Garden State Parkway Crash Jams Area Near Toll Plaza In Union County Garden State Parkway Crash Jams Area Near Toll Plaza In Union County
Garden State Parkway Crash Jams Area Near Toll Plaza In Union County A crash on the Garden State Parkway made for heavier than normal delays Sunday, June 23. The accident happened in the southbound lanes, north of Exit 138 in Union Township around 10:45 a.m. Heavy congestion was captured on traffic cameras nearby, specifically surrounding the Union toll plaza.
Man Killed In Hudson Valley Crash With Tractor-Trailer Man Killed In Hudson Valley Crash With Tractor-Trailer
Man Killed In Hudson Valley Crash With Tractor-Trailer Police are investigating after a 74-year-old Connecticut man was killed during a two-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley. The incident occurred in Dutchess County at the intersection of Route 22 and Route 55 in the town of Dover, a hamlet of Wingdale, around 3:45 p.m., Thursday, June 13. According to Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office, a 2010 Chevrolet pickup was on Route 55 preparing to enter traffic on northbound Route 22 when it pulled into the path of a 2020 Kenworth tractor-trailer. The collision killed the driver of the pickup, Northern Fairfie…
Double-Fatal Crash: Victims ID'd After Car Slams Into Disabled Vehicle On CT Highway Double-Fatal Crash: Victims ID'd After Car Slams Into Disabled Vehicle On CT Highway
Double-Fatal Crash: Victims ID'd After Car Slams Into Disabled Vehicle On CT Highway Two people were killed after the disabled vehicle they were standing outside of along a busy Connecticut highway was hit by another car, police said. The events leading up to the crash began in Hartford County on Thursday, June 6 around 1:15 a.m., when a 2004 Honda Accord EX became disabled in the right lane of Route 5/15 South in East Hartford south of the on-ramp from Interstate 84 West. At this time, the three occupants who had been inside the Honda were gathered on the right shoulder.  However, for an unknown reason, one of the occupants and a pedestrian moved to the right lane, a…
Tractor Trailer Crash Worsens Rush Hour Traffic On I-495 Tractor Trailer Crash Worsens Rush Hour Traffic On I-495
Tractor Trailer Crash Worsens Rush Hour Traffic On I-495 As if rush hour on the Capital Beltway wasn't bad enough, a tractor trailer crash jammed up the highway even more on Thursday, May 16. As of press time, delays were being reported due to the southbound crash in Fairfax County. It happened at mile marker 48.8. The south right shoulder was closed as of press time.
Driver Killed In Early Morning I-95 Crash In Needham, Second Driver Seriously Injured Driver Killed In Early Morning I-95 Crash In Needham, Second Driver Seriously Injured
Driver Killed In Early Morning I-95 Crash In Needham, Second Driver Seriously Injured State troopers shut down several lanes of I-95 Tuesday morning, April 30, after a crash killed one driver and sent the other to the hospital with serious injuries.  The crash happened around 4:40 a.m. near Exit 33 in Needham when a pick-up truck lost control, went perpendicular to on-coming traffic, and was T-boned by a truck, state police said.  The driver of the truck that lost control died at the scene. The second driver was taken to an area hospital with serious injuries, police said.  The name of the deceased driver was not released as police worked to contact his next …
Tractor Trailer Driver Struck, Killed On I-81, Police Seeking Info Tractor Trailer Driver Struck, Killed On I-81, Police Seeking Info
Tractor Trailer Driver Struck, Killed On I-81, Police Seeking Info Police in Virginia are seeking the public's help with the investigation of a hit-and-run crash that killed a tractor trailer driver in the roadway of I-81. James W. Carr, Jr., 64, of Alton, NH, was struck by a northbound vehicle sometime between 5 a.m. and 8:12 a.m. on Saturday, March 23 on the highway stretch in Shenandoah County, Virginia State Police said. The hit-and-run vehicle did not stop, and could possibly have front end-damage from the crash near the 296-mile marker, police said. Carr's remains were transported to the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in Manassas for an examin…
State Police Car Struck While Assisting Disabled Vehicle In Hudson Valley State Police Car Struck While Assisting Disabled Vehicle In Hudson Valley
State Police Car Struck While Assisting Disabled Vehicle In Hudson Valley Three people were injured, including a State Trooper when their vehicle was struck from behind while assisting another driver on a busy Hudson Valley highway. The incident took place in Orange County on I-87 northbound in the town of Tuxedo around 12 p.m., Friday, Dec. 15. According to Trooper Tara McCormick of the New York State Police, the troop car was parked on the left shoulder providing traffic control behind a disabled SUV in the area of mile marker 41.2, between exit 16 (Harriman) and exit 15A (Suffern/Sloatsburg), when it was struck from behind by a pickup truck.  The cra…
Bus Crash: NY Charter Company Has 'Satisfactory' Safety Record, But It's Not Perfect Bus Crash: NY Charter Company Has 'Satisfactory' Safety Record, But It's Not Perfect
Bus Crash: NY Charter Company Has 'Satisfactory' Safety Record, But It's Not Perfect The New York charter bus company involved in a deadly highway crash that killed two educators and left dozens of high school band students hospitalized holds a “satisfactory” safety rating, though records show nearly two dozen maintenance violations in recent years. A check of the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration’s (FMCSA) website shows that Regency Charter Buses, based in Suffolk County in Nesconset, was involved in one injury crash in the past two years. Records do not specify who was at fault. The company was given a “satisfactory” safety rating in March 2019, though records …
Driver Killed In Head-On Crash In Northeast: Philly Police Driver Killed In Head-On Crash In Northeast: Philly Police
Driver Killed In Head-On Crash In Northeast: Philly Police One man is dead and another is hospitalized following a head-on collision in Philadelphia's Northeast section late Thursday.  A driver in a Toyota Corolla was headed south on Knights Road just after 10:30 p.m. on March 9, Philly police told Daily Voice. On the 12800 block near Franklin Mills mall, the driver lost control of the car and traveled into the northbound lane, hitting a Chevrolet Silverado head-on, authorities wrote.  Both drivers were rushed to Jefferson Torresdale Hospital, where the driver of the Toyota was pronounced dead at 11:10 p.m. His name was not released but a…
Woman Reported Running On Route 17 Struck, Southbound Highway Closed Woman Reported Running On Route 17 Struck, Southbound Highway Closed
Woman Reported Running On Route 17 Struck, Southbound Highway Closed UPDATE: A woman was clinging to life Saturday after being struck on southbound Route 17 in Ho-Ho-Kus the night before. Several readers told Daily Voice they'd spotted the 27-year-old woman walking along the highway divider as far south as Route 4 in both Paramus and Fair Lawn sometime before the fateful crash around 6 p.m. Nov. 18. "It absolutely scared the living hell out of me to see a lady running in the middle of the highway divider," one said. "There is no reason she have been running near the highway -- let alone on the highway." Reports that the woman had died Friday night were wro…
Woman Narrowly Escapes Fast-Approaching Tractor Trailer On I-495 In Central Mass Woman Narrowly Escapes Fast-Approaching Tractor Trailer On I-495 In Central Mass
Woman Narrowly Escapes Fast-Approaching Tractor Trailer On I-495 In Central Mass A woman narrowly dodged a potentially fatal crash where a speeding tractor trailer barreled into the back of a disabled van on the side of a highway Saturday evening, authorities said. The woman had pulled over into the breakdown lane on I-495 South in Boxborough when she noticed a fast-approaching tractor trailer behind her, Boxborough Police said on Facebook.  The woman was able to exit the van before the trailer crashed into the back of the car and was uninjured.  Police used the incident to remind drivers to slow down and to always exit one's car and seek shelter when in the breakdown …
Western Massachusetts Man Killed After Losing Control Of Vehicle, Police Say Western Massachusetts Man Killed After Losing Control Of Vehicle, Police Say
Western Massachusetts Man Killed After Losing Control Of Vehicle, Police Say A 59-year-old man was killed after he lost control of his car negotiating a curve and collided head-on with another vehicle in the opposite lane, according to police. The crash took place shortly before 8:30 p.m., Monday, July 5, in Worcester County, near 49 South Main St., in Athol, said the Northwestern District Attorney's Office. The man, from the Town of Orange in Franklin County, was pronounced dead at the scene of the crash, the DA's Office said.  The driver of the other vehicle was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Athol firefighter…