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National Interest
Line-Of-Duty Cause Of Death Revealed For Berks Officer Kristen Yeager
A Pennsylvania police officer killed while responding to an emergency call is being remembered as a dedicated public servant, athlete, wife, and mother of three after officials released new details about her death on Wednesday, June 3. Central Berks Regional Police Officer Kristen M. Yeager, 42, died after the patrol vehicle she was driving left the roadway and struck a tree in Earl Township on Friday, May 29, according to Pennsylvania State Police and the Berks County Coroner's Office. She was responding to assist a neighboring police department when the crash happened. Investigators said …
Lyndhurst, NJ
Breaking News
Fires Break Out At 2 Popular Bergen County Restaurants Within Hours
Two popular Bergen County restaurants were damaged by fires within hours of each other late Sunday, May 31, and Monday, June 1. The first fire broke out Sunday evening, May 31, at Brick House on Godwin Avenue in Wyckoff, according to the Wyckoff Fire Department. Firefighters responded after reports of a brush fire against the rear of the building with visible smoke and flames, officials said. Arriving crews confirmed the brush fire had extended into the restaurant's air ventilation system. Firefighters also encountered heavy smoke conditions in the basement and requested a working fire…
Gaithersburg, MD
Breaking News
Firefighters Cut Apart Trail Bridge To Free Horse Trapped In Patuxent River State Park (
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Firefighters in Maryland headed into Patuxent River State Park on Sunday afternoon looking for an injured person on a trail. What they found instead was a horse in far worse shape. Crews were dispatched at approximately 1:40 p.m. on May 31, to the park in Brookville for a reported injured person, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson David Pazos. While searching the trail system by UTV, firefighters came across a horse whose leg had fallen through a wooden pedestrian bridge along the Red Trail. The animal was unable to stand. What started as a routine medica…
Garfield-Lodi, NJ
Breaking News
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Shuts Down Route 80 Ramp To Route 17 In Lodi
An overturned tractor-trailer blocked a ramp connecting Interstate 80 to Route 17 in Lodi during the Monday morning commute, June 1. The crash was reported at approximately 6:31 a.m. on the southbound Route 17 ramp from Interstate 80, the NJDOT site shows. The overturned truck shut down the ramp as emergency crews responded to the scene. Traffic delays were expected in the area as responders worked to clear the crash and reopen the roadway. Motorists were advised to seek alternate routes and expect delays in the area.
Leonardtown-California, MD
Breaking News
22-Year-Old Motorcyclist Fighting For Life After Being Flown From Mechanicsville Crash
What started as an evening ride through Southern Maryland ended with a 22-year-old motorcyclist being flown to a hospital with life-threatening injuries. Leo Cianciolo remains in critical condition after a crash on Mechanicsville Road that drew a major emergency response, shut down part of the roadway, and ended with him being rushed away by a state police helicopter, according to the St. Mary's County Sheriff's Office. Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, first responders were called to investigate a reported crash involving an SUV and a motorcycle. Investigators say an 86-year-ol…
National Interest
5 Dead, 34 Hurt In Bus Crash On I-95 In Stafford County
Five people were killed, and dozens more were injured early on Friday morning on I-95 in Virginia when a bus plowed into slowed traffic, officials confirmed. The crash was reported around 2:35 a.m. on May 29, near the 146-mile marker of the southbound lanes of the interstate in Stafford, where traffic was slowing for an upcoming work zone, according to Virginia State Police. The bus failed to slow down and instead crashed into six vehicles. The I-95 crash in Virginia. Virginia State Police By sunrise, the aftermath stretched across the interstate and beyond it. Photos release…
Arlington, VA
Obituaries
Funeral Set For Arlington Officer Who Died From 9/11-Related Cancer After Pentagon Response
A longtime police officer in Virginia who spent days working the Pentagon crash site after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks will be laid to rest next week following his death from 9/11-related cancer. Arlington Police Cpl. Barry Foust, a veteran officer whose decades-long career stretched across some of the region’s darkest and most demanding moments, died Friday, May 22, after battling cancer linked to his response to American Airlines Flight 77 crashing into the Pentagon in 2001. Now, Arlington County officials have announced funeral arrangements for Foust, whose death has been classified a…
Ashburn, VA
Breaking News
Woman Hit In Ashburn Roadway, Then Carried Into Pickup Truck Before Driver Vanished: Sheriff
A woman struck in the middle of a Virginia roadway was then picked up by a man, carried into a black pickup truck, and driven away before deputies got answers, according to the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office. Now, the agency is putting together the pieces. The strange chain of events unfolded around 4:50 p.m. on Thursday, May 21, at the intersection of Farmwell Drive and Hemingway Drive in Ashburn, investigators said. Deputies responding to the scene found witnesses describing something straight out of a movie scene. A woman had reportedly been hit in the roadway, and before first …
Hagerstown, MD
Breaking News
Bus Fire Shuts Down I-70 In Washington County Near I-81 During Rainy Morning Commute
Drivers hit the brakes on I-70 Wednesday morning after a bus burst into flames near the busy I-81 interchange in Washington County. The fire broke out around 6:40 a.m. on the westbound side of I-70 near Exit 26 in the Hagerstown area, shutting down all westbound lanes during the rainy morning commute. Traffic cameras showed thick backups stretching behind the scene as emergency crews surrounded the burning bus. According to multiple reports, the fire started after a tire blew out. Students and the driver were able to get off the bus safely before flames spread through the vehicle. By mid…
Woodbridge, VA
Breaking News
Teen Holds Knife To Family Member’s Throat During Bizarre Woodbridge Barricade: Police
Officers in Virginia were able to safely resolve a dangerous situation after a teen in crisis held a knife to the throat of a family member during a bizarre weekend barricade, police say. The incident was reported shortly after 4 a.m. on Friday, May 22, when officers from the Prince William County Police Department were called to a home in the 2100 block of Abbottsbury Way in Woodbridge, where there was a juvenile in a mental health crisis. Officers initially found the teen walking in the area of Potomac Club Parkway and Richmond Highway, at which point he took off on foot and returned to t…
Mastic-Shirley, NY
Breaking News
One Person Extracted, Three Hospitalized After Mastic Crash On Montauk Highway: Authorities
Three people were hospitalized following a two-car crash on Montauk Highway on Wednesday night, May 20, police said. A 24-year-old Shirley woman was driving her 2016 Honda sedan on Madison Street in Mastic and attempting to turn right into the highway’s eastbound lanes, the Suffolk County Police Department said. But as she entered the road, she was struck by a 1999 Infiniti sedan traveling eastbound around 10:30 p.m., cops said. The Infiniti driver, a 24-year-old Mastic Beach man, was rushed to NYU Langone Hospital-Suffolk with non-life-threatening injuries, authorities said. The Honda dri…
Lampeter-Strasburg, PA
Breaking News
Philadelphia Woman Killed After Norfolk Southern Train Strike In Lancaster County ID'd (
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A Philadelphia woman was killed after she was struck by a train in Lancaster County early Thursday morning, officials confirmed. Emergency crews were called to the Amtrak rail line just east of the Horseshoe Road overpass in East Lampeter Township at 3:59 a.m. on Thursday, May 21, according to the Lancaster County Coroner’s Office. Coroner investigators pronounced 40-year-old Megan Pimm, of Philadelphia, dead at the scene after she was struck by a Norfolk Southern train traveling on the westbound track, the coroner’s office said. Primm was transported to the Lancaster County Forensic Cen…
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