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NY Man Charged in Deadly Road Rage Beating Feet From Victim's House
A 26-year-old Queens man has been arrested for allegedly kicking a 54-year-old driver to death after a collision on Long Island over the weekend, authorities say. NBC New York’s Pei-Sze Cheng reports.
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Long Island Minivan Driver Kicked to Death in Drunken Road Rage Crash: Cops
A 26-year-old Queens man has been arrested for allegedly kicking a 54-year-old driver to death after a collision on Long Island over the weekend, authorities say. According to police, Patrick Destine, of Hollis, was involved in a crash with a minivan driven by 54-year-old David McKenzie near Schuman Place and Forest Avenue in Baldwin shortly before 11 p.m. Saturday. It…
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Man Pleads Guilty to Nearly Killing Long Island Police Officer in 2021 Knife Attack
The man charged with trying to murder a Long Island police officer by stabbing him in the leg during a traffic stop pleaded guilty in the attack, and will spend 16 years in prison.
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Driver Charged With DWI After Wild Crash Lands SUV Atop 2 Parked Cars in Queens Driveway
Driver charged with DWI after a Cadillac escalade went airborne and landed on two other cars in a driveway. Myles Miller reports.
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Driver Charged With Hitting & Killing Man While Drunk
61-year-old man stuck and killed in a diner parking lot by a drunk driver. Greg Cergol reports.
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Pedestrian Exiting Diner on LI Struck, Killed by Intoxicated Driver: Police
A man leaving a diner on Long Island was struck and killed Wednesday afternoon by an intoxicated driver, who is now under arrest, according to police. According to the Nassau County Police Department Homicide Squad, police received reports of the accident that took place around 2:30 p.m. in Woodbury. Detectives say that police responded to the parking lot of On…
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Suspected Drunk Driver Arrested for Deadly NYC Crash With Scooter
One person is dead and another is behind bars after an alleged drunk driving crash in a Queens neighborhood over the long holiday weekend. Police said Jackson Heights crash involved a scooter whose driver did not survive the incident. The driver behind the wheel of a BMW allegedly hit the scooter near 82nd Street and 37th Avenue just before 1…
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NYC Truck Driver Charged After Crash Injures Chicago Youth Hockey Team Players
A New York truck driver faces more than two dozen felony charges following a weekend collision in northern Indiana between his semitrailer and a Chicago youth hockey team’s bus that injured 16 of the student athletes, authorities said. Victor Santos, 58, of Brooklyn, New York, is charged in Kosciusko County with four counts of causing serious bodily injury while operating…
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Bus Driver Charged With DWI After Crash With Students Returning to DC From Field Trip
A contract bus driver from a charter company faces multiple counts of DWI with child endangerment after a crash in Virginia Thursday afternoon.
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Man Gets 6-12 Years in DWI Crash That Nearly Killed Nassau County Officer
A man has been sentenced in a New Year’s Day crash that nearly killed a Nassau County police officer, Greg Cergol reports.
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9-Year-Old Dies Nearly a Week After DWI Crash on Long Island: Cops
The 9-year-old boy badly hurt in an alleged drunken driving crash on Long Island a week ago has died, Suffolk County police said over the weekend. Angel Salis was in the car with his father on the Long Island Expressway in Farmingville shortly before 2 a.m. Aug. 22 when cops say a man driving a BMW hit them in the…
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9-Year-Old Dies Nearly a Week After DWI Crash on Long Island
The 9-year-old boy injured in a Long Island crash on Aug. 22 has died, police said.
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Alleged Drunk Driver Slams Into 3 Pedestrians
Three men standing on the corner of an intersection were hit out of nowhere by an out-of-control driver allegedly driving while under the influence. News 4’s Melissa Colorado reports.
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3 Pedestrians Critically Hurt in Out-of-Control Queens Crash Overnight: Cops
A driver lost control of his car, slamming into a trio of pedestrians in a Queens neighborhood overnight and sending each to the hospital with critical injuries, police said. The 23-year-old driver behind the wheel of a BMW Hatchback struck the pedestrians in Jackson Heights early Saturday morning before crashing into a pole. The mangled car and a trail of…
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NY Man Sentenced in Jaguar-Splitting DWI Crash That Killed 16-Year-Old Friend
An 18-year-old Rockland County man has pleaded guilty to all 17 counts he was indicted on in connection with a 2021 DWI crash that killed a 16-year-old classmate and seriously hurt three others in his vehicle, prosecutors said Wednesday. Joseph DeBellis, of Airmont, was 17 when he was behind the wheel of a 2003 Jaguar sedan that veered out of…
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Man Charged With Reckless Driving in Fiery FDR Crash That Left 2 Women Dead
A New York City man has been charged in connection with a fiery crash that left two passengers dead. The crash happened on the FDR Expressway early Friday morning. According to police, the driver of a 2006 Infiniti M35 heading northbound near East 74th Street lost control of the car and slammed into a concrete barrier. Officers arrived to find…
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2 Dead in Fiery Crash on FDR Drive
The driver, who was the only one to survive, has been arrested on DWI-related charges, authorities say.
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2 Women Dead in Fiery FDR Crash, Explosion
Two women are dead and a 33-year-old driver is critically hurt — and facing DWI-related charges — in connection with a fiery crash on the FDR early Friday that charred the lone vehicle involved to a blackened husk, authorities say. Police responding to a call about the crash shortly before 5 a.m. found the three adults in the flaming wreckage…