Alexandria Woman Struck Twice — First By Mercedes, Then By Police Cruiser: Cops Alexandria Woman Struck Twice — First By Mercedes, Then By Police Cruiser: Cops
Alexandria Woman Struck Twice — First By Mercedes, Then By Police Cruiser: Cops A 62-year-old Virginia woman is dead after being struck by a driver in a Mercedes — then hit again by a responding officer investigating the hit-and-run, authorities announced. Alexandria resident Trina Jones has been identified by the Fairfax County Police Department as the pedestrian who was struck and killed during a strange sequence that played out shortly before 8:40 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 23, on Richmond Highway near Belford Drive. Witnesses told detectives a black 2016 Mercedes C300 hit Jones and sped off southbound without stopping. As Jones lay in the roadway, an officer rushing t…
Bridge Reopens After Being Damaged By Tractor-Trailer In Yorktown (UPDATE) Bridge Reopens After Being Damaged By Tractor-Trailer In Yorktown (UPDATE)
Bridge Reopens After Being Damaged By Tractor-Trailer In Yorktown (Update) This story has been updated.  A bridge on a windy back road in Westchester has reopened to all traffic after a tractor-trailer damaged the structure, officials said.  The bridge on White Hill Road in Yorktown between William Court and Hunterbrook Road reopened on Wednesday afternoon, Sept. 24, after being damaged in a crash earlier in the morning, the town's highway department announced.  According to officials, a tractor-trailer took out part of the bridge, rendering it unsafe until its reopening.  "Many thanks to our highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli and his team…
Gun-Wielding Motorcyclist Shot By Officer After Threat On Bristol Pike: Bucks DA (UPDATE) Gun-Wielding Motorcyclist Shot By Officer After Threat On Bristol Pike: Bucks DA (UPDATE)
Gun-Wielding Motorcyclist Shot By Officer After Threat On Bristol Pike: Bucks DA (Update) A Bensalem police officer was justified in shooting a wanted Levittown man who pointed a gun at a motorist and aimed it at the officer during a road rage incident, Bucks County District Attorney Jennifer Schorn announced on Monday, Sept. 22. Gunpoint Threat Leads To Shooting The shooting happened at 5:43 p.m. on Saturday, Aug. 2, after a 911 caller reported that a man on a motorcycle had pulled a gun on him and threatened to rob him along Bristol Pike near Biddle Lane. The suspect, later identified as John Thomas Mathis, 44, of Levittown, allegedly continued following the victim’s car northb…
Dump Truck Driver Cited After Ripping Down Wires In Wyckoff: Cops Dump Truck Driver Cited After Ripping Down Wires In Wyckoff: Cops
Dump Truck Driver Cited After Ripping Down Wires In Wyckoff: Cops A freak accident involving a dump truck shut down Wyckoff Avenue at the Midland Park border for more than three hours on Thursday, Sept. 18. The crash happened around 1:47 p.m. when the driver of a 2024 Peterbilt dump truck left a parking lot on Wyckoff Avenue without lowering the body of the vehicle, Wyckoff police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The truck’s raised bed got tangled in overhead wires, damaging a major communications line and causing the truck to lift off of the ground, Soto said. The driver, a 46-year-old Kearny man, was cited for operating an unsafe vehicle, careless driving, and obs…
Runaway Dump Truck Loses Brakes On Busy Montgomery County Road, Crashes Into Embankment Runaway Dump Truck Loses Brakes On Busy Montgomery County Road, Crashes Into Embankment
Runaway Dump Truck Loses Brakes On Busy Montgomery County Road, Crashes Into Embankment A dump truck barreled down a busy road in Montgomery County after its brakes failed Monday, before the driver made a split-second move that may have prevented possible disaster, police said. The Montgomery County Department of Police said the runaway truck lost its brakes on a downhill stretch of Colesville Road near the Beltway and Sligo Creek Parkway on Sept. 15 — a crossing heavily used by joggers and cyclists. Instead of plowing through traffic or pedestrians, the driver swerved, mounting a curb and ramming into an embankment to bring the truck to a full stop. “Luckily the driver react…
Couple Strikes Woman Dead On I-95 In Tinicum, Stops At Royal Farms Before Returning: PSP Couple Strikes Woman Dead On I-95 In Tinicum, Stops At Royal Farms Before Returning: PSP
Couple Strikes Woman Dead On I-95 In Tinicum, Stops At Royal Farms Before Returning: PSP A New Jersey man struck and killed a woman walking on Interstate 95 in Tinicum Township before continuing to a convenience store, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Sunday, Sept. 7. The crash happened at mile marker 8.7 in the southbound lanes around 2:59 a.m., troopers said. Donald Schmidt Jr., 42, of Woodstown, New Jersey, was driving a 2017 white Lexus with his wife, Jennifer Schmidt, 49, as passenger when the car hit Ana Hernandez, 44, of Wilmington, Delaware, in the rightmost lane, investigators said. Hernandez was thrown across all four lanes and came to rest in the northbound si…
Lexus Tractor Trailer Wipes Out Wires, Shuts Down Road In Easton: Police Lexus Tractor Trailer Wipes Out Wires, Shuts Down Road In Easton: Police
Lexus Tractor Trailer Wipes Out Wires, Shuts Down Road In Easton: Police A Lexus tractor-trailer took down power lines and forced a road closure in Easton, Bucks County, authorities announced on Friday, Sept. 5. The truck snagged overhead wires and brought them crashing onto the street, shutting down Kelly Road between Easton Road and Stuckert Road, Doylestown Township police said at 4:18 p.m. in a Crimewatch release. Photos from the scene show a tangle of wires draped across the road behind the rig. The roadway will remain closed until further notice, police said. No injuries were reported.
Driver Pulled From Wrecked Car After Rollover Crash On I-684 In Purchase Driver Pulled From Wrecked Car After Rollover Crash On I-684 In Purchase
Driver Pulled From Wrecked Car After Rollover Crash On I-684 In Purchase Emergency crews rescued a driver trapped in a rollover crash on Interstate 684 in Westchester this week.  The crash happened in the southbound lanes in Purchase at around 2:30 p.m. on Monday, Sept. 1, according to the Purchase Fire Department.  First-arriving crews found that the driver was trapped inside the vehicle. Firefighters from Purchase, Port Chester, and White Plains then worked together to free the occupant, who was then taken to a local hospital by EMS. Firefighters did not release information about the driver’s condition.  The incident was one of two rollov…
Car Crashes Into Learning Center In Lower Macungie: PSP Car Crashes Into Learning Center In Lower Macungie: PSP
Car Crashes Into Learning Center In Lower Macungie: PSP A vehicle slammed into a learning center in Lower Macungie Township, causing extensive damage to two suites, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Tuesday, Aug. 19. Troopers with PSP Fogelsville were dispatched to 6900 Hamilton Boulevard at 8:07 a.m. after a report of a vehicle into a building, according to the release. A 68-year-old woman from Lower Macungie lost control of her 2016 BMW X3 and crashed into the JEI Learning Center (Suite 230), damaging both Suite 230 and Suite 235, police said. There were no occupants inside the businesses at the time of the crash. The driver was evaluate…
No Charges For NJ State Trooper After Deadly Crash Killed Toms River Man: AG No Charges For NJ State Trooper After Deadly Crash Killed Toms River Man: AG
No Charges For NJ State Trooper After Deadly Crash Killed Toms River Man: AG A grand jury voted not to file criminal charges against a New Jersey State Trooper who was involved in a crash that killed Frank Lando, a 65-year-old Toms River resident, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 12. On Tuesday, April 9, 2024, Trooper Anthony Fernandes was traveling westbound on Route 70 when he observed a speeding vehicle near Burns Mill Road in Southampton traveling eastbound, Attorney General Matthew Platkin said. Fernandes began to conduct a U-turn across Route 70 to perform a motor-vehicle stop, Platkin said. While executing the U-turn, a Kawasaki motorcycle traveling west,…
1 Dead After Car Slams Into Disabled Vehicle On NYS Thruway In Clarkstown: Police 1 Dead After Car Slams Into Disabled Vehicle On NYS Thruway In Clarkstown: Police
1 Dead After Car Slams Into Disabled Vehicle On NYS Thruway In Clarkstown: Police One person was killed and another seriously injured in an overnight crash that shut down part of the New York State Thruway in Rockland County on Monday morning, Aug. 11, police said. The incident happened around 12:39 a.m. on Monday on the northbound lanes at milepost marker 21.7, just north of Exit 12 in Clarkstown, New York State Police announced.  A preliminary investigation found that a 2009 Nissan was disabled while partially in the lane of travel and on the right shoulder with its lights off for unknown reasons. A 2014 Ford traveling north in the same lane rear-ended the Ni…
Dump Truck Hauling Asphalt Crashes Into Home: Howell PD Dump Truck Hauling Asphalt Crashes Into Home: Howell PD
Dump Truck Hauling Asphalt Crashes Into Home: Howell PD Two people were injured in a three-vehicle crash that culminated in a dump truck crashing into a home in Howell on Monday morning, Aug. 4, authorities said. At 9:05 a.m., the crash occurred at Lakewood Farmingdale Road (Route 547) north of Oak Glen Road, Howell Township police said. A 2015 Dodge minivan was traveling northbound on Route 547 when it crossed over the center line into the southbound lane of travel and struck a dump truck hauling over 25 tons of asphalt, police said. The minivan then struck a 2004 Ford F350 pickup truck pulling a trailer, police said. As the Dodge struck the …