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Mini-Cooper

Somerset
Police & Fire
Driver Runs Red Light Causing Montgomery Crash: Police Driver Runs Red Light Causing Montgomery Crash: Police
Driver Runs Red Light Causing Montgomery Crash: Police A 32-year-old Hillsborough resident was injured in a car crash in Montgomery on the morning of Tuesday, April 23, when the driver of the other vehicle ran a red light, authorities said. At 7:35 a.m., a 2017 Mini Cooper was driven by a 40-year-old Princeton resident was heading westbound on Cherry Valley Road when it failed to stop for a red light and struck a 2023 Kia Forte that had entered the intersection going southbound on Great Road, Montgomery police said. The driver of a Kia complained of head pain and was evaluated on scene by EMS, police said. The Princeton resident was issued a su…

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by Sam Barron
Prince George's
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Walking On I-495 Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Capitol Heights: State Police Pedestrian Walking On I-495 Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Capitol Heights: State Police
Pedestrian Walking On I-495 Killed By Hit-Run Driver In Capitol Heights: State Police One person was killed early on Saturday morning by a hit-and-run driver in Maryland, police say. Maryland State Police investigators are on the hunt for a Mini-Cooper that is suspected to be involved in a fatal hit-and-run that was reported at around 2 a.m. in Prince George's County. According to the agency, the pedestrian was killed in the southbound side of I-495 in the area of Ritchie Marlboro Road in Capitol Heights She was pronounced dead at the scene by first responders after being struck. Investigators say that the vehicle involved in the fatal incident was a Mini-Cooper that was p…

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by Zak Failla
Nassau
Police & Fire
24-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Second Deadly Crash Of Day On Same Long Island Roadway 24-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Second Deadly Crash Of Day On Same Long Island Roadway
24-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Second Deadly Crash Of Day On Same Long Island Roadway A man sustained severe injuries, and his passenger was killed in the second deadly crash of the day on a busy Long Island roadway. It happened on Sunday, Sept. 17 in Rockville Centre, according to Nassau County Police. Read the new, updated story here: New Info: ID Released For Victim Of Second Deadly Crash Of Day On Same Rockville Centre Roadway Just after 10:30 p.m., a 24-year-old man was driving a 2006 MINI Cooper southbound on Peninsula Boulevard when his car veered off the road about a mile south of the Southern State Parkway, colliding with a tree. When Nassau County Medics …

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by Sophie Grieser
Darien
Police & Fire
Man Nabbed For Driving Drunk, Wrong Way In Darien, Police Say Man Nabbed For Driving Drunk, Wrong Way In Darien, Police Say
Man Nabbed For Driving Drunk, Wrong Way In Darien, Police Say A man from Massachusetts was arrested for driving his truck the wrong way down a Connecticut road in an apparent drunk driving incident, police reported. It happened on Sunday, July 23 on Boston Post Road (Route 1) in Darien, according to Darien police. At approximately 2:15 a.m., police arrived at Post Road on reports that an intoxicated man was driving a white pickup truck in the wrong lane. When they arrived at the scene, they located Byron Lopez-Najera, age 37, driving slowly around the parking lot of the Mini Cooper dealership on Post Road. Lopez-Najera, who is from the neighbor…

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by Sophie Grieser
Northern Highlands
Police & Fire
UPDATE: Midland Park Driver Seriously Injured In Crash That Responders Said He Caused UPDATE: Midland Park Driver Seriously Injured In Crash That Responders Said He Caused
Update: Midland Park Driver Seriously Injured In Crash That Responders Said He Caused A driver was critically injured in a crash that authorities in Waldwick said he created. A driver was critically injured and a MINI Cooper and a Nissan Sentra were both severely damaged in a violent crash in Waldwick. The 47-year-old MINI driver from Midland Park caused the crash when he tried to make a left onto Harrison Avenue from Wyckoff Avenue near the Giant Farmer's Market around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said. He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with significant injuries to his head and face, the lieutenant said. He also received seve…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands
Police & Fire
Serious Injury Reported In Fierce Waldwick Collision Serious Injury Reported In Fierce Waldwick Collision
Serious Injury Reported In Fierce Waldwick Collision An occupant was critically injured and a MINI Cooper and a Nissan Sentra were both severely damaged in a violent crash in Waldwick. The 47-year-old MINI driver from Midland Park caused the crash when he tried to make a left onto Harrison Avenue from Wyckoff Avenue near the Giant Farmer's Market around 5:15 p.m. Tuesday, July 25, Police Lt. Troy E. Seifert said.  He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with significant injuries to his head and face, the lieutenant said. He also received several motor vehicle summonses, Seifert said. A 33-year-old Wayne woman who was behind th…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Bucks
Police & Fire
Victim Airlifted After 'Major Accident' In Bucks County: Police Victim Airlifted After 'Major Accident' In Bucks County: Police
Victim Airlifted After 'Major Accident' In Bucks County: Police One person was evacuated by helicopter and several more were hospitalized following a "major accident" on Stony Hill Road in Lower Makfield on Monday afternoon, authorities say.  It happened at about 1:30 p.m. on May 22, township police wrote in a release. A driver in a Mini Cooper pulled out of an office complex onto Stony Hill Road and hit a BMW SUV, the department said.  The BMW "spun and rolled over" with five people inside, they continued. Two people were ejected from the SUV while three others had to be extricated by first responders, police said.  Four people in the B…

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by Mac Bullock
Capital District
News
Coops! Driver Ticketed After Mini Cooper Gets Stuck At Albany Pine Bush Preserve Coops! Driver Ticketed After Mini Cooper Gets Stuck At Albany Pine Bush Preserve
Coops! Driver Ticketed After Mini Cooper Gets Stuck At Albany Pine Bush Preserve A man is facing several tickets after driving his car onto a popular hiking trail in the region and then getting stuck, authorities said. Forest rangers in Albany County were called Tuesday, Feb. 21 with reports of an abandoned vehicle in the woods approximately a half mile from the Albany Pine Bush Madison Avenue Pinelands trailhead, according to the Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC). An investigation by rangers and Albany Police determined that a 42-year-old Troy man had driven a Mini Cooper through a split rail fence at the trailhead. He then proceeded to drive down the hik…

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by Michael Mashburn
New Haven
Police & Fire
Fatal Crash: Man Walking On I-91 Hit, Killed By 3 Vehicles In New Haven, Police Say Fatal Crash: Man Walking On I-91 Hit, Killed By 3 Vehicles In New Haven, Police Say
Fatal Crash: Man Walking On I-91 Hit, Killed By 3 Vehicles In New Haven, Police Say A man walking in the travel lanes of a busy Connecticut highway was hit and killed after being run over by three vehicles. The crash took place on I-91 southbound just north of Exit 3 in New Haven around 9:50 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 26. According to Connecticut State Police, the unidentified man was walking in the travel lanes when he was hit by a Honda Pilot driven by a 33-year-old New Haven man. The force of the impact projected the man into the left-center lane where he was run over by a Mini Cooper and a Toyota Corolla, both driven by New Haven residents, state police said. The man was p…

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by Kathy Reakes
Middlesex MA
Police & Fire
MISSING: 56-Year-Old Malden Man Who Spent New Year's Eve On Cape Cod MISSING: 56-Year-Old Malden Man Who Spent New Year's Eve On Cape Cod
Missing: 56-Year-Old Malden Man Who Spent New Year's Eve On Cape Cod A Malden man who spent New Year's Eve weekend on Cape Cod has been missing ever since, police said. Bruce Crowley was reported missing on Wednesday, Jan. 4 after he celebrated the holiday in Provincetown, Provincetown Police said on Facebook. The Provincetown Police (MA) Department is assisting the Malden Police (MA) Department by seeking the public's... Posted by Provincetown Police Department on Monday, January 9, 2023 Crowley is described as a 56-year-old White male, about 5’8", with brown eyes and grey hair. He was also last seen driving a 2011 grey Mini Cooper color with a Massach…

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by David Cifarelli
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Police & Fire
14-Year-Old Bicyclist Shatters Mini Cooper Windshield In Glen Rock Crash 14-Year-Old Bicyclist Shatters Mini Cooper Windshield In Glen Rock Crash
14-Year-Old Bicyclist Shatters Mini Cooper Windshield In Glen Rock Crash A 14-year-old boy was seriously injured after somehow ending up on the windshield of a car he collided with in Glen Rock Wednesday, Dec. 28, police and witnesses said. Photos from the 1 p.m. scene at Delmar Avenue and Pinelynn Road show a Mini Cooper with a shattered windshield. The boy was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries by Glen Rock Volunteer Ambulance Corps. The driver of the Mini Cooper was not injured. The accident remains under investigation. Anyone who witnessed that accident is asked to contact Det. Sgt. James Calaski at 201-670-3948.…

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by Cecilia Levine
Anne Arundel
Police & Fire
Maryland Road-Rage Suspect Wanted After Tailgating, Cutting Victim With Knife Maryland Road-Rage Suspect Wanted After Tailgating, Cutting Victim With Knife
Maryland Road-Rage Suspect Wanted After Tailgating, Cutting Victim With Knife Police are on the lookout for a suspect who attacked a victim with a knife during a road rage incident in Edgewater, authorities say. The incident happened in the area of Hillside Avenue and Central Avenue East on Saturday, Nov. 12, around 8 p.m., according to Anne Arundel County police. Investigation revealed that a suspect was tailgating the victim in a light-colored small vehicle, described as a Mini-Cooper or similar style "wagon". The victim pulled over on Central Avenue at Hillside Avenue and exchanged words with the suspect, who then approached the victim's vehicle and pulled him fro…

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by Annie DeVoe
Middlesex NJ
News
NJ State Police Seek Public's Help In Fatal Hit-Run Garden State Parkway Crash NJ State Police Seek Public's Help In Fatal Hit-Run Garden State Parkway Crash
NJ State Police Seek Public's Help In Fatal Hit-Run Garden State Parkway Crash New Jersey State Police seek the public’s help with the investigation of a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred on the Garden State Parkway in Central Jersey. Based on the preliminary investigation, detectives determined that at 12:27 a.m., on Sept. 19, a Jeep Grand Cherokee and a Mini Cooper were traveling northbound in the express lanes of the parkway in Old Bridge Township. In the area of milepost 121.6, a collision occurred between the two vehicles and a third unknown vehicle which fled the scene, State Police said. As a result of the crash, the Mini Cooper overturned and the driver, G…

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by Jon Craig
Middlesex NJ
News
State Police ID Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash State Police ID Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash
State Police ID Driver Killed In Garden State Parkway Crash A 39-year-old driver from Teaneck was killed in an overnight crash on the Garden State Parkway in Central Jersey, authorities said. Gabriel Farias was heading north in a Mini Cooper next to a Jeep Grand Cherokee when the two vehicles sideswiped each other around 12:26 a.m. Monday, Sept. 19 near exit 120 in Old Bridge, New Jersey State Police said. The Mini Cooper then struck a concrete barrier, a guardrail and subsequently overturned, police said. Farias died as a result of the crash, authorities said. There is an ongoing investigation.

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by Jon Craig
Carroll
Police & Fire
Mini Cooper Destroyed By Early Morning Maryland Fire Mini Cooper Destroyed By Early Morning Maryland Fire
Mini Cooper Destroyed By Early Morning Maryland Fire A blaze that gutted a Mini Cooper in Maryland is under investigation, according to the Maryland Fire Marshal. In Talbot County, members of the St. Michaels Volunteer Fire Department responded to Blueberry Acres Road shortly after 10 a.m. on Thursday, Sept. 15, when a neighbor reported that the vehicle was up in flames. It took a team of 11 firefighters from the agency a half-hour to get the fire under control in St. Michaels, but not before the interior and exterior of the vehicle were destroyed, causing thousands of dollars in damage for the car owner. It is unclear what caused the fire, …

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by Zak Failla
Northern Highlands
News
Driver Hospitalized After Ho-Ho-Kus Collision Driver Hospitalized After Ho-Ho-Kus Collision
Driver Hospitalized After Ho-Ho-Kus Collision An elderly Mini Cooper driver was hospitalized with serious injuries following a noontime crash in Ho-Ho-Kus. The other driver refused medical attention after the Clubman and Honda Insight collided at 1st Street and North Maple Avenue shortly after 12:30 p.m. Police, firefighters and EMS from both Ridgewood and Ho-Ho-Kus were among the responders, along with two rigs from The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood. Citywide Towing removed the vehicles. Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this account. Citywide Towing removed the vehiclesBoyd A. Loving

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by Jerry DeMarco
Nassau
Police & Fire
One Seriously Injured In Long Island Crash Involving Drunk Driver Who Ran Red Light, Police Say One Seriously Injured In Long Island Crash Involving Drunk Driver Who Ran Red Light, Police Say
One Seriously Injured In Long Island Crash Involving Drunk Driver Who Ran Red Light, Police Say A man driving drunk who ran a red light was charged after a chain-reaction crash at a Long Island intersection left one person seriously injured, police said. It happened around 12:45 a.m.  Sunday, Sept. 26 in Medford. Victor Gonzalez Lopez, age 39, of Middle Island, was driving a 2003 MINI Cooper southbound on North Ocean Avenue when the vehicle went through a red light at the intersection of Granny Road and struck a 2018 Lexus that was traveling eastbound on Granny Road, Suffolk County Police said.  The MINI then went northbound into the turning lane of Nort…

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by Joe Lombardi
Hackensack
News
NY Motorcyclist Clings To Life Following Route 80 Crash NY Motorcyclist Clings To Life Following Route 80 Crash
NY Motorcyclist Clings To Life Following Route 80 Crash UPDATE: A motorcyclist remained in critical condition Tuesday following a weekend crash on Route 80 in Hackensack, authorities said. Michael Barot, 41, of the Ridgewood section of Queens was headed east in the highway's local lanes when his Yamaha collided with a Mini Cooper between the Green and Hudson street exits shortly after 10 p.m. Saturday, New Jersey State Police Trooper Charles Marchan said. The motorcycle overturned, ejecting Barot, he said. CPR was conducted at the scene and en route to Hackensack University Medical Center's trauma unit. responders said. Michael BarotFACEBO…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Teaneck
News
Driver Bails After Totaling Brand-New MINI On Route 4 Driver Bails After Totaling Brand-New MINI On Route 4
Driver Bails After Totaling Brand-New Mini On Route 4 A driver slammed a brand-new MINI Cooper into the divider on Route 4 in Teaneck, then ran off into nearby woods before dawn Saturday, authorities confirmed. The MINI was totaled and two other vehicles damaged in the overnight chain-reaction crash, which closed the westbound highway for hours. The MINI, which had temporary Maryland license tags, sideswiped an SUV, forcing it into the median around 2:30 a.m., witnesses told police. It then swerved and hit the divider head-on, leaving a large field of debris, they said. The SUV driver apparently was telling the MINI driver that police h…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Northern Highlands
Police & Fire
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 17 Crash Driver Seriously Injured In Route 17 Crash
Driver Seriously Injured In Route 17 Crash A driver sustained serious head and neck injuries Friday afternoon when his Mini Cooper veered off the highway and slammed into a retaining wall on Route 17. The driver was taken to The Valley Hospital in Ridgewood following the crash shortly after 1 p.m. at the corner of Summit Avenue and the southbound highway. Waldwick police and firefighters also responded. The cause wasn't immediately determined. Boyd A. Loving took the photo and produced this story.

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by Jerry DeMarco
Fairfield
Police & Fire
Second Teen Charged In Fairfield County Crash That Killed Two Women Second Teen Charged In Fairfield County Crash That Killed Two Women
Second Teen Charged In Fairfield County Crash That Killed Two Women A second teen has been charged in connection with the deaths of two women in a crash in Fairfield County in April.The two killed -- 18-year-old Shalymar Herrera of West Haven and 23-year-old Briana Torres-Carter of Bridgeport, who was pregnant --were passengers in a Mini Cooper that was being driven by Herrera's husband, Lawrence Carter, 19, of Bridgeport. Carter and another passenger Jessie Abrams, 19, of Bridgeport, were seriously injured in the crash. Carter surrendered himself to the Shelton Police after an arrest warrant was issued, said Shelton Police Det. Christopher Nugent. Carter w…

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by Joe Lombardi