Rangers rookie goalie Igor Shesterken and player Pavel Buchnevich are recovering after a car crash in New york City Sunday night. John Chandler has the story.

The community of Whitman is waking up to tragic news this morning: a chain reaction crash in Florida has claimed the life of a five-year-old girl from Whitman and two other women from the same family.

Officials shut down the highway, leading to miles of backup. Police re-opened one westbound lane late Thursday, but all eastbound lanes remained closed

At least one person was critically injured in a crash on the eastbound side of I-287 near White Plains. Police said that the eastbound lanes may remain closed for hours, which has led to miles-long traffic jams. NBC New York’s Gaby Acevedo reports.

Police say three teenagers stole the truck and took it on a joyride before crashing in front of a home in St. Albans. One of the teens is in custody, and police are searching for the other two. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.

A Catholic Charities Meals on Wheels delivery truck was stolen — and then involved in a wild crash in Queens Wednesday, taking out a mailbox before somehow completely flipping upside-down in front of a house, an official says. Chopper 4 showed a wild scene on 119th Avenue, between 191st and 192nd streets, after the accident around 11:30 a.m. Fire officials…

Two female passengers died and three other people were injured in a car crash in Newark early Saturday morning, police said.  The black Infinity G35 hit a street cleaning pole and a tree near 15th Avenue and Hunterdon Street just after 3:30 a.m., Newark police said.  Two female passengers, identified by prosecutors on Sunday as Tahtiyana Green, 17, of...

A retired truck driver and Korean War veteran froze to death after crashing his car into a tree in Vermont, officials say. Anthony Spinelli, 83, of Salem, New York, died as a result of “hypothermia due to environmental exposure” after his car hit a tree, according to the preliminary death certificate issued by the Vermont chief medical examiner’s office....

Two people died in a car crash in Newark early Saturday morning, police said. Ken Buffa reports.

Eight people were hurt, one with life-threatening injuries, in a crash on the Bronx River Parkway on Saturday, the FDNY said.  The crash happened on the parkway at East 233rd Street, the department said.  One person who sustained life-threatening injuries and six people who sustained non-life threatening injuries were taken to a nearby hospital for treatment, according to the...

More than a dozen vehicles were involved in a pileup crash in the Bronx at Saturday that sent several people to a local hospital.

Two suspects trying to get away from police following an armed robbery crashed into several cars, including a taxi, on a major thoroughfare through Harlem. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

A child died and his mother is in critical condition after being hit by a city garbage truck as they walked to school in Queens early Tuesday, according to police. Police say the 40-year-old woman and her 10-year-old son were hit near 57th Avenue and 97th Street around 7 a.m. Both were taken to a hospital in critical condition, where…

Video posted to the Citizen app showed a sprawling emergency response.

Two people were killed and two more seriously injured in a car accident on the Southern State Parkway in Islip Friday morning. The single-car accident happened just before 10:30 a.m. The parkway is closed westbound at exit 41A. State Police said they are still investigating the cause of the crash.

Three children were badly hurt when a woman fell asleep behind the wheel at caused a violent crash in Westchester County on New Year’s Day, State Police said in a statement Thursday. Maribel Mota, a 49-year-old from Waterbury, Connecticut, was driving a Toyota Corolla northbound on I-684 in Bedford, New York, around 11 a.m. when she fell asleep, authorities...

A 16-year-old driver was involved in a rollover crash when her puppy jumped on her lap and distracted her in Maine. Fryeburg police said the crash happened Tuesday morning on West Fryeburg Road when the girl’s 8-week-old puppy jumped into her lap.

Connecticut State Police are investigating the death of pedestrian who was struck and killed on Christmas Eve. Police said 60-year-old James Skaarva was attempting to cross Amity Road in Bethany on Tuesday when he was hit by a pickup truck with a 7 1/2-foot plow. Police said Skaarva was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the vehicle did…

Police are investigating a Christmas Day crash in suburban Albany that killed a 24-year-old man and injured three others

Three young women are dead after their car collided with a tractor-trailer on Route 1 in Woodbridge, police said early Saturday. The accident happened just before midnight Friday on the highway in the Fords section of town. A 2012 Nissan Altima operated by Brianna Martinez, 23, rear-ended a tractor-trailer as the truck was starting to move at a red light….