused the dump bed to detach from the truck, slide backwards, and land on a northbound …
Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police
Tennessee DUI Driver Caused Deadly Crash On I-81: Virginia State Police A Tennessee man has been charged with DUI in a deadly crash on I-81 in Virginia, police said. Kenneth J. Bireta, 54, of Knoxville, TN, was heading north on the highway when he ran off the left side of the roadway into the median, overturned several times, and entered the southbound lanes just before 11 p.m. Monday, April 1, Virginia State Police said. Bireta's Toyota Highlander then collided with a 2019 Nissan Rogue heading south. Bireta suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries in the crash and was taken to Winchester Medical Center for treatment. He was wearing a seatbelt. T…
Sterling DUI Driver Seriously Hurt In I-81 Wrong-Way Crash: State Police Sterling DUI Driver Seriously Hurt In I-81 Wrong-Way Crash: State Police
Sterling DUI Driver Seriously Hurt In I-81 Wrong-Way Crash: State Police A DUI driver from Loudoun County was seriously hurt in an Interstate 81 crash, police said. Marlena Martinez, of Sterling, was heading in the wrong direction when she collided with a northbound Honda CRV just after 1 p.m. Saturday, March 9 at mile marker 298 in Shenandoah County, according to state police. Martinez suffered serious injuries and was taken to Winchester Medical Center for treatment. She was wearing a seatbelt. The driver of the CRV, 54, of New Market, and an adult passenger were uninjured in the crash. They both were wearing seatbelts. Martinez was charged with driving u…
Police ID Woman Killed In Officer Involved Virginia Hotel Incident Police ID Woman Killed In Officer Involved Virginia Hotel Incident
Police ID Woman Killed In Officer Involved Virginia Hotel Incident Police have identified the woman who was killed in a police-involved shooting over the weekend at a Virginia hotel. Melissa R. Tompkins, 40, of no fixed addressed, was fatally shot by police after hitting an officer in the head with his baton on Sunday night, Dec. 17, Virginia State Police said. Stratsburg police responded to a 9-1-1 call for an erratic person damaging property at a hotel on Signal Knob Drive around 11 p.m., police said. Tompkins was found in a back parking lot of the hotel, where an altercation ensued as the woman attacked the officer and took his baton, state police…
Woman Killed By Police After Hitting Officer On Head With His Baton At VA Motel: Cops Woman Killed By Police After Hitting Officer On Head With His Baton At VA Motel: Cops
Woman Killed By Police After Hitting Officer On Head With His Baton At VA Motel: Cops A disorderly woman was fatally shot by police after hitting an officer in the head with his baton in the parking lot of a Virginia hotel over the weekend, authorities said. Stratsburg police responded to a 9-1-1 call for an erratic person damaging property at a hotel on Signal Knob Drive around 11 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, Virginia State Police said. The woman was found in a back parking lot of the hotel, where an altercation ensued as the woman attacked the officer and took his baton, state police said. The woman used it to hit the officer in the head, prompting him to fire his service weapon…
Stolen Honda Struck By Train Killing 1, Hurting Two In Northern VA Stolen Honda Struck By Train Killing 1, Hurting Two In Northern VA
Stolen Honda Struck By Train Killing 1, Hurting Two In Northern VA One person died and two others were seriously injured when the driver of a stolen Honda sedan drove around traffic stopped as a train was coming, and was struck by the train, authorities said. The crash happened around 12:20 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 2, at the intersection of Route 17 (Winchester Road) and Route 712 (Delaplane Grade) in Faquier County, Virginia State Police said. The 2015 Honda Accord was traveling north on Route 17 when it came upon a railroad crossing with stopped traffic, which was waiting for an approaching train, police said. The Honda crossed a centerline, went around…
Maryland State Police Helicopter Called To Rescue Man In West Virginia Who Fell 200 Yards Maryland State Police Helicopter Called To Rescue Man In West Virginia Who Fell 200 Yards
Maryland State Police Helicopter Called To Rescue Man In West Virginia Who Fell 200 Yards A Maryland State Police helicopter unit gave an assist to a neighbor in need after a vehicle pursuit left a driver in a precarious position in West Virginia. On Saturday, Oct. 29, a state police helicopter crew assisted first responders from Hardy County in West Virginia with the rescue of an injured driver in the area of Howards Lick Road in Mathias. Shortly after 11 a.m. on Saturday morning, the Hardy County Sheriff’s Department requested the assistance of the Maryland State Police Aerial Unit based in Cumberland, to respond to Mathias in West Virginia “after rescue personnel encountered…