Tractor-Trailer Crash, Fuel Spill On I-495 Leads To 4-Mile Backup In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Tractor-Trailer Crash, Fuel Spill On I-495 Leads To 4-Mile Backup In Maryland (DEVELOPING) Tractor-Trailer Crash, Fuel Spill On I-495 Leads To 4-Mile Backup In Maryland (DEVELOPING)
Tractor-Trailer Crash, Fuel Spill On I-495 Leads To 4-Mile Backup In Maryland (Developing) A messy Monday afternoon crash turned the Capital Beltway into a parking lot in Maryland. The crash was reported at approximately 2:50 p.m. on Oct. 5 on the Inner Loop of I-495 in Montgomery County, between University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue, near Exit 29, according to officials. Multiple vehicles were involved, including a tractor-trailer, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer said. The collision also caused a fuel spill, creating hazardous road conditions as firefighters and other first responders worked at the scene. Several patients were being…
Fire Chiefs Pull Trapped Homeowner Through Window As Flames Rip Through North Hills Home Fire Chiefs Pull Trapped Homeowner Through Window As Flames Rip Through North Hills Home Fire Chiefs Pull Trapped Homeowner Through Window As Flames Rip Through North Hills Home
Fire Chiefs Pull Trapped Homeowner Through Window As Flames Rip Through North Hills Home A trapped homeowner was pulled through a window to safety as a well-advanced house fire tore through a Long Island home Saturday morning, Oct. 3, leaving the resident and a police officer hospitalized and three firefighters with minor injuries. The blaze broke out at 211 Hornbill Drive in North Hills shortly before 9:30 a.m., according to the Manhasset-Lakeville Volunteer Fire Department and Nassau County Police. Police listed the initial call at 9:26 a.m., while the fire department said its companies were dispatched at 9:27 a.m.  Arriving chiefs found flames coming from the home and c…
Police ID Enfield Man Killed In Windsor I-91 Rollover Crash Police ID Enfield Man Killed In Windsor I-91 Rollover Crash Police ID Enfield Man Killed In Windsor I-91 Rollover Crash
Police ID Enfield Man Killed In Windsor I-91 Rollover Crash A 44-year-old Connecticut man was killed on Interstate 91 South after another car hit his vehicle, sending him into a guardrail and rolling across the highway, authorities said.  Matthew Bennett, 44, of Enfield, crashed near Exit 36 in Windsor around 5:10 p.m. on Thursday evening, Oct. 1, Connecticut State Police said. Bennett was traveling alongside another car when the two vehicles made contact "for an unknown reason," police said. His car hit a metal guardrail, rolled over, and stopped on the left shoulder. Emergency crews took Bennett to Hartford Hospital, where he later died from…
Bergenfield Man Hospitalized After Accident In Mexico, Mayor Says Bergenfield Man Hospitalized After Accident In Mexico, Mayor Says Bergenfield Man Hospitalized After Accident In Mexico, Mayor Says
Bergenfield Man Hospitalized After Accident In Mexico, Mayor Says A North Jersey man is receiving treatment at a hospital in Mexico after an accident prompted a social media effort to locate his family, his town's mayor said. Bergenfield learned of the situation involving Phillip Sang and immediately notified the Bergenfield Police Department, asking officers to contact his address and family members, Mayor Arvin Amatorio said on Thursday, Oct. 1. A social media post seeking Sang's family said he and four others were seriously injured in a crash on the Mexico-Tuxpan Highway and taken to Huauchinango General Hospital. Police confirmed that Sang'…
Elementary School Evacuated After Contractors Hit Nearby Gas Line In Westchester Elementary School Evacuated After Contractors Hit Nearby Gas Line In Westchester Elementary School Evacuated After Contractors Hit Nearby Gas Line In Westchester
Elementary School Evacuated After Contractors Hit Nearby Gas Line In Westchester Students were moved out of a Westchester County elementary school after construction crews struck a nearby gas line, causing a strong gas-like odor inside and outside the building. Mount Kisco Elementary School students, as well as those part of the Hillside Program on Green Street, were transported by bus to the Fox Lane High School auditorium, Superintendent Robert Glass announced on Thursday morning, Oct. 1.  According to Glass, the district noticed a “very strong gas-like smell” both inside and outside Mount Kisco Elementary School. The district then learned that construction …
He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness
He Got Lost On A Walk, Sat Down To Wait: Virginia Drone Found Him In The Darkness He knew he was lost. So he stopped walking and waited for someone to find him. That help came from above in Fauquier County late Tuesday night, Sept. 29, when a sheriff's deputy used a drone and thermal imaging to spot a missing 65-year-old man sitting in a heavily wooded area hours after he left home for a walk. The search began around 10 p.m. on Mountjoy Road in Marshall after a relative reported the man missing, according to the Fauquier County Sheriff's Office. He had last been seen while it was still daylight. The man was enrolled in the sheriff's office's Project Lifesaver program, …
Harford Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burned Harford Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burned Harford Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burned
Harford Deputy Hit Nearly 100 MPH, Still Lost Ground Before Fleeing Driver's Buick Burned A Harford County sheriff's deputy hit nearly 100 mph chasing a fleeing driver who would be dead less than a minute later. He won't face criminal charges. Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown announced on Wednesday, Sept. 30, that Senior Deputy Allen Jennings will not be charged in connection with the June pursuit that ended with Tremayne Murphy blowing through a red light, triggering a five-vehicle crash and leaving his Buick engulfed in flames. The Independent Investigations Division (IID) of the Maryland Office of the Attorney General today released the body-worn camera footage…
Car Plunges Down Embankment On Route 129 In Yorktown Car Plunges Down Embankment On Route 129 In Yorktown Car Plunges Down Embankment On Route 129 In Yorktown
Car Plunges Down Embankment On Route 129 In Yorktown Firefighters pulled off a complicated rescue operation after a vehicle crashed down an embankment in Northern Westchester. The crash happened in Yorktown on Sunday, Sept. 27, when a vehicle went down an embankment on Route 129 between Underhill Avenue and the Taconic State Parkway overpass, according to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department.  A dozen firefighters soon arrived at the scene and found the driver was trapped in the car.  Crews then began lowering firefighters down while also securing the car with a griphoist to stop it from shifting. Firefighters then t…
Cops Shoot Dog During Attack On Family In Sayreville, Prosecutor Says Cops Shoot Dog During Attack On Family In Sayreville, Prosecutor Says Cops Shoot Dog During Attack On Family In Sayreville, Prosecutor Says
Cops Shoot Dog During Attack On Family In Sayreville, Prosecutor Says Three family members were hospitalized after being attacked by their dog in Central Jersey, authorities said. Sayreville police received a 911 distress call at 7:22 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 26, from a man who said his girlfriend, mother, and stepfather were being attacked by the dog, Middlesex County Prosecutor Linda Estremera said. Officers arriving at the scene shot the dog to stop the attack, Estremera said. The three family members were taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in stable condition, where they were being treated for their injuries, authorities said. The incident rem…
Details Emerge In Deadly Police Shooting Route 9 Rio Grande Walmart Details Emerge In Deadly Police Shooting Route 9 Rio Grande Walmart Details Emerge In Deadly Police Shooting Route 9 Rio Grande Walmart
Details Emerge In Deadly Police Shooting Route 9 Rio Grande Walmart A 37-year-old man armed with a knife was shot and killed by police after officers found him holding a woman who had suffered multiple stab wounds inside a vehicle in Cape May County, authorities said. The man killed was identified as Andre Moore by a GoFundMe launched by his family. Middle Township police encountered a disabled vehicle at Route 9 and Satt Boulevard in the Rio Grande section of the township around 10:21 a.m. Friday, Sept. 25, according to additional details released by the New Jersey Attorney General's Office. Officers approached the vehicle and heard screaming coming from …
'Wedding Crashers': Loudoun Firefighters Make Surprise Appearance At Virginia Couple's Big Day 'Wedding Crashers': Loudoun Firefighters Make Surprise Appearance At Virginia Couple's Big Day 'Wedding Crashers': Loudoun Firefighters Make Surprise Appearance At Virginia Couple's Big Day
'Wedding Crashers': Loudoun Firefighters Make Surprise Appearance At Virginia Couple's Big Day A Virginia couple had already invited everyone they wanted at their wedding. Loudoun County firefighters apparently didn’t get the memo. Crews from Kirkpatrick Farms Fire Station 27 were called to a fire alarm during a recent wedding celebration, briefly putting the festivities on hold and bringing some unexpected guests to the big day. Fortunately, there was no wedding-day disaster waiting for the responding B-shift crew. Instead, firefighters got a chance to meet the newlyweds, who were still dressed for the occasion, and pose for a memorable photo in front of an engine with its emergen…
1 Killed After Tractor-Trailer Flies Off I-84 Overpass, Lands Upside Down In Greenville 1 Killed After Tractor-Trailer Flies Off I-84 Overpass, Lands Upside Down In Greenville 1 Killed After Tractor-Trailer Flies Off I-84 Overpass, Lands Upside Down In Greenville
1 Killed After Tractor-Trailer Flies Off I-84 Overpass, Lands Upside Down In Greenville A tractor-trailer driver was killed after his rig veered off I-84, went airborne from an overpass, and landed upside down on the roadway below in Orange County, police said.  The crash happened in the Town of Greenville at around 12:39 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, according to New York State Police. Investigators said a 2023 Peterbilt tractor-trailer was traveling east on Interstate 84 when it left the roadway for an unknown reason. The truck then went off I-84 at the overpass above Eatontown Road, became airborne, and landed upside down beneath the overpass, State Police said. The driv…