Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard
Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard An employee at a Connecticut salvage yard suffered a severe injury when a car crushed their lower half, fire officials said.  Firefighters, police and AMR responded to Chuck & Eddie’s Used Auto Parts at 425 Old Turnpike Road in Southington just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, according to Southington Fire Capt. Daniel Comen, who spoke to Patch.  Crews arrived and found the worker's lower body trapped beneath the car. One of their legs had an open fracture.  Emergency responders treated the patient at the scene before they took them to the Hospital of Central Connecticu…
Driver Hospitalized After Flipping Car, Landing In Brush In Carmel Driver Hospitalized After Flipping Car, Landing In Brush In Carmel Driver Hospitalized After Flipping Car, Landing In Brush In Carmel
Driver Hospitalized After Flipping Car, Landing In Brush In Carmel A driver was taken to the hospital after a single-vehicle rollover crash in Putnam County Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 7, fire officials said. The crash happened near 173 Fair St. in Carmel at around 2:18 p.m. on Wednesday, according to the Carmel Fire Department.  Firefighters said one person was trapped inside the overturned vehicle, prompting a response from the Carmel Fire Department, Carmel Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Empress EMS Medic 3, and Carmel Police. Before fire and EMS crews arrived, however, a Putnam County Sheriff's Office sergeant who was in the area helped the driver out …
Arrest Made In Deadly Hit-And-Run Crash On Sunrise Highway In North Lindenhurst: Police Arrest Made In Deadly Hit-And-Run Crash On Sunrise Highway In North Lindenhurst: Police Arrest Made In Deadly Hit-And-Run Crash On Sunrise Highway In North Lindenhurst: Police
Arrest Made In Deadly Hit-And-Run Crash On Sunrise Highway In North Lindenhurst: Police A Long Island driver who fled the scene of a deadly accident Tuesday, Oct. 6 was arrested hours later, police said. Daniel Gomez, 65, of Brentwood, mowed down a 56-year-old unhoused man on Sunrise Highway around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Suffolk County Police Department said. Gomez was traveling westbound on the road in a 2012 Honda Accord when he crashed into the man at the intersection with North Indiana Avenue in North Lindenhurst, according to investigators. He then fled the scene, cops said. The victim was rushed to Good Samaritan University Hospital in West Islip, where he was pronounce…
Mail Truck Slams Into Haledon Home, Mayor Says Mail Truck Slams Into Haledon Home, Mayor Says Mail Truck Slams Into Haledon Home, Mayor Says
Mail Truck Slams Into Haledon Home, Mayor Says A postal vehicle crashed into a Passaic County home Monday morning, Oct. 5, damaging the house but causing no serious injuries, Haledon Mayor Michael Johnson said. The crash happened in Haledon, where police, firefighters, borough Business Administrator Mohammad Ramadan and Code Enforcement Officer Arianna Claudio responded, according to Johnson. Johnson did not provide additional details about what caused the crash or the extent of the damage.
UConn Football Coach Faces 6 Charges After Running From Tolland Crash: Police UConn Football Coach Faces 6 Charges After Running From Tolland Crash: Police UConn Football Coach Faces 6 Charges After Running From Tolland Crash: Police
UConn Football Coach Faces 6 Charges After Running From Tolland Crash: Police A UConn assistant football coach faces multiple charges after police accused him of running from a crash. Brooks Jenkins, 31, of Vernon, surrendered to police on Sunday, Oct. 4, on an active arrest warrant tied to an Aug. 27 crash on Grant Hill Road in Tolland, Connecticut State Police said. A Chevrolet Malibu heading north left the road around 10:20 p.m. and struck a mailbox and a tree on the right shoulder, police said. The reason the car went off the road remains unknown. The driver ran away, police said. Investigators later identified Jenkins as that driver. Jenkins’ charges include l…
NJ AG Investigating Linden Crash That Critically Injured 3-Month-Old Baby NJ AG Investigating Linden Crash That Critically Injured 3-Month-Old Baby NJ AG Investigating Linden Crash That Critically Injured 3-Month-Old Baby
NJ AG Investigating Linden Crash That Critically Injured 3-Month-Old Baby The New Jersey Attorney General’s Office is investigating a multi-vehicle crash in Linden that left an infant and three adults seriously injured, authorities announced Tuesday, Oct. 6. The crash happened near East Linden Avenue and Clinton Street around 3 p.m. Monday, Oct. 5, the Attorney General’s Office said. The four victims were taken to University Hospital in Newark for treatment. Their identities have not been released. The announcement came one day after authorities said a driver fleeing police sped into oncoming traffic and caused a head-on crash. Darryl Petlock, 48, of Keansburg,…
McCaskey Wrestling Standout, New Dad Killed In PA Crash; Other Driver Held By ICE McCaskey Wrestling Standout, New Dad Killed In PA Crash; Other Driver Held By ICE McCaskey Wrestling Standout, New Dad Killed In PA Crash; Other Driver Held By ICE
McCaskey Wrestling Standout, New Dad Killed In PA Crash; Other Driver Held By ICE A young father and former McCaskey High School standout athlete was killed on his way to work in a Lancaster County crash — leaving behind a 3-month-old daughter and a partner who had kissed him goodnight just hours earlier. Bryson Xavier Cantrell, of Lancaster, was driving west on Old Philadelphia Pike in Bird-in-Hand when the two-vehicle crash happened around 7:01 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, East Lampeter Township police announced on Monday, Oct. 5. Cantrell was traveling through the 2600 block when an eastbound vehicle driven by 18-year-old Josue Sumba-Campoverde, of Harrisburg, attempted to …
Vineland Woman Guilty Of Intentionally Striking Girlfriend With Car In Deadly Crash: Prosecutor Vineland Woman Guilty Of Intentionally Striking Girlfriend With Car In Deadly Crash: Prosecutor Vineland Woman Guilty Of Intentionally Striking Girlfriend With Car In Deadly Crash: Prosecutor
Vineland Woman Guilty Of Intentionally Striking Girlfriend With Car In Deadly Crash: Prosecutor A 24-year-old Vineland woman was convicted of intentionally striking her girlfriend with her car, killing them, authorities announced. Breanna Rowley was convicted of homicide and vehicular homicide in the death of Caroline Bump, a 21-year-old Millville woman, Cumberland County Prosecutor Jennifer Webb-McRae said. At 11:15 p.m., on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, Rowley struck and killed Bump while she was standing in the roadway, Webb-McRae said. She then stopped the vehicle 100 yards down the roadway after she struck Bump, exited the vehicle where she proceeded to walk towards the area w…
Rideshare Driver Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash (PHOTOS) Rideshare Driver Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash (PHOTOS) Rideshare Driver Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash (PHOTOS)
Rideshare Driver Hospitalized In Ridgewood Crash (Photos) A rideshare SUV driver was hospitalized after a head-on crash with a pickup truck in Ridgewood on Sunday night, Oct. 4, incident photographer Boyd A. Loving reports. The Nissan SUV collided with a Toyota pickup at South Maple Avenue and Prospect Street, Loving said. The SUV displayed a rideshare company's windshield placard, though no passengers were inside when the crash occurred, according to Loving. The SUV driver suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was taken by Ridgewood FD/EMS to The Valley Hospital for treatment. A small dog traveling with the driver was not injured a…
York Man, 41, Killed When Car Pulls Into Path Of Motorcycle Group In PA York Man, 41, Killed When Car Pulls Into Path Of Motorcycle Group In PA York Man, 41, Killed When Car Pulls Into Path Of Motorcycle Group In PA
York Man, 41, Killed When Car Pulls Into Path Of Motorcycle Group In PA A 41-year-old man was killed when a car pulled into the path of a group of motorcyclists on a Pennsylvania roadway, authorities said. Shane Wells of York was riding north on Numidia Drive/Route 42 with a group of motorcycle riders when a passenger car pulled onto the roadway from Kulp Road in Catawissa Township, Columbia County, around 12:07 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 3, according to the Columbia County Coroner's Office. Wells' motorcycle collided with the car, leaving him with multiple traumatic injuries, officials said. The Columbia County Coroner's Office was called to the scene, where Wells w…
13-Year-Old Driver Crashes Through Guardrail, Into Power Pole In Fairfax County: Police 13-Year-Old Driver Crashes Through Guardrail, Into Power Pole In Fairfax County: Police 13-Year-Old Driver Crashes Through Guardrail, Into Power Pole In Fairfax County: Police
13-Year-Old Driver Crashes Through Guardrail, Into Power Pole In Fairfax County: Police He was still years away from getting a driver's license. That didn't stop him from getting behind the wheel. Two 13-year-old boys were hospitalized in Northern Virginia on Sunday morning after their car careened off the road in Fairfax County, through a guardrail and into a power pole, police say. The crash was reported around 8:30 a.m. on Oct. 4 near the northbound ramp from Fairfax County Parkway to Pohick Road, according to the Fairfax County Police Department. Investigators say the teens shut down the ramp after the crash, which left them both with minor injuries. It was closed for hou…
Dad Of 2 Dies In Lebanon County Motorcycle Crash, PSP Says Dad Of 2 Dies In Lebanon County Motorcycle Crash, PSP Says Dad Of 2 Dies In Lebanon County Motorcycle Crash, PSP Says
Dad Of 2 Dies In Lebanon County Motorcycle Crash, PSP Says A 29-year-old father of two died after his motorcycle crossed into oncoming traffic and collided with a car on Route 72 in Lebanon County on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 3, Pennsylvania State Police said. Jean C. Rodriguez Torres, of Lebanon, was riding a 2016 Suzuki DR-Z400SM south on Route 72 near Moonshine Road in Union Township around 2:17 p.m. when he entered the northbound lane while approaching a curve, according to PSP Jonestown's crash report. Rodriguez Torres' motorcycle struck a northbound 2009 Volvo C30 driven by Stuart C. Walmer, 53, of Annville, state police said. Rodriguez Torre…