Suspended Driver Charged After Airborne Crash Kills Woman In Lakewood: Prosecutor
A 56-year-old Toms River man is facing charges after a passenger in a car he was driving was killed in a crash early Tuesday morning, May 13, authorities said.
At 1:35 a.m., Lakewood police responded to Cedar Bridge Avenue near the Garden State Parkway after a truck struck overhead utility wires, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
While on scene, officers discovered a heavily damaged 2015 Nissan Altima overturned in a drainage ditch, adjacent to Cedar Bridge Avenue, Billhimer said. Martine Taylor, the driver, and a 52-year-old female passenger were entrapped in the vehicle, Bil…
Update: 18-Year-Old, 3 Girls Killed, 6 Injured After SUV Crashes Into After-School Program
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A teenage woman and three girls were killed and six others injured after an SUV crashed into an after-school program.
The incident happened in Illinois around 3:20 p.m. local time Monday, April 28, in Chatham, just south of Springfield, about 95 miles north of St. Louis, Missouri, and 200 miles south of Chicago.
The vehicle drove into the east side of the building housing the YNOT After School Camp, hitting people outside and inside, before crashing through the west side wall, according to Illinois State Police.
The crash did not appear to be t…
Falls Church Couple Killed In Fiery Lake Barcroft Tesla Crash Identified By Police
A husband and wife from Falls Church were killed when their Tesla veered off the road and slammed into a tree in a quiet Northern Virginia neighborhood, police said.
Officers responded around 6:30 p.m. Sunday, April 20, to the 6400 block of Lakeview Drive in Lake Barcroft, where they found a 2023 Tesla destroyed after a single-vehicle crash, according to the Fairfax County Police Department.
The driver, 75-year-old Ashraf Bhagat, was pronounced dead at the scene. Nazir Bhagat, 81, who was riding in the passenger seat, was rushed to a nearby hospital with life-threatening injuries, but later…
Former Upper Darby Elected Official Charged With DUI In Delaware: Cops
A councilwoman from Newark, DE with deep ties to Pennsylvania has been charged with driving under the influence, police said.
Officers were dispatched to the area of the 100 block of Madison Drive in Newark around 11:58 p.m. on Friday, March 28, for a report of a vehicle crash involving several parked vehicles, according to a statement from the Newark Police Department.
Responding officers found that a vehicle had struck four unoccupied, parked cars in the area, police said. The driver was identified as Dwendolyn Creecy, 54, of Newark, who was still on scene, authorities said.
“Eviden…
DUI Driver, 32, Kills Man Near MIT Campus, Cops Say
A 73-year-old man from Boston died after a multi-vehicle crash last week in Cambridge, and a New Jersey woman is accused of driving drunk when she caused the wreck, authorities said.
Daniel O’Neil was riding a moped near the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Vassar Street, close to the MIT campus, on Friday, March 21, when an SUV struck both him and an MIT police cruiser that was traveling ahead of her, the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office said.
Lauren Mullins, 32, of Roselle Park, NJ, was driving the SUV, according to police. She was arrested at the scene and charged with operat…
