Albany, NY
Police & Fire
Overturned Milk Tanker Closes Capital Region Highway Overturned Milk Tanker Closes Capital Region Highway
Overturned Milk Tanker Closes Capital Region Highway A Capital Region highway remained shut down in both directions Monday afternoon, Sept. 19, due to an overturned milk tanker, authorities said. Multiple fire and rescue agencies in Rensselaer County responded to reports of a rolled tractor trailer on Highway 346 southeast of Hoosick, near the Vermont state line. Fire crews from Hoosick, Petersurgh, and Pownal, Vermont were on scene, according to a Facebook post from the Hoosick Fire Department. Highway 346 was closed in both directions and traffic was being rerouted around the scene, officials said. Posted by Pownal Fire Department on …

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by Michael Mashburn
Newark, NJ
Police & Fire
Teen Driver Rear-Ends Cement Truck On Route 21 Teen Driver Rear-Ends Cement Truck On Route 21
Teen Driver Rear-Ends Cement Truck On Route 21 A teen driver was hospitalized after rear-ending a cement truck on Route 21, authorities said. A 17-year-old driver was behind the wheel of a Hyundai when he rear-ended a cement truck on Route 21 in Nutley on Friday, May 27, police said. The driver went unconscious and was taken to a local hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries, police said. The cement truck driver suffered minor injuries. Route 21 was closed and traffic detoured for just over two hours for the crash investigation and cleanup.

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by Valerie Musson
North Hunterdon, NJ
Police & Fire
PA Passenger Thrown From Box Truck In Hunterdon County Crash On Route 78: State Police PA Passenger Thrown From Box Truck In Hunterdon County Crash On Route 78: State Police
PA Passenger Thrown From Box Truck In Hunterdon County Crash On Route 78: State Police A Pennsylvania passenger was seriously hurt after being thrown from a box truck in a Hunterdon County crash on Route 78, state police confirmed. A Hino box truck was traveling in the westbound lanes when it veered off the left side of the roadway, hitting the center guardrail and overhead sign support near milepost 18.2 in Clinton Township shortly after 6:40 p.m. on Wednesday, March 16, NJSP Sgt. Philip Curry told DailyVoice.com. Its passenger, Johnnie Brackett, 37, of Allentown, was thrown from the truck and suffered serious injuries, Curry said. Initial reports stated that the victim wa…

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by Valerie Musson
Egg Harbor Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Absecon Man Killed Crossing Major Intersection Wasn't In Crosswalk: Police Absecon Man Killed Crossing Major Intersection Wasn't In Crosswalk: Police
Absecon Man Killed Crossing Major Intersection Wasn't In Crosswalk: Police A 50-year-old man died after being struck by a car on White Horse Pike in January, authorities said. Samuel Bayley, of Absecon, was struck while crossing the street by a 2008 Hyundai Tucson heading east at the intersection with Haddon Avenue around 6 p.m., Jan. 24, local police said. Bayley was not in the crosswalk, which was a contributing factor in the crash, authorities said. The roadway was reduced to one lane for approximately four hours while the crash was investigated. Any witnesses to the crash are urged to contact the Absecon Police Department, Traffic Safety Unit at (609) 641-066…

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by Cecilia Levine
Parsippany-Troy Hills, NJ
Police & Fire
Trapped Victim Dies In Route 287 Car Fire, State Police Say Trapped Victim Dies In Route 287 Car Fire, State Police Say
Trapped Victim Dies In Route 287 Car Fire, State Police Say One person died after becoming trapped in a car fire on Route 287 Thursday afternoon, state police confirmed. The vehicle went up in flames in the southbound lanes near milepost 32.2 in Harding Township just after 3:15 p.m., NJSP Sgt. Alejandro Goez told DailyVoice.com. There was one confirmed fatality, Goez said. Delays of 15 to 20 minutes were being reported, according to 511NJ. Crash investigation and Vehicle fire on I-287 southbound South of Exit 33 - Harter Rd/US 202 (Harding Twp) 2 Right lanes of 3 lanes closed 15-20 minute delay use caution https://t.co/aNQkUPUbpL — 511NJ I287 …

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by Valerie Musson
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
Police & Fire
Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged
Driver In Head-On Crash That Killed NJ Police Officer Heading Home From Work Charged A woman has been charged with vehicular homicide and assault by auto in a June 2020 crash that left a New Jersey police officer heading home from work dead. Taquaysha Bell, 29, of Trenton, was heading west on White Horse Pike on June 19, when she swerved into oncoming traffic and struck a vehicle head-on,  Acting Atlantic County Prosecutor Cary Shill announced. The other driver, Michael Luko, 53, of Mays Landing. He was an officer with the New Jersey Human Services Police Department, and was traveling home from work. He was rushed to an area hospital, where he was pronounced …

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by Cecilia Levine
Lower Paxton, PA
Obituaries
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center
Coroner IDs Pedestrian Struck Dead Near Central PA Medical Center The pedestrian who died in a crash on Harrisburg Pike on Monday has been identified. Richard Bakaric, 63, of Harrisburg, has been identified as the pedestrian fatally struck in Lower Swatara Township, reports PennLive citing the Dauphin County spokesman Brett Hambright. Bakaric's death has been ruled accidental as a result of multiple traumatic injuries, the county spokesman told the outlet. He was hit by an eastbound passenger vehicle traveling along Route 230 West Harrisburg Pike at the intersection of Rosedale Avenue in Lower Swatara Township near a medical center and an airport around …

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by Jillian Pikora
Brookfield, CT
Police & Fire
Two Students Injured During Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say Two Students Injured During Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say
Two Students Injured During Fairfield County School Bus Crash, Police Say Two schoolchildren were hospitalized following a school bus crash which also injured the driver in Fairfield County. It happened just after 3 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 9 in the Town of Fairfield on Mountain Laurel road near Stroll Rock Common,  First responders reported the school bus struck a tree and the bus was transporting four Fairfield School children at the time of the collision, said Fairfield PD Lt. Edward J. Weihe. Two of the children sustained facial lacerations and were transported to Bridgeport Hospital. The bus driver also sustained unknown injuries and was transported t…

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by Kathy Reakes
Elizabeth, NJ
Police & Fire
DEVELOPING: Deadly Hit-Run Closes Union County Street DEVELOPING: Deadly Hit-Run Closes Union County Street
Developing: Deadly Hit-Run Closes Union County Street A possibly deadly hit-and-run crash closed a Union County street Tuesday afternoon. The crash occurred on St. Georges Avenue in Roselle, and may have involved suspects in a stolen vehicle, unconfirmed reports say. Roselle police were investigating.

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by Cecilia Levine
Lancaster, PA
Police & Fire
1 Dead, 2 Airlifted, 4 Hospitalized In Route 30 Head-On Crash 1 Dead, 2 Airlifted, 4 Hospitalized In Route 30 Head-On Crash
1 Dead, 2 Airlifted, 4 Hospitalized In Route 30 Head-On Crash One person died and several others were hospitalized in a head-on crash on Route 30 in Lancaster County Saturday. A silver Chrysler 200 was heading east when it crossed the median and struck a Kia Spectra near the Malleable Road overpass around 6:15 p.m., West Hempfield police said. Two people were flown to Hershey Medical Center and four others were rushed to local hospitals. One person was pronounced dead. The victims' identities were being withheld pending notification. This crash is under investigation by the Lancaster County Crash Investigation Team #2.  Route 30 remained close…

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by Cecilia Levine
Bethlehem, PA
Police & Fire
State Police: Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash With SUV Shuts Down Route 33 In Northampton County State Police: Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash With SUV Shuts Down Route 33 In Northampton County
State Police: Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash With SUV Shuts Down Route 33 In Northampton County The northbound lanes of Route 33 in Northampton County were closed due to a tractor-trailer rollover crash with an SUV Tuesday afternoon, state police said. UPDATE: A 73-year-old Allentown woman sustained minor injuries in the crash. The two-vehicle crash occurred in the northbound lanes coming from Route 78 westbound near mile marker 71.5 in Saucon Township shortly before 1:15 p.m., PSP Trooper Nathan Branosky said on Twitter. All ramps will be closed “for an extended period of time” following the rollover crash, though the southbound lanes were open to traffic as of 2:30 p.m., Branosky s…

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by Valerie Musson
Fairfield, CT
Police & Fire
Woman Charged With DUI After Crashing Into Parked Fairfield PD Cruiser, Police Say Woman Charged With DUI After Crashing Into Parked Fairfield PD Cruiser, Police Say
Woman Charged With DUI After Crashing Into Parked Fairfield PD Cruiser, Police Say An inebriated woman distracted by her cellphone allegedly plowed into the back of a police cruiser that had pulled another driver over on Post Road. The Town of Fairfield Police officer was outside his vehicle, speaking with the driver of the vehicle he had pulled over for speeding at about 5:15 p.m. on Thursday, Aug. 20 when the crash took place, according to the Fairfield Police Department.  The vehicle, a 2010 Ford Edge, driven by 68-year-old Sharon Elizabeth Lipp of Milford, reportedly swerved across both travel lanes after impact, coming to rest in the opposite lane of oncoming tr…

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by Christina Coulter