State Trooper Avoids Injuries After Box Truck Strikes SUV On Route 80, Report Says State Trooper Avoids Injuries After Box Truck Strikes SUV On Route 80, Report Says
State Trooper Avoids Injuries After Box Truck Strikes SUV On Route 80, Report Says A state trooper responding to a Route 80 crash avoided serious injuries Sunday as his police SUV was hit by a box truck, reports say. The trooper responded to a two-car collision on Route 80 East in Rockaway before having his troop car struck by a Freightliner box truck around 12:10 a.m., DailyRecord reports citing state police spokesperson Sgt. Brian Curry. The truck — which had just crashed into a Honda CR-V — then overturned and hit a Jaguar, Curry said. The Honda and box truck drivers sustained minor injuries while the trooper and Jaguar were uninjured in the crash, which rem…
Truck Left Partially Hanging Off Edge Of Bridge  In Fatal Crash In Region Truck Left Partially Hanging Off Edge Of Bridge  In Fatal Crash In Region
Truck Left Partially Hanging Off Edge Of Bridge In Fatal Crash In Region One person was killed and another injured during a single-vehicle crash in the region. It happened around 11:25 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 9, in Worcester County. A Freightliner truck northbound on I-495 in Milford veered out of its lane, struck the median guardrail, and rode up and over it, coming to rest approximately halfway off the bridge over Route 16, Massachusetts State Police said. The male driver of the truck was transported to Milford Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, according to police. A passenger was transported to Milford Hospital with minor injuries. The invest…
Massachusetts State Trooper Involved In Crash With Tractor-Trailer Massachusetts State Trooper Involved In Crash With Tractor-Trailer
Massachusetts State Trooper Involved In Crash With Tractor-Trailer A Massachusetts State Police cruiser has been involved in a crash with a tractor-trailer.  The crash took place around 10 p.m., Friday, Aug. 6 when the cruiser was involved in the crash with a Freightliner tractor-trailer on the Massachusetts Turnpike westbound in Worcester County, in Southborough, said Dave Procopio of the MSP. The male trooper who was driving the 2015 Ford Interceptor Utility was transported to UMass Medical Center in Worcester for evaluation of possible injuries.  Both vehicles were towed.  The scene was cleared at 10:55 a.m.  The crash is und…
HERO: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border HERO: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near NJ-NY Border
Hero: PIP Officer Saves Suspects From Burning SUV After Pursuit Ends In Crash Near Nj-ny Border UPDATE: A Palisades Interstate Parkway police sergeant rescued two suspects from a burning SUV after it crashed into two other vehicles and overturned during a stolen-vehicle chase Thursday afternoon, authorities said. A group of suspects who'd become the subjects of a suspicious persons report fled the Englewood Cliffs Marina in a GMC Envoy shortly before 3 p.m., PIP Police Sgt. First Class Raymond Walter said. An alert went out to surrounding departments about the SUV, which had been reported stolen out of Onondaga County, NY, he said. Englewood Cliffs police began pursuing the vehicle b…
Nassau County Man Critically Injured in Long Island Expressway Crash, Police Say Nassau County Man Critically Injured in Long Island Expressway Crash, Police Say
Nassau County Man Critically Injured in Long Island Expressway Crash, Police Say A Nassau County man was critically injured in a two-vehicle crash early Friday, July 9, on a stretch of the Long Island Expressway in Suffolk County. The Suffolk County Police Department reported that the crash happened shortly after 3 a.m. west of Exit 56 in Hauppauge.  Police said Derrick Louis, age 24, of Westbury, was eastbound in a Nissan Altima when his car struck the back of a Freightliner box truck. The Altima then went off the road into the woods, and then struck a tree. Louis was taken to Stony Brook University Hospital and was listed in critical condition, according to poli…
Firefighters Extricate Driver With Severe Head Injury In Crash Off Route 208 Firefighters Extricate Driver With Severe Head Injury In Crash Off Route 208
Firefighters Extricate Driver With Severe Head Injury In Crash Off Route 208 A driver suffered traumatic head injuries and had to be extricated by Franklin Lakes firefighters after she ran a stop sign and her car was hit by a truck, authorities said. The 27-year-old Paterson driver had exited northbound Route 208 to Summit Avenue shortly before 7:30 a.m., Police Sgt. Denny G. Knubel said. She made a left onto Summit without stopping and her Nissan Sentra was struck by a Freightliner driven by a 66-year-old borough man, Knubel said. The Sentra then hit a BMW 530 driven by a 48-year-old Riverdale man who was headed north on Summit, he said. The truck and Sentra "wen…
CT Man Facing Charges After Fatal Mass Turnpike Crash CT Man Facing Charges After Fatal Mass Turnpike Crash
CT Man Facing Charges After Fatal Mass Turnpike Crash One person was killed in a crash involving a Freightliner tractor-trailer, a 2020 Toyota Camry, and a 2008 Toyota Sienna van in Western Massachusetts. At 3:22 p.m. Friday, April 23, troopers from the Massachusetts State Police Barracks in Lee responded to the crash on the eastbound side of the Massachusetts Turnpike in Becket.  Preliminary investigation by state police and the Berkshire District Attorney’s Office indicates that the tractor-trailer was eastbound approaching Mile Marker 15 when traffic in front of the truck began to slow because of traffic. Evidence suggests the truck s…
One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash
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 ID Released For 38-Year-Old Killed In I-87 Crash Involving Westchester Resident
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…
State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash
State Police: Middlesex County Man, 44, Critically Injured In Route 287 Tractor-Trailer Crash A 44-year-old tractor-trailer driver was critically injured after crashing into a guardrail on Route 287 early Thursday morning, state police said. Weharken Dorsainvil, of Piscataway, was driving a  Freightliner Tractor Trailer northbound when he veered to the left and hit a guardrail near milepost 32 in Harding Township around 3 a.m., NJSP Trooper Charles Marchan told Daily Voice. Dorsainvil was seriously injured in the crash, which remains under investigation, Marchan said. Additional details were not immediately available.
SEEN IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist SEEN IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist
Seen IT? Video Shows Truck Involved In Route 17 Crash That Killed Elmwood Park Motorcyclist VIDEO: A semi-trailer truck that authorities said kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Vi…
UPDATE: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash UPDATE: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash
Update: Elmwood Park Motorcyclist, 41, Killed In Route 17 Crash VIDEO (UPDATE): A semi-trailer truck that kept going after a motorcyclist from Elmwood Park was killed on Route 17 is seen in a brief surveillance video clip released by the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office. "The maroon or red semi-trailer truck slowed down to a stop in the right lane of Route 17 South due to traffic ahead" around 8:40 p.m. Tuesday, Bergen County Prosecutor Mark Musella said. Motorcyclist Mario Andres Uran Gaviria, 41, couldn't stop in time and hit the "bobtail" truck from behind in front of Allied Carpet, the prosecutor said. Gaviria, previously of Montgomery Village, M…