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16 Hurt, 3 Badly, in Hockey Team Bus Crash; Alleged Drunken NYC Driver Arrested
Sixteen people have been injured, three critically, after a semitrailer collided with a school bus carrying a youth hockey team from Chicago in northern Indiana, police said. Investigators believe alcohol was a factor in the collision and police arrested the semitrailer driver whom they said was swerving and speeding before the crash in Warsaw in which one person was ejected…
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EMT Battles Back From Career-Ending Crash Caused by Lying Drunk Driver
Wheeled out to a thunderous applause, Ashley Diaz finally left a Staten Island hospital nearly two months after a drunk driver altered the course of the EMT’s life forever. Diaz was getting into her car, parked right outside her home, when an out-of-control driver slammed into the off-duty EMT back on Sept. 15. Her brother Kevin is a firefighter, and…
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EMT Battles Back From Devastating, Career-Ending Injuries From Crash
An unlicensed driver slammed her car into an off-duty EMT in a crash that not only cost that first responder her leg, but also her career. More than a month after the crash, the EMT is still battling back from the catastrophic injuries. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.
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Tow Truck Driver Killed in Chain-Reaction Crash on LIE
A 28-year-old Queens man was arrested and charged in the death of Carlos Santiago, a father of three from Brooklyn. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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NY Mom Demands Upgraded Charges in DWI Crash That Killed 9-Year-Old Organ Donor
A Long Island mother’s heartbreak was on full display after her 9-year-old son died in a car crash involving a suspected drunk driver, and now she is calling for the charges against the man to be upgraded.
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Mom Speaks After Son Killed By Suspected Drunk Driver on Long Island
A mom is mourning the loss of her son after he was killed by a suspected drunk driver on Long Island, Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Drunk Driver Gets Max Sentence in Deadly Wrong-Way Crash
A judge ordered the maximum sentence for a convicted drunk driver on the wrong side of I-287 in Westchester two years ago. NBC New York’s Lynda Baquero reports.
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Florida Officer Blocks Driver From Crashing Into Hundreds of Runners
A highway patrol officer is being called a hero after she used her cruiser to crash head-on into a suspected drunk driver and stop her from reaching hundreds of runners in Pinellas County, Florida.
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Teen Killed in Crash With Alleged Drunk Driver
New video shows the moment a pickup truck slammed into an SUV over the weekend, killing a 15-year-old girl. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.
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‘Heartbreak and Anguish:' 15-Year-Old NY Girl Killed in Alleged DWI Crash Mourned
The girl who died was from Great Neck, officials said.
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15-Year-Old Girl Killed in Crash With Alleged Drunk Driver
The suspected driver was arrested on charges of vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence, police said.
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Teen Killed, 6 Injured in Long Island Crash With Alleged Drunk Driver
A 15-year-old girl has died following a late-night crash on Long Island with a driver who police say was driving under the influence. Police in Nassau County said the teenager was among five passengers riding in an Audi SUV that crashed with the suspect’s vehicle around 11 p.m. Saturday in Woodmere. The SUV’s 38-year-old driver had critical injuries, and...
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Man Stopped for Belt Parkway Crash Fatally Struck by Oncoming Drunk Driver: Police
A suspected drunk driver drove into a crash scene early Monday morning on the Belt Parkway, running into a police cruiser and killing a Brooklyn man. The 35-year-old victim had stopped on the left side of the Belt Parkway after rear-ending another driver around 1 a.m., police say. Peter Tse was behind the wheel of a BMW i8 when he…
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Lyft Driver, Dad of 3, Dies in Brick Wall Crash After Alleged Drunk Blows Red Light: DA
A 22-year-old Brooklyn man was allegedly intoxicated at double the legal limit when he ran a red light T-boned a Lyft driver in Queens early Sunday, forcing the rideshare vehicle through a nearby brick wall, prosecutors said Monday. The victim, a 48-year-old father of three identified as Mohammed Houssain, died. His passenger, who was in the backseat, suffered a broken…
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Lyft Driver and Father of 3 Killed by Drunk Driver in Queens: Police
Police say a Lyft driver died overnight in Queens after a drunk driver caused a serious crash and sent the rideshare vehicle through a brick wall. NBC New York’s Ida Siegal reports.
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Lyft Driver Killed in Queens Crash With Alleged Drunk Driver
Police say a Lyft driver died overnight in Queens after a drunk driver caused a serious crash and sent the rideshare vehicle through a brick wall. NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.
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Lyft Driver Killed in NYC Overnight in Crash With Alleged Drunk Driver
Police say a Lyft driver died overnight in Queens after a drunk driver caused a serious crash and sent the rideshare vehicle through a brick wall. Gas station video shows the moment the driver of a Ford Explorer shoots across Eliot Avenue in Maspeth around 3:50 a.m. and t-bones the car. The force of the impact sent the Lyft driver…
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Uber Driver Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver in NYC
NBC New York’s Myles Miller reports.
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Wake for NYPD Officer Killed by Alleged Drunk Driver
A somber salute Monday for the NYPD officer hit and killed in the line of duty by an alleged drunk driver. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.
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Mother Killed, Son Hurt in DWI Crash on Long Island
A suspected drunk driver who slammed into a car on a Long Island highway, sending it careening across three lanes of traffic and into a tree, appeared in court Monday as the victims’ family grieved. NBC New York’s Greg Cergol reports.