VIDEO: Drunk Driver Pinned After Head-On Crash With Coach Bus In Monsey, Report Says VIDEO: Drunk Driver Pinned After Head-On Crash With Coach Bus In Monsey, Report Says
Video: Drunk Driver Pinned After Head-On Crash With Coach Bus In Monsey, Report Says The driver of a passenger car is believed to have been drunk when she crashed head-on into a coach bus Saturday night, Feb. 14 in Rockland County, the Monsey Scoop reports. The crash happened on Saddle River Road near Hillside Avenue in Monsey sometime around 10 p.m. The Monsey Scoop shared two videos (here and here) of the crash, including one that appears to show the car swerving moments before impact and hitting the bus head-on. The driver of the vehicle was pinned inside and had to be extricated by the Monsey Fire Department, according to the outlet. She was taken by Fais…
Police ID Man Killed After Car Dragged Him In Pittsfield Hit-Run; Police Investigating Police ID Man Killed After Car Dragged Him In Pittsfield Hit-Run; Police Investigating
Police ID Man Killed After Car Dragged Him In Pittsfield Hit-Run; Police Investigating Authorities have identified the 69-year-old man killed this week after he was killed in a hit-and-run crash in Western Massachusetts.  William S. Colbert was struck sometime between 11:33 p.m. and 11:49 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 10, in the area of Linden Street/Francis Avenue area of Pittsfield, the Berkshire County District Attorney's Office said.  Investigators said he was pulled beneath the car and was trapped for some time before being released around 1350 West Housatonic Street, authorities said. The driver did not stop to call for help.  Pittsfield police are asking the pu…
Cop Killed In DWI Crash Ran Red Light, T-Boned Nassau Mom With Newborn Years Earlier: Lawsuit Cop Killed In DWI Crash Ran Red Light, T-Boned Nassau Mom With Newborn Years Earlier: Lawsuit
Cop Killed In DWI Crash Ran Red Light, T-Boned Nassau Mom With Newborn Years Earlier: Lawsuit A Long Island mom alleges that a Nassau County police officer who was killed in a suspected drunk-driving crash ran a red light years earlier and crashed into her vehicle while she and her newborn were inside, leaving them with lasting injuries. In a civil complaint filed in Nassau County Supreme Court, Zakiya Ruffin names Nassau County, its police department, and late officer Patricia Espinosa as defendants. Ruffin alleges that Espinosa, while driving a county-owned police SUV in July 2022, ran a red light at Elmont Road and Linden Boulevard in Elmont and struck her BMW. Ruffin alleges Es…
63-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Struck On Route 15 In Sparta 63-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Struck On Route 15 In Sparta
63-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Struck On Route 15 In Sparta A 63-year-old man who was standing near a disabled vehicle in the shoulder of a New Jersey highway died after being struck by a commercial vehicle on Tuesday, Feb. 10, police said. Officers responded to Route 15 north in Sparta approximately 8:30 p.m. near the 9-mile marker for a report of a pedestrian struck by a vehicle, according to Sparta Police Capt. Thomas Snyder. When officers arrived, they found the man in the roadway while bystanders were providing lifesaving measures, Snyder said. The man was transported to a local hospital, where he later died from his injuries. The preliminary …
Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County
Driver Admits To Drunk Driving Crash That Killed Vikings Rookie, Teammates In PG County The woman responsible for a crash in Maryland that killed Minnesota Vikings rookie cornerback Khyree Jackson and two former teammates will spend years in prison, according to reports. Cori Clingman, 25, pleaded guilty this week to three counts of negligent homicide under the influence of alcohol for her role in the July 2024 crash that claimed the lives of 24-year-old Khyree Jackson, 23-year-old Isaiah Hazel, and 24-year-old Anthony Lytton, Jr., according to the Prince George's County State's Attorney's Office. On Wednesday, Feb. 4, Clingman was reportedly sentenced to three years…
DWI Woman Crashes Into Snowplow: Suffolk County Police DWI Woman Crashes Into Snowplow: Suffolk County Police
DWI Woman Crashes Into Snowplow: Suffolk County Police A woman was seriously injured after crashing into a state snowplow during an early-morning incident on Long Island, Suffolk County police announced on Sunday, Feb. 8. Erika Jackson, 25, of Coram, was charged with Driving While Intoxicated after the crash on Middle Country Road in Middle Island at approximately 5:20 a.m., according to Suffolk County Police. Jackson was driving a 2013 Chevrolet Malibu westbound when her vehicle crossed into the eastbound lane in front of 140 Middle Country Road and struck a New York State Department of Transportation snowplow, police said. She was transpor…
6-Time DWI Offender Charged In Fatal Route 9 Crash In Hyde Park, Cops Say (UPDATE) 6-Time DWI Offender Charged In Fatal Route 9 Crash In Hyde Park, Cops Say (UPDATE)
6-Time DWI Offender Charged In Fatal Route 9 Crash In Hyde Park, Cops Say (Update) A man with five previous DWI arrests has been charged more than a month after a deadly head-on crash on Route 9 in Dutchess County that claimed the life of a 28-year-old local resident, police said.  Richard Charles Rider, 46, was arrested early Thursday morning, Jan. 29, in connection with a December 14, 2025, crash that killed Alijah M. Johnson, 28, of Hyde Park, the Town of Hyde Park Police Department announced.  Police said the collision happened at around 4:21 p.m. near Route 9 and Huyler Drive, when Rider was driving a 2014 Ford F-150 pickup truck northbound and allegedly cr…
Head-On Crash Kills 1, Closes Esopus Highway For Hours Head-On Crash Kills 1, Closes Esopus Highway For Hours
Head-On Crash Kills 1, Closes Esopus Highway For Hours A head-on crash in Ulster County left one person dead and another hospitalized, and shut down a highway for hours. The two-vehicle wreck happened around 6:15 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, in the town of Esopus, on Route 9W north of Burroughs Drive, according to the Esopus Fire Department. Emergency crews arriving on scene found two vehicles off the roadway on opposite sides of Route 9W. One occupant had been ejected from a vehicle and was pronounced dead at the scene, fire officials said. The second vehicle still had one person trapped inside. With help from responding police officers, firefigh…
Speeding Alexandria Driver Killed In Early Morning Single-Vehicle Crash On I-66: State Police Speeding Alexandria Driver Killed In Early Morning Single-Vehicle Crash On I-66: State Police
Speeding Alexandria Driver Killed In Early Morning Single-Vehicle Crash On I-66: State Police A Virginia man was killed early Wednesday morning in a single-vehicle crash on I-66, state police said. The driver, Alexandria resident Nurelen Befekadu, 35, was taken to an area hospital after the crash, where he later succumbed to his injuries. Virginia State Police said the crash happened at approximately 5:36 a.m. on Jan. 21 on I-66 westbound at the ramp to Route 28 in Fairfax County. The preliminary investigation indicates the vehicle was traveling too fast for the ramp, lost control, and struck a sound wall. No other vehicles were involved. The investigation into the circumstances …
Teen Driver Strikes 81-Year-Old Dead In Northport, Police Say Teen Driver Strikes 81-Year-Old Dead In Northport, Police Say
Teen Driver Strikes 81-Year-Old Dead In Northport, Police Say An 81-year-old man was struck and killed by a teen driver while crossing a Long Island roadway, Suffolk County Police announced on Tuesday, Jan. 20.  Pierino Liberta, 81, of Saint James, was hit by a northbound 2020 Subaru Outback while crossing Larkfield Road from west to east in front of 332 Larkfield Road in East Northport at about 10:50 p.m. Monday, Jan. 19, police said.  Liberta was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, authorities said.  The driver, Jack Sandin, 19, of Northport, was not injured, p…
Deadly I-495 DUI Crash: Lanham Woman Sentenced To Prison In Beltway Tragedy In Silver Spring Deadly I-495 DUI Crash: Lanham Woman Sentenced To Prison In Beltway Tragedy In Silver Spring
Deadly I-495 DUI Crash: Lanham Woman Sentenced To Prison In Beltway Tragedy In Silver Spring A Lanham woman who drove drunk and triggered a violent chain-reaction crash on the Capital Beltway that killed a 30-year-old passenger will serve three years in prison. Maria Luisa Alvarez, 20, was sentenced in Montgomery County Circuit Court after pleading guilty to negligent manslaughter by motor vehicle in the early-morning crash on I-495 last summer. The deadly collision happened at about 3 a.m. on Wednesday, June 5, 2024, along the inner loop of I-495 at Georgia Avenue in Silver Spring. Alvarez was driving a 2005 Honda Accord while taking the ramp from southbound Georgia Avenue when s…
'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash 'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash
'Incomplete Adventures' Support Comes To Family Of NYC DEP Employee Killed In Newburgh Crash Friends and loved ones are rallying around the family of a longtime New York City Department of Environmental Protection employee who was killed in a crash in Orange County while working the day after Christmas.  Ed Walters, 60, died in a crash on Route 9W in Newburgh on Friday morning, Dec. 26, while traveling to his job at the Hillview Reservoir, a critical component of New York City’s water supply system, as Daily Voice previously reported.  He had worked for NYC DEP since 2002 and was assigned to the agency’s Bureau of Water Supply.  Walters is remembered as a devot…