Family Killed On Way To Wedding In Stafford Identified As Devout Christians, Immigrants
A Massachusetts family traveling to a wedding in South Carolina has been identified among the five people killed in a devastating chain-reaction crash involving a charter bus on Interstate 95 in Virginia.
Providence Christian Academy announced Friday, May 29, that members of the Doncev family died in the crash, which happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the southbound lanes of I-95 in Stafford County.
Relatives identified the family of four as Dimitri Doncev, 45, and his wife Ecaterina Doncev, 44, along with their two children, Emily, 13, and Mark, 7, all of Greenfield, MA.
The family …
Motorcyclist Killed After Violent I-91 Windsor Crash Throws Him Into Opposite Lanes
A Massachusetts man was killed after being ejected from his motorcycle during a crash with a pickup truck on I-91 in Connecticut on Memorial Day, police said.
Juan Miguel Martinez, 26, of North Hampton, Massachusetts, was killed following the 8:30 p.m. crash south of Exit 39 north in Windsor, Connecticut State Police said.
According to investigators, Martinez's 2010 Ducati Streetfighter rear-ended a 2019 Toyota Tacoma, sending the motorcycle into a jersey barrier. The impact launched him from the bike, and he landed in the southbound lanes.
Paramedics rushed him to Hartford Hospital, where…
'Fantastic Son': Services Set For Brick Student, Aspiring Engineer, Struck, Killed By BMW
Jackson Mueller, who was struck and killed by a BMW driven by another juvenile in Brick on Monday morning, May 19, is being remembered as a beloved son and brother, according to his obituary from the O'Brien Funeral Home website.
An honors student who was set to complete his freshman year at Brick Memorial High School, Mueller was set to attend MATES, a specialized STEM school in the fall, his obituary reads. An aspiring engineer, Mueller was an officer in the National Junior Honor Society and the treasurer for student council at Veterans Memorial Middle School, according to his obituary.
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Clark Crash: 5 Young Adults Seriously Injured When Car Slams Barriers, Overturns On Parkway
Five people were injured in a crash on the Garden State Parkway early Saturday morning, May 2, authorities said.
Troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash at approximately 1:30 a.m. on the northbound side near milepost 137.1 in Clark, Charles Marchan, a spokesperson for the New Jersey State Police said.
A Honda passenger car driven by a 21-year-old Howell resident was traveling north when it struck a left concrete barrier, crossed the center lanes, struck a right metal guardrail, and overturned, Marchan said.
Four Long Branch residents, between the ages of 18 and 20 were inside the vehic…
Quinton Woman Killed In Route 647 Crash: Njsp
A 28-year-old Salem County woman was killed in a crash on Route 647 on Sunday, April 5, authorities said.
At 3:57 p.m., troopers responded to County Route 647 south in Quinton after a Chevrolet passenger vehicle, driven by Sunshine Jones, crossed the centerline and collided with the side of a Toyota passenger vehicle, Christopher Postorino, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said. After the initial impact, the Chevrolet and the Ford collided, Postorino said.
Jones was pronounced dead at the scene, Postorino said. The passenger of the Chevrolet sustained moderate injuries and w…
Former Hershey Cubs Hockey Player Killed In NY Crash
A former Hershey Cubs hockey player was killed in a violent overnight crash near his New York campus, leaving the hockey community on two continents in mourning.
Bradly Burden, 22, of Alaska, died around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 24, after the BMW he was driving crashed at Main Street and Cleveland Avenue in Niagara Falls, according to the Niagara Falls Police Department.
Burden was driving northbound “at a high rate of speed” when he lost control, and the vehicle spun into a steel pole at the intersection, police said.
“The driver side of the vehicle made contact with the pole first,” police s…
15-Year-Old Bicyclist Struck By Biglerville Driver ID'd: Coroner
A teenage girl killed in a bicycle crash has been identified, authorities and family announced.
Ariel Anna Willever, 15, of Shippensburg, died from multiple traumatic injuries after being struck by a vehicle, the Dauphin County Coroner’s Office announced on Tuesday, Feb. 24. Her death was ruled accidental.
The crash happened around 1:30 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 15, near the intersection of Cleversburg and Baltimore roads in Southampton Township, according to Pennsylvania State Police.
Nichole R. Moate, 48, was driving a Ford Escape north on Baltimore Road when she struck Willever, who wa…
Construction Worker Killed, Another Injured In Multi-Vehicle Turnpike Crash In Secaucus: Njsp
A 61-year-old man who was working construction on the New Jersey Turnpike in Secaucus was killed after being hit by a car in a chain reaction crash on Wednesday, Feb. 11, authorities said.
At 8:54 a.m., troopers responded to the Turnpike after a Mercedes Benz impacted the back of a Freightliner, causing the Mercedes Benz to veer off the roadway to the right and enter a construction zone on the right shoulder, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.
Within the construction zone were a parked Ford pickup truck, a parked GMC box truck, and two pedestrians, Lebron said…
19-Year-Old NJ College Student Killed In I-95 Crash, PA State Police Say
A rollover crash on Interstate 95 left a 19-year-old New Jersey college student dead, Pennsylvania State Police announced on Saturday, Jan. 31.
Siena Marie Brachelli, 19, of Chesterfield, NJ, was killed after losing control of her vehicle while traveling northbound on I-95 just north of Academy Road in Philadelphia City, Philadelphia County, at 11:36 a.m., according to state police.
Brachelli was driving a white Acura MDX when the vehicle traveled from the left lane onto the left shoulder, struck a metal guardrail, and overturned into the median before coming to rest on its roof, police det…
Man Struck, Killed By SUV After Vehicle Breaks Down On NJ Turnpike In Linden: Njsp
A 69-year-old Port Reading man was fatally struck by a vehicle on the New Jersey Turnpike in Linden Thursday morning, Jan. 29, authorities said.
At 5:20 a.m., Larry Larobis was standing in the right lane alongside his disabled Mazda SUV, which was partially in the right lane and right shoulder of the Turnpike, Charles Marchan, a spokesman for the New Jersey State police said.
A Chevrolet SUV was traveling in the right lane when it struck the left rear of the Mazda and Larobis, Marchan said. As a result of the impact, Larobis was pronounced dead at the scene, Marchan said. …
