Man Falls Asleep, Fatally Strikes Young Gifted Pianist With Car In Red Hook: Here's His Fate
A driver who admitted to falling asleep at the wheel and causing the crash that killed a gifted 24-year-old college student and pianist in Dutchess County will spend time in jail.
Rohan Patrick, age 42, was sentenced on Tuesday, June 17, to 364 days in jail after pleading guilty in March to criminally negligent homicide in connection with the crash, Dutchess County District Attorney Anthony Parisi announced.
The sentence follows a tragic crash that occurred on May 25, 2024, in the Village of Red Hook, when Patrick, driving a 2017 Ford Fusion, struck and killed Linh Hong Nguyen, …
Egg Harbor Township Motorcyclist Killed In Crash: Township Of Hamilton PD
A 71-year-old Egg Harbor Township man was killed in a crash on Monday, May 26, in the Township of Hamilton, authorities said.
At 3:10 p.m., officers responded to Weymouth Road near the Winding River Campground after a 2024 Chevrolet Equinox made a left turn and was hit by a 2008 Kawasaki motorcycle, Township of Hamilton Police said.
The motorcyclist, Vance Virtue, was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The driver of the Equinox was transported to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, police said.
The investigation into the crash is ongoing, police said.
Lakewood Man Indicted For 100 MPH Crash That Killed 82-Year-Old: Ocean County Prosecutor
An Ocean County man was indicted by a grand jury on Wednesday, May 21, for vehicular homicide after driving more than 100 mph in a crash that killed an 82-year-old man in 2024, authorities said.
On Sunday, May 3, 2024, at 9 a.m. Lakewood police responded to the crash at the intersection of County Line Road and Laurelwood, Ocean County Prosecutor Bradley Billhimer said.
Aryeh Bakst, 20, was driving a 2023 Tesla west on County Line Road when his car hit a 2013 Toyota Corolla driven by 82-year-old Jules Brotsky, a Lakewood resident in the intersection, Billhimer said.
Bakst, a Lakewood reside…
