Deadly Chain-Reaction Crash On LIE Leaves Jeep Upside Down, Engulfed In Flames: Cops
A fiery, rollover crash on the Long Island Expressway left one man dead and another man hospitalized, police said.
Javier Ramirez, 38, was killed in the wreck near Exit 55 in Brentwood on Wednesday, Nov. 11, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Ramirez was traveling eastbound on the LIE in a 2022 Jeep around 3 a.m. Wednesday when his vehicle drifted right, struck the guardrail on the right shoulder and flipped over, police said.
A second vehicle, a 2020 Subaru driven by a 41-year-old man, then collided with Ramirez’s Jeep, causing it to catch fire, investigators said.
Ramirez was ru…
Stratford Crash Leaves Four Kids Without Parents, Fundraiser Hits $150K
After a New York couple was killed in a shocking car crash in Connecticut, the community has stepped up with massive support in an online fundraiser.
Jeffrey and Jessica Stein died Saturday, Nov. 7 in a single-car crash on Interstate 95 northbound in Stratford, according to Connecticut State Police.
The Steins left behind four children, ages 21, 15, 7, and 5, according to a GoFundMe launched to support the kids.
“We are all devastated and are trying to keep it together for the kids and want to keep them in their home in Brooklyn,” wrote organizer Dara Dowd, Jeffrey Stein’s sister. “We are …
Webster Man, 55, Killed After Pickup Flips Onto Roof On I-395 In Norwich
A 55-year-old Massachusetts man died after his pickup truck crossed Interstate 395 in Connecticut, slammed into poles and signs, and flipped onto its roof, police said.
Scott McQuiston, of Webster, was killed in the crash around 12:48 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, near the Maplewood Cemetery Cross overpass in Norwich, according to Connecticut State Police.
Investigators said McQuiston's truck crossed the roadway before striking two light poles and several signposts. The pickup overturned and came to rest on its roof in the right northbound lane of I-395.
Emergency responders found McQuiston …
Woman, 87, Killed In 3-Vehicle Crash After Trying To Make Left Turn In Southeast
An 87-year-old woman was killed in a three-vehicle crash that caused her car to overturn on a busy Putnam County road, police said.
The crash happened in Southeast near 3402 Danbury Rd. (Route 6/202) at around 7:20 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 3, according to New York State Police.
Police said Brewster resident Helen T. Gambino, 87, was stopped at a stop sign on Dingle Ridge Road in a 2024 Subaru. As she attempted to turn left onto Danbury Road, her Subaru was struck by an eastbound 2015 BMW driven by a 19-year-old resident of Danbury, Connecticut, according to authorities.
The i…
CT Man Charged In Somers Crash That Killed Massachusetts Father Of 2
A Connecticut man faces a homicide charge after police say he caused a three-vehicle crash that caused the death of a 51-year-old Massachusetts husband and father of two.
Connecticut State Police charged Donald Chairamonte, 66, of West Haven, on Thursday, Oct. 24, in connection with the Nov. 7, 2025, crash on Main Street in Somers, also known as Route 190, authorities said.
Christian Nolan, 51, of Wales, Massachusetts, died five days after the wreck.
Police say Chairamonte pulled out of a driveway and into the path of Nolan's Mitsubishi Lancer. The impact shoved Nolan’s ca…
2 Dead, 1 Seriously Hurt In Toms River Parkway Crash
Two women were killed and two others injured in a crash involving a tractor-trailer and two vehicles on the Garden State Parkway in Ocean County Saturday night, Oct. 24, New Jersey State Police confirmed.
At 9:42 p.m., Caryn J. Coon, a 22-year-old Forked River resident, and Lauren Maturo, a 32-year-old Syosset, NY, were pronounced dead following the crash in Toms River, Christopher Postorino said, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.
An investigation found that a Genesis was disabled in the center northbound lane, with a Freightliner tractor-trailer stopped behind it, Pos…
Jeep Runs Stop Sign, Killing 67-Year-Old Woman In Pittsgrove, State Police Say
A 67-year-old South Jersey woman was killed when a Jeep driver ran a stop sign and slammed into her car at a Salem County intersection on Friday, Oct. 23, authorities said.
At 3 p.m., Denise J. Weaver, a Glendora resident, was driving a Nissan south on Parvin Mill Road in Pittsgrove Township, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.
Weaver had stopped at a posted stop sign before proceeding into the intersection with Almond Road, Postorino said. A Jeep traveling west on Almond Road failed to stop at its stop sign and entered the intersection, striking th…
Ford Mustang Passenger, 60, Killed In Hempstead Car Crash, Cops Say
A 60-year-old passenger was killed in a two-car crash Tuesday evening, Oct. 20 at a Long Island intersection, police said.
The deceased victim was riding as a passenger in a 2007 Ford Mustang traveling westbound on Windsor Parkway in Hempstead, the Nassau County Police Department said.
As the Mustang was crossing Long Beach Road around 5:30 pm. Tuesday, it was struck by a 2026 Jeep Wrangler, police said. The Wrangler was traveling southbound, according to investigators.
The Jeep driver, a 39-year-old woman, and the Mustang driver, a 34-year-old woman, both suffered minor injuries in the cr…
Details Emerge After Pickup Truck Drives Through Soccer Fields, Killing 2 In Kansas
New details are emerging after a pickup truck drove through youth soccer fields, killing two people and sending 11 others to hospitals, according to multiple reports.
Police in Kansas identified those killed at the Stryker Sports Complex in Wichita on Saturday, Oct. 17, as Cole Adrian, 6, and Nicholas Schafer, 35. Both were from McPherson, Kansas, and were not related, CBS affiliate KCTV in Kansas City reported. Both died at the scene.
The driver, a 34-year-old woman from Garden City, Kansas, was released from custody without charges as investigators awaited toxicology results and a mechani…
Cops Track Fleeing Drunk Driver After He Ditches Flanders Crash Scene: Police
A drunk Long Island driver collided with another car then fled the scene Wednesday night, Oct. 14, police said.
Miroslaw Jastrzebski, 62, of Riverhead, was involved in a two-vehicle crash on County Road 104 near the intersection with County Road 105 in Flanders shortly before 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Jastrzebski was behind the wheel of a 2002 Ford sedan and left the scene before cops arrived, but investigators were able to locate him and his vehicle shortly afterward, police said.
During that interaction, officers determined Jastrzebski was drunk, a…
Drunk Driver, 21, Was Also High When He Killed Holtsville Dad In Parked Car, Authorities Say
A Long Island driver was drunk and high when he plowed into a parked car and killed a man earlier this year, authorities said.
Noah Slusser, 21, of Holtsville, was indicted and arraigned Wednesday, Oct. 14 for the crash that killed James Baldassarri in Middle Island on Thursday, Aug. 27, the Suffolk County District Attorney’s office said.
Baldassarri, 44, of Holtsville, was sitting in a parked 2025 Toyota Crown on Wilson Avenue near Adams Lane around 12 a.m. Aug. 27, police said. Slusser came up speeding south on Wilson Avenue in a 2017 Ford Taurus, prosecutors said.
He drove into a marked…
