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Police say a car veered off the side of a road in southern New Jersey and crashed into a trailer parked in front of a residence, killing the driver. NJ.com reports that the crash happened at about 6:30 a.m. Saturday in Gloucester County’s Franklin Township. Police said the driver was pronounced dead at the scene. His name wasn’t released pending notification...

Two men and a woman died and another man was critically hurt in a wrong-way crash on the Grand Central Parkway, the NYPD said.  The crash happened in the westbound lanes of the parkway, near Exit 24 in Little Neck, around 5:30 a.m. Saturday, police said.  Police say a 39-year-old man was driving a Honda Accord east in the...

Three people died in a wrong-way crash on the Grand Central Parkway in Queens early Saturday morning, the NYPD said.

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

Authorities say a car struck a tree on the median of a New Jersey road and burst into flames, killing a man and woman. Police said the crash occurred at about 4 a.m. Sunday on Route 22 near the Garden State Parkway intersection in Mountainside. Authorities said the car struck the tree in the center median of the highway and…

Bridgeport police have made an arrest in connection with a car crash that killed an attorney who helped troubled youth and was a leader of a local church. Keith Commerford, 50, of Bridgeport, was arrested Friday night and detained on $500,000 bond pending a court arraignment on Monday, the Connecticut Post reported. He is charged with second-degree manslaughter, driving under…

Three young women are dead after their car collided with a tractor-trailer in on Route 1 in Woodbridge, police said early Saturday.

Charges have been dropped against the off-duty New York City police officer who was involved in a crash that killed a 23-year-old woman, as well as seriously injuring another woman, when their driver blew through a stop sign, according to a law enforcement source in the Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office. The two women were being driven by a man...

The off-duty police officer was initially charged with vehicular manslaughter and drinking and driving for an early morning crash in the Bronx that left a woman dead, but had the charges dropped Monday afternoon. The victim’s family is now demanding answers. NBC New York’s Erica Byfield reports.

A 23-year-old woman died and another woman was seriously hurt when their driver blew through a stop sign and collided with another car, police say. Myles Miller reports.

A 23-year-old woman died and another woman was hurt after their driver blew through a stop sign and hit an off-duty police officer’s car. Myles Miller report.

A woman died and another person was seriously hurt by a hit-and-run driver in Brooklyn, law enforcement sources say. Marc Santia reports.

Two 17-year-old girls have died and a third has serious injuries after a car crash and fire in Brooklyn, Connecticut, early Monday morning.

State police in New Jersey have released the names of two Sicklerville women killed in a one-car crash in Camden County.

A driver and his passenger died after he lost control of his car and crashed into a wooded area on Long Island, police said.

Friends, family and strangers came out in droves to leave flowers, candles and notes of love to a mother and 14-month-old baby girl killed in Livermore over the weekend as they were celebrating a First Communion and were hit by a suspected drunk driver while on a sidewalk in front of the family party.

A 16-year-old boy behind the wheel of a BMW that crashed in Orange County early Saturday, killing five teenage passengers, did not have a license to drive, the California Highway Patrol said.