Sayville, NY
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Food Truck Owner Falls 10 Feet While Making Repairs: Suffolk Police Food Truck Owner Falls 10 Feet While Making Repairs: Suffolk Police Food Truck Owner Falls 10 Feet While Making Repairs: Suffolk Police
Food Truck Owner Falls 10 Feet While Making Repairs: Suffolk Police A Long Island man was seriously injured after falling approximately 10 feet from the roof of his food truck while attempting to make repairs, police announced on Wednesday, Oct. 14. The accident happened around 5:05 p.m. at 4200 Veterans Memorial Highway in Bohemia, according to the Suffolk County Police Department. The food truck was identified as Naked Burger in online business records. The 61-year-old Selden resident had climbed onto the roof of the truck to make a repair when he slipped and fell to the ground, police said. A coworker who was inside the truck called 911. The injured m…

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by Jillian Pikora
Mahopac, NY
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3 Hospitalized After Car Hits Parked Vehicle, Rolls Over On Route 6 In Mahopac 3 Hospitalized After Car Hits Parked Vehicle, Rolls Over On Route 6 In Mahopac 3 Hospitalized After Car Hits Parked Vehicle, Rolls Over On Route 6 In Mahopac
3 Hospitalized After Car Hits Parked Vehicle, Rolls Over On Route 6 In Mahopac Three people were hospitalized after a vehicle slammed into a parked car and overturned in Putnam County. The crash happened in the area of 493 Route 6 in Mahopac at around 3:46 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 13, according to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department.   According to the fire department, the vehicle struck a parked car before rolling over and eventually coming to rest on its wheels.  The driver and two passengers were transported to Westchester Medical Center for medical evaluation, firefighters said.  Emergency crews closed Route 6 for around 25 minutes while respo…

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by Ben Crnic
National Interest
Band Cancels Concert After Beloved Driver Dies In Tour Bus Crash Band Cancels Concert After Beloved Driver Dies In Tour Bus Crash Band Cancels Concert After Beloved Driver Dies In Tour Bus Crash
Band Cancels Concert After Beloved Driver Dies In Tour Bus Crash A fatal crash has interrupted a beloved musical duo’s tour, leaving the performers mourning someone who helped bring their music to audiences night after night. The Indigo Girls announced that their longtime bus driver, identified as Kirk, died in a collision early Friday, Oct. 9. Neither band members nor crew members were aboard, the duo said in an Instagram post. “The Indigo Girls family is devastated by the sudden loss of our beloved bus driver, Kirk, in a fatal collision early this morning," the statement said. "No other band or crew members were onboard at the time. “Kirk was an integ…

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by Joe Lombardi
National Interest
ID Of Man Who Fell To His Death From Roller Coaster In Six Flags Horror Released ID Of Man Who Fell To His Death From Roller Coaster In Six Flags Horror Released ID Of Man Who Fell To His Death From Roller Coaster In Six Flags Horror Released
ID Of Man Who Fell To His Death From Roller Coaster In Six Flags Horror Released The 42-year-old man who tragically fell to his death from a Six Flags ride in Georgia has been released. Hassan Jihad Ibn Kariem, of Atlanta, fell from the 200-foot-tall Goliath roller coaster at Six Flags Over Georgia on Monday, Oct. 12, CBS News reports, citing county police. Some witnesses reported seeing Kariem fly from the ride into nearby woods, Fox5 Atlanta reports. The theme park was reportedly evacuated following the fatal incident. Logan Connor told NBC News that Kariem began "levitating in the air sideways," and that they made "direct eye contact." Goliath is a 200-foot-tall rol…

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by Cecilia Levine
Lindenwold-Clementon, NJ
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16-Year-Old Charged After SUV Hits 6 Kids On Lindenwold Sidewalk, Police Say 16-Year-Old Charged After SUV Hits 6 Kids On Lindenwold Sidewalk, Police Say 16-Year-Old Charged After SUV Hits 6 Kids On Lindenwold Sidewalk, Police Say
16-Year-Old Charged After SUV Hits 6 Kids On Lindenwold Sidewalk, Police Say A New Jersey mother believes her teenage daughter was the intended target when an SUV plowed into six students walking on a sidewalk after school last week, NJ Advance Media reports. The mother told the outlet that her daughter's 16-year-old ex-boyfriend was the driver of the SUV that struck the group, and said the vehicle passed her daughter multiple times before the crash on the 400 block of East Gibbsboro Road in Lindenwold at 2:11 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6. Police have not determined the cause of the crash, which remains under investigation. The Lindenwold teen accused of driving the SUV wa…

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by Cecilia Levine
Locust Valley-Bayville, NY
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Man Falls To His Death From Roof In Locust Valley: Police Man Falls To His Death From Roof In Locust Valley: Police Man Falls To His Death From Roof In Locust Valley: Police
Man Falls To His Death From Roof In Locust Valley: Police A man fell to his death from a roof on Long Island on Thursday morning, Oct. 8, police said. Cops were called to a home on Forest Avenue in Locust Valley around 11:30 a.m. Thursday and found the man lying on the ground with severe head trauma, the Nassau County Police Department said. The man, identified only as a 51-year-old, had fallen from the first-floor roof after losing his footing, according to police. He was rushed to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead by a physician, cops said. An investigation is ongoing.

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by Joe Wilkinson
Englewood, NJ
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NJ Transit Bus Slams Into Englewood Home NJ Transit Bus Slams Into Englewood Home NJ Transit Bus Slams Into Englewood Home
NJ Transit Bus Slams Into Englewood Home An NJ Transit bus crashed into a home near Route 4 in Englewood early Thursday morning, Oct. 8, sending the driver to the hospital, officials said. The Route 166 bus had just left the Oradell garage and was heading to Van Nostrand Avenue and Grand Avenue to begin its route when it struck the home around 5:45 a.m., according to NJ Transit. No passengers were aboard the bus. The driver was taken to a local hospital. The extent of the driver's injuries was not immediately known. Englewood police are leading the investigation. Video from a neighbor shows the bus losing control before…

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by Cecilia Levine
Mahopac, NY
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Boy, 13, Seriously Injured After Being Thrown From Electric Bike In Mahopac Boy, 13, Seriously Injured After Being Thrown From Electric Bike In Mahopac Boy, 13, Seriously Injured After Being Thrown From Electric Bike In Mahopac
Boy, 13, Seriously Injured After Being Thrown From Electric Bike In Mahopac A 13-year-old boy was seriously injured after losing control of an electric dirt bike and being thrown from it on a Putnam County road, police said.  The crash happened near Watermelon Hill Road and Eleanor Drive in Mahopac at around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, according to Carmel Police. Responding officers and emergency medical crews found the boy with serious injuries. Police said he lost control after hitting an object along the side of the road, possibly a bush, and was thrown from the electric dirt bike.  Detectives are still investigating the circumstances leading u…

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by Ben Crnic
Villas-Lower Township, NJ
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NJ Man Airlifted In DWI Lower Twp Crash That Killed One NJ Man Airlifted In DWI Lower Twp Crash That Killed One NJ Man Airlifted In DWI Lower Twp Crash That Killed One
NJ Man Airlifted In DWI Lower Twp Crash That Killed One Zachary Whitmore, a 36-year-old man, was seriously injured in a crash in Lower Township last week that killed another person, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family. Edward McVey, a 19-year-old Lower Township resident, collied with a vehicle with two occupants, killing a 56-year-old man only identified as Mickey and seriously injuring Whitmore on Route 9 Thursday, Oct. 1, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said. Whitmore was hospitalized for four days, and had multiple broken bones, severe road rash and other injuries, Ally Junkermeier, who organized the GoFundMe sai…

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by Sam Barron
Rutherford, NJ
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Rutherford Crash Blocks 2 Lanes Of NJ Turnpike Rutherford Crash Blocks 2 Lanes Of NJ Turnpike Rutherford Crash Blocks 2 Lanes Of NJ Turnpike
Rutherford Crash Blocks 2 Lanes Of NJ Turnpike A crash blocked two lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County late Wednesday morning, Oct. 7, authorities said. The crash happened on the northbound Western Spur south of Interchange 16W for Route 3 in Rutherford, according to the New Jersey Turnpike Authority. Two right lanes were blocked as of 11:25 a.m., officials said. Drivers were advised to expect delays in the area.

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by Cecilia Levine
Ridgewood, NJ
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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…

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by Cecilia Levine
Fairfax, VA
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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…

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by Zak Failla