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Automobile Accident

Prince William
Obituaries
Woodbridge Mom Dies After Rollover Crash With Child In Car: Police, Family Woodbridge Mom Dies After Rollover Crash With Child In Car: Police, Family
Woodbridge Mom Dies After Rollover Crash With Child In Car: Police, Family A 39-year-old Prince William County mother who works with special needs children died two days after the rollover crash with her son in the vehicle, according to police and social media reports. Demeteria Yvette Lee — who works at the Kilby Elementary school — was heading east on Old Bridge Road in Woodbridge in a 2013 Nissan Juke when she lost control and left the roadway around 8:25 a.m. on Monday, Jan. 22, Prince William County police said. Lee's vehicle, which was also carrying a 7-year-old child, overturned onto the roof. Lee was removed from the car by good Samaritans who provided aid…

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by Cecilia Levine
North Orange
Police & Fire
New Update: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash On Route 32 In Woodbury New Update: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash On Route 32 In Woodbury
New Update: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash On Route 32 In Woodbury This story has been updated. Two people were killed and five others were hospitalized in a head-on crash on a busy Hudson Valley roadway. It happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 in Orange County on Route 32 near Falls Lane in the town of Woodbury and involved a 2014 Freightliner box truck and a 2012 Ford Econoline van, according to state police. The driver of the box truck, Orange County resident Clive Booth, age 48, of Goshen, was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla where he later died, state police said.  The driver of the van, Rockland County reside…

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by Joe Lombardi
Chester
Police & Fire
Man Struck, Killed By Minivan While Walking Through Food Store Parking Lot In ChesCo: PD Man Struck, Killed By Minivan While Walking Through Food Store Parking Lot In ChesCo: PD
Man Struck, Killed By Minivan While Walking Through Food Store Parking Lot In ChesCo: PD A 76-year-old man was struck and killed by a minivan in the parking lot of a grocery store in Chester County, authorities said. Nicholas Busillo was walking through the Giant Food store parking lot on Lincoln Highway in Thorndale when the 66-year-old Dodge Caravan driver hit him around 2:20 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 12, according to Caln Township police. The Coatesville man was pronounced dead at the scene, authorities said. It was not immediately known if any charges had been filed against the minivan driver, who was identified by police as Vickie Sawyer, of Coatesville. The crash remains …

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by Nicole Acosta
Montgomery PA
Obituaries
Philadelphia Driver Who Killed Teen Mom Was Trying To Flee From Being Assaulted: Police Philadelphia Driver Who Killed Teen Mom Was Trying To Flee From Being Assaulted: Police
Philadelphia Driver Who Killed Teen Mom Was Trying To Flee From Being Assaulted: Police The driver who backed into a 17-year-old girl, killing her, was trying to flee from an assailant outside of a Philadelphia charter school earlier this week, police said. The unidentified driver backed into Saniah Moore outside of Excel Academy South on Wednesday, Sept. 28 around 1:55 p.m., according to city police and Moore's family. Saniah was taken to Albert Einstein Medical Center where she was pronounced dead at 2:25 p.m., authorities said. The driver was a student in the school, who police say was arrested and cooperating. The Philadelphia School District released the follow…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lancaster
Police & Fire
PA Passenger Slapped With Child Endangerment Charges After Teen Driver Crashes Through Garage PA Passenger Slapped With Child Endangerment Charges After Teen Driver Crashes Through Garage
PA Passenger Slapped With Child Endangerment Charges After Teen Driver Crashes Through Garage A 19-year-old passenger who allegedly encouraged a 14-year-old boy to drive— but they instead crashed into a neighbor's garage— has been charged with child endangerment, authorities say. Bethany Ruth Schrom, of the 900 block of Hannah Drive, supposedly allowed the boy to drive a 2000 Chrysler sedan while she and rode as a passenger along with the boy's mother Laurellyn Schrom— despite the fact that he was under the legal driving age— around 10:20 a.m. on July 1, according to Northern Lancaster County Regional police. The boy crashed the sedan into a neighbor's garage located in the 700…

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by Jillian Pikora
Cumberland
Police & Fire
DUI Driver Who Caused Deadly Enola Crash Has History Of Traffic, Drug Offenses, Records Show DUI Driver Who Caused Deadly Enola Crash Has History Of Traffic, Drug Offenses, Records Show
DUI Driver Who Caused Deadly Enola Crash Has History Of Traffic, Drug Offenses, Records Show A Cumberland County woman has been charged with murder in a multi-vehicle crash Tuesday on Route 11/15 in Enola, police said. Krystin Nycole Marchese, 33 of Lemoyne, was under the influence of a controlled substance when she caused the four-car crash around noon near N. Enola Road and Susquehanna Avenue around 12:06 p.m., East Pennsboro police said. Lee Potteiger, of Lewisberry, was rushed to Penn State Holy Spirit Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Surveillance footage shows Marchese caused the crash and an investigation found she was under the influence of controlled substances, auth…

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by Jillian Pikora
Nassau
Police & Fire
Two-Year-Old Critically Injured In Long Island Crash Two-Year-Old Critically Injured In Long Island Crash
Two-Year-Old Critically Injured In Long Island Crash A 2-year-old boy was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash on Long Island. The crash happened around 4:45 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10 in Nesconset. Kevin Cavooris, 33, of Saint James, was driving a 2015 Mitsubishi Mirage eastbound on Middle Country Road, near Cambon Place, with his 2- and 4-year-old sons in the vehicle, when an eastbound 2018 Dodge Ram 1500 struck the rear of the Mitsubishi, Suffolk County Police said. The 2-year-old boy was transported to Stony Brook University Hospital in critical but stable condition, police said. Cavooris and the 4-year-old boy were transported…

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by Joe Lombardi
Warren Hunterdon
Police & Fire
DWI Florida Driver Sends Car Into 'Shades Of Death Row' Ditch, Passenger Airlifted DWI Florida Driver Sends Car Into 'Shades Of Death Row' Ditch, Passenger Airlifted
DWI Florida Driver Sends Car Into 'Shades Of Death Row' Ditch, Passenger Airlifted A 26-year-old man was airlifted to an area hospital with serious injuries after a drunk driver lost control of the vehicle and drove into a ditch in Warren County, State Police said. Manuel Castillo Romas, 45, of Clewiston, Florida, was driving a Ford Explorer on Shades of Death Road in Liberty Township when he lost control and drove into a ditch shortly before 8:15 p.m. Sunday, New Jersey State Trooper Alejandro Goez told Daily Voice. His passenger was flown to Morristown Medical Center with serious but non-life-threatening injuries and was last listed in stable condition, Goez said. …

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by Valerie Musson
Mercer
Police & Fire
Police ID Ewing Mother OF 2 Killed In Head-On Crash Police ID Ewing Mother OF 2 Killed In Head-On Crash
Police ID Ewing Mother OF 2 Killed In Head-On Crash Authorities have identified the 23-year-old woman who died from injuries she suffered in a head-on crash. Gabriella Nordgren of Ewing was trapped in her car when police responded to the 11:53 a.m. crash near Ashley Avenue, Ewing police said.  Nordgren's car crossed into oncoming traffic on Lower Ferry Road and struck an approaching vehicle, police said. Ewing Township firefighters extricated Nordgren and her 5-year-old passenger, who had non life-threatening injuries, police said. Both were taken to Capital Health Regional Medical Center in Trenton. Nordgren was critically hurt and l…

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by Jon Craig
Bridgeport
Police & Fire
Woman Thrown From Porsche During Dispute With Boyfriend Suffers Spinal Fracture, Police Say Woman Thrown From Porsche During Dispute With Boyfriend Suffers Spinal Fracture, Police Say
Woman Thrown From Porsche During Dispute With Boyfriend Suffers Spinal Fracture, Police Say A woman suffered a spinal fracture after being flung from inside her boyfriend's 2012 red Porsche Panamera. The incident took place around 12:13 a.m. Monday, July 8, in Bridgeport.when the woman was having a dispute with her boyfriend as she was sitting in the right passenger seat, said Terron Jones, spokesman for the Bridgeport Police Department. During the argument, the boyfriend allegedly accelerated to least 60mph abruptly making a right turn, causing the woman to be thrown from the vehicle, landing under a parked pickup truck, Jones said. The boyfriend fled in the vehicle.  …

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by Kathy Reakes
Ridgewood
Police & Fire
Driver Taken Into Custody After Pulling Into Ridgewood Driveway Driver Taken Into Custody After Pulling Into Ridgewood Driveway
Driver Taken Into Custody After Pulling Into Ridgewood Driveway Ridgewood police took a driver into custody Wednesday afternoon -- apparently for being under the influence -- after she drove into a resident's driveway. A flatbed tow truck removed the four-door Ford Fusion from the Maltbie Avenue driveway to take it to an impound lot after the owner said it hit his car from behind. Midland Park police assisted Ridgewood officers with the investigation and arrest.  It was unclear whether the homeowner and driver know one another. Boyd A. Loving contributed to this article.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Armonk
News
Man Sentenced For Running Over, Fatally Injuring Hudson Valley Attendant Man Sentenced For Running Over, Fatally Injuring Hudson Valley Attendant
Man Sentenced For Running Over, Fatally Injuring Hudson Valley Attendant A man who ran over and killed a Hudson Valley gas station attendant was sentenced Thursday to 1 1/3 to 4 years in prison, according to Orange County District Attorney David Hoovler. Milton Galdamez-Pena, 22, of Newburgh, who pleaded guilty in November to felony leaving the scene, in connection with the July 30, automobile crash that killed a gas station employee in the City of Newburgh. At the time that he pleaded guilty, Galdamez-Pena admitted that at about 4:30 p.m. on July 30, he drove a car over the employee, Jaspal Singh, 21, who had been checking gas levels at the Shell gas station lo…

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by Kathy Reakes