Fredericksburg, VA
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100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (PHOTOS) 100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (PHOTOS) 100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (PHOTOS)
100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (Photos) This wasn't your average early-morning car fire in Virginia. Firefighters were called shortly after 4 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, to Pick-A-Part in the 9000 block of Patriot Highway in Spotsylvania County, where the initial report described flames towering above the trees. Crews got there about eight minutes later. What they found was massive. Stacks of demolished vehicles were engulfed, with the burning area estimated at roughly 150 feet by 150 feet and flames reaching about 20 feet high, according to the Spotsylvania Volunteer Fire Department. The Spotsylvania fire. Spotsylvan…

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by Zak Failla
Kearny, NJ
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20-Year-Old Kearny Woman Killed In Route 280 Crash, Driver Seriously Hurt: NJSP 20-Year-Old Kearny Woman Killed In Route 280 Crash, Driver Seriously Hurt: NJSP 20-Year-Old Kearny Woman Killed In Route 280 Crash, Driver Seriously Hurt: NJSP
20-Year-Old Kearny Woman Killed In Route 280 Crash, Driver Seriously Hurt: Njsp A 20-year-old woman was killed when a car veered off Route 280 and struck a sign support and several trees early Sunday morning, Aug. 16, authorities said. Adamaris Mishell Tipan Gonzalez was riding in the front passenger seat of a Honda traveling west on I-280 when the crash happened near milepost 15.2 in Harrison around 2:35 a.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper II Christopher Postorino said. Dandy J. Quituizaca-Angama, 24, of Newark, was driving the Honda when he lost control, ran off the right side of the roadway, struck a traffic sign support, then multiple trees, according to a prelim…

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by Cecilia Levine
Dover-Wharton, NJ
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21-Year-Old Thrown From Motorcycle In Wharton Route 80 Crash With SUV, Tractor-Trailer: NJSP 21-Year-Old Thrown From Motorcycle In Wharton Route 80 Crash With SUV, Tractor-Trailer: NJSP 21-Year-Old Thrown From Motorcycle In Wharton Route 80 Crash With SUV, Tractor-Trailer: NJSP
21-Year-Old Thrown From Motorcycle In Wharton Route 80 Crash With SUV, Tractor-Trailer: Njsp A 21-year-old Morris County motorcyclist was seriously injured after being ejected in a crash involving an SUV and tractor-trailer on Route 80 on Friday, Aug. 14, authorities said. Thomas P. Ryerson, of Denville, was riding a Harley-Davidson west on I-80 when he lost control near milepost 34.6 in Rockaway Township at 5:19 p.m., New Jersey State Police Trooper II Christopher Postorino said. The motorcycle overturned, continued forward, and struck a Honda SUV and a Freightliner tractor-trailer, Postorino said. Ryerson was ejected from the motorcycle and suffered serious injuries, accordi…

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by Cecilia Levine
New Britain, CT
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Dog Killed, 2 People Injured In New Britain House Fire Dog Killed, 2 People Injured In New Britain House Fire Dog Killed, 2 People Injured In New Britain House Fire
Dog Killed, 2 People Injured In New Britain House Fire A dog died, and two people were injured after an early morning fire tore through a Connecticut home. The blaze began just after 4 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 12, at a single-family house on Dennis Drive in New Britain, according to the mayor’s office. Officials believe the fire started in the breezeway. Firefighters had the flames under control within an hour. Emergency crews took both injured residents to an area hospital. Their conditions were not released. Unfortunately, a dog could not be saved.  No firefighters were injured. Officials are investigating what caused the fire. No other i…

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by Josh Lanier
Lancaster, PA
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Wanted Driver Captured At Rikers Island After Fatal Susquehanna River Lancaster Crash (UPDATE) Wanted Driver Captured At Rikers Island After Fatal Susquehanna River Lancaster Crash (UPDATE) Wanted Driver Captured At Rikers Island After Fatal Susquehanna River Lancaster Crash (UPDATE)
Wanted Driver Captured At Rikers Island After Fatal Susquehanna River Lancaster Crash (Update) The 23-year-old driver accused of fleeing after a crash that sent two vehicles into the Susquehanna River and killed a young woman has been captured in New York City, police announced Tuesday, Aug. 11. Mikaail Cotton was arrested by New York City authorities in connection with an alleged firearms offense and is being held at Rikers Island, according to the Manor Township Police Department. Arrangements are underway to extradite Cotton to Pennsylvania, where he is expected to face charges stemming from the July 30 crash that killed 20-year-old Saige Zink, of Columbia, police said. Cotton is…

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by Jillian Pikora
Suffern, NY
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Family Evacuated After Arsonist Sets Garbage Can Ablaze Outside Suffern Home: Report Family Evacuated After Arsonist Sets Garbage Can Ablaze Outside Suffern Home: Report Family Evacuated After Arsonist Sets Garbage Can Ablaze Outside Suffern Home: Report
Family Evacuated After Arsonist Sets Garbage Can Ablaze Outside Suffern Home: Report A Rockland County family was forced to evacuate their home after an alleged arsonist set fire to a garbage can outside the building, leading to an ongoing investigation, according to reports.  The fire happened outside a family's home on Woodland Drive in Suffern early Monday, Aug. 10, The Monsey Scoop reported.  Surveillance footage from the property posted by the outlet allegedly shows a person approaching at around 4:07 a.m. and using what appeared to be a torch to ignite a garbage can before walking away, according to The Monsey Scoop.  The garbage can continued burning …

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by Ben Crnic
Atlantic City, NJ
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Gas Line Ruptures In Atlantic City, Residence Evacuated: Police Gas Line Ruptures In Atlantic City, Residence Evacuated: Police Gas Line Ruptures In Atlantic City, Residence Evacuated: Police
Gas Line Ruptures In Atlantic City, Residence Evacuated: Police A gas line ruptured in Atlantic City leading to a major thoroughfare being closed, authorities announced Tuesday, Aug. 11. At 6:30 a.m., firefighters responded to contractor‑related rupture of a high‑pressure natural gas line near Florida Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, after an excavator struck a high-pressure gas service line releasing a significant plume of natural gas toward nearby residential properties., Atlantic City police said. A residential building, 2419 Atlantic Ave. required immediate evacuation, police said. South Jersey Gas arrived with an emergency crew and successfull…

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by Sam Barron
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock, NJ
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Teen Driver Cited After Car Flips Off Route 208 Into Apartment: Cops Teen Driver Cited After Car Flips Off Route 208 Into Apartment: Cops Teen Driver Cited After Car Flips Off Route 208 Into Apartment: Cops
Teen Driver Cited After Car Flips Off Route 208 Into Apartment: Cops A 19-year-old driver was cited for careless driving after her Honda sedan flipped off Route 208 and landed on the front lawn of a Fair Lawn apartment building Wednesday morning, Aug. 5, police said. The Wallington woman was exiting from the southbound lanes onto Virginia Drive "too fast" when her car rolled up onto the lawn of an apartment building just after 10:40 a.m., Fair Lawn Police Sgt. Eric Eleschewich said. The woman was able to exit the vehicle and was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries, the sergeant said. She was cited for careless driving. Photos from the scene were…

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by Cecilia Levine
Chambersburg, PA
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DUI Crash Kills Married Couple On Motorcycle Hours After Bicyclist Dies In Franklin County: PSP DUI Crash Kills Married Couple On Motorcycle Hours After Bicyclist Dies In Franklin County: PSP DUI Crash Kills Married Couple On Motorcycle Hours After Bicyclist Dies In Franklin County: PSP
DUI Crash Kills Married Couple On Motorcycle Hours After Bicyclist Dies In Franklin County: PSP Three people were killed in two separate crashes just hours apart in Franklin County on Saturday, Aug. 1, including a married couple whose motorcycle was struck by an SUV allegedly driven by an impaired motorist, according to Pennsylvania State Police. The first fatal crash happened around 12:12 p.m. on Mount Pleasant Road in Greene Township. A 2000 Ford Mustang was traveling south when it crossed the double yellow line into the northbound lane and struck 61-year-old Karl J. Hafner Jr., of Fayetteville, who was riding on the shoulder of the road, according to PSP. The Mustang then crossed …

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by Jillian Pikora
Reading, PA
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18-Year-Old Dies After Vehicle Submerges In Berks County Quarry 18-Year-Old Dies After Vehicle Submerges In Berks County Quarry 18-Year-Old Dies After Vehicle Submerges In Berks County Quarry
18-Year-Old Dies After Vehicle Submerges In Berks County Quarry An 18-year-old man died after a vehicle became submerged in a former quarry in Berks County early Sunday morning, Aug. 2, authorities said. Berks County 911 received a call at 6:44 a.m. reporting a water emergency in the 1000 block of Yerger Boulevard at the former E.J. Breneman Quarry in Spring Township, according to the Berks County Coroner's Office. During the incident, responders confirmed that a vehicle had become submerged in the quarry. A deputy coroner was requested to the scene at 9:21 a.m. The victim, an 18-year-old man from Spring Township, was pronounced dead at 11:38 a.m. Sun…

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by Jillian Pikora
Rutherford, NJ
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Trench Rescue: Worker Freed After Hourlong Entrapment At East Rutherford Church Trench Rescue: Worker Freed After Hourlong Entrapment At East Rutherford Church Trench Rescue: Worker Freed After Hourlong Entrapment At East Rutherford Church
Trench Rescue: Worker Freed After Hourlong Entrapment At East Rutherford Church A worker apparently hired to perform excavation work at a Bergen County church was rescued after spending more than an hour trapped in a trench on Friday evening, July 31, police said. Emergency crews were called to St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church on Hoboken Road at approximately 5:40 p.m. after receiving a report of a trench collapse, East Rutherford Police Capt. Jeff Yannacone told Daily Voice. The worker became trapped up to his knees while digging after the church hired him to perform the work, Yannacone said. Rescuers freed the worker after more than an hour. The worker's cond…

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by Cecilia Levine
Northampton, PA
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Northampton County Man Shot By Officer After Deploying TASER Device During Domestic Call: PSP Northampton County Man Shot By Officer After Deploying TASER Device During Domestic Call: PSP Northampton County Man Shot By Officer After Deploying TASER Device During Domestic Call: PSP
Northampton County Man Shot By Officer After Deploying TASER Device During Domestic Call: PSP A man who was shot by police after officers deployed a TASER device during a domestic call has now been charged with strangulation and other offenses, Pennsylvania State Police announced Friday, July 31. Sean Robert Deibert, 49, of Lehigh Township, was charged with one count each of felony strangulation, misdemeanor simple assault, and misdemeanor terroristic threats, according to an updated release from state police. The charges stem from an incident on Wednesday, July 29, when Lehigh Township police were dispatched to the 4100 block of Heritage Lane at approximately 3:51 p.m. for a repo…

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by Jillian Pikora