Two-Vehicle Crash Kills 21-Year-Old Long Island Man
Police on Long Island are investigating a two-vehicle crash that killed one and injured another person.
The crash took place at 2:50 p.m., Thursday, July 8, in North Patchogue, said the Suffolk County Police.
Demetrius Hall, age 21, of Bellport, was traveling southbound on North Ocean Avenue in a 2003 Honda Accord when it veered into the northbound lane and collided with a 1995 Peterbilt truck, according to police.
Hall was pronounced dead at the scene by a physician assistant from the Office of the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.
The truck driver, Dennis Frame, age 65, of Locust …
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike
State Police have identified the two men killed in last week's tractor-trailer crash in which watermelons were strewn across the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County.
Malcom Cope, 55, of Douglas, Georgia, and Van Huston, 56, of Jamaica, New York, were pronounced dead after the northbound truck veered off the turnpike, struck a guard rail and slammed into a concrete bridge support near milepost 60.3, state troopers said.
Cope was the driver and Huston was a passenger.
A Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer loaded with watermelons was heading north in the inner lanes when it ran off th…
State Police ID Men Killed In Mercer County Crash Where Watermelons Were Strewn On NJ Turnpike
State Police have identified the two men killed in last week's tractor-trailer crash in which watermelons were strewn across the New Jersey Turnpike in Mercer County.
Malcom Cope, 55, of Douglas, Georgia, and Van Huston, 56, of Jamaica, New York, were pronounced dead after the northbound truck veered off the turnpike, struck a guard rail and slammed into a concrete bridge support near milepost 60.3, state troopers said.
Cope was the driver and Huston was a passenger.
A Peterbilt tractor pulling a semi-trailer loaded with watermelons was heading north in the inner lanes when it ran off th…
One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash
A 64-year-old tractor-trailer driver was killed during a multiple-vehicle crash on a stretch of I-87 in the area.
The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in Orange County, in the town of Newburgh,
A preliminary investigation determined a 2020 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Michael Guerra, age 64, of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, was traveling southbound when he struck a 1994 Peterbilt tractor-trailer operated by Adam S. Tommell, age 37, of Voorheesville, New York, directly in the rear of the trailer, said New York State Police Trooper Tara McCormi…
ID Released For 38-Year-Old Killed In I-87 Crash Involving Westchester Resident
State Police have identified the driver of a tractor-trailer killed in a crash on I-87 in Rockland County.
Victor M. Naula Lopez, age 38, of Whitestone, Queens, was killed around 5 a.m., Friday, March 12, on I-87 in Ramapo, said Trooper Tara McCormick.
During the crash, Lopez was operating a 2018 Peterbilt tractor-trailer northbound on I-87, in the middle lane when a 2021 Toyota sideswiped the tractor-trailer, causing it to spin out and strike a 2011 Freightliner Semi, driven by Celso A. Lopez, age 56, of New Rochelle.
Lopez was uninjured, McCormick said.
The Peterbilt tractor-trailer ove…
