Drunk, Speeding Driver Crossed Double Yellow, Injuring 5 In Riverhead: DA
A Long Island man was indicted on felony charges after prosecutors say he crossed into oncoming traffic while intoxicated and speeding, causing a violent head-on crash that injured five people.
Erik Yat Velasquez, 22, of Riverhead, was indicted on multiple counts including aggravated vehicular assault in Suffolk County Court Wednesday, Feb. 4.
The crash happened around 7:45 p.m. on Nov. 29, 2025, on Quogue Riverhead Road, according to the Suffolk County DA’s office. Velasquez was driving a Jeep northbound at a high rate of speed when he crossed over the double yellow lines, sideswiped one v…
Double Fatal: Police ID 2 Killed, 1 Airlifted In Head-On NJ Crash
Police have identified two people from Browns Mills killed in a head-on crash Tuesday, Nov. 14, on Pemberton Bypass in Burlington County.
Jennifer Loiacano-Whealton, 39, and her passenger, Patrick Stout, 51, both died, while 45-year-old Lonnell Robinson, 45, was airlifted to Cooper University Hospital from the crash scene, police said. Robinson was listed in critical condition, police said on Wednesday, Nov. 15.
The accident occurred near Colemans Bridge Road at about 12:30 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14.
A Mercedes Benz operated by Loiacano-Whealton was heading east on the Pemberton…
3 Hospitalized, 1 In Critical Condition, Following Western Mass Head-On Crash: Cops
A head-on collision in Berkshire County sent three people to the hospital Saturday, Aug 12, with one woman needing to be airlifted to save her life, authorities said.
The crash happened around 1 p.m. at 635 Merrill Rd. in Pittsfield, police said.
A 52-year-old Pittsfield man in a pick-up truck driving north collided with a Subaru heading in the opposite direction, police said. Officials did not say who was at fault.
The three people in the Subaru — Parkpoom Seesangrit, 34, Phannee Seesangrit, 61, and Krobkul Seesangrit, 35, all of Pittsfield — were inj…
One Killed, One Airlifted In Head-On Charles County Crash: State Police
One man was killed and a second airlifted to a Washington, DC hospital after a head-on crash in Charles County late on Sunday afternoon, state police say.
Claude Boushey, Jr, 30, of Welcome, was killed attempting to pass a driver on Route 255 when he was struck by a Dodge Challenger driven by Capitol Heights resident Donta McKay, 42, who was traveling in the opposite direction, investigators confirmed.
According to police, shortly before 5:15 p.m. on Sunday, April 2, Boushey was driving on the roadway near Bibury Lane when his Honda Accord entered an authorized passing area in an attempt to…
Victim Of Double-Fatal Palisades Parkway Crash ID'd As First Responder In Northern Westchester
One of the victims of a wrong-way head-on double fatal crash on the Palisades Parkway was a Northern Westchester County emergency medical technician.
Aristan Garandeau, age 22, of Croton-on-Hudson, died around 2:40 a.m., Sunday, Feb. 6 in Clarkstown, said the New York State Police.
Garandeau was traveling in the wrong direction on the parkway when he hit another car head-on driven by Brendan Seabrook, 27, of Pennsylvania, who was also killed, said state police.
Garandeau was pronounced dead at the scene. Seabrook was transported to Montefiore Nyack Hospital where he later died.
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