BLUFFDALE, Uta. (DDN) – A rollover incident that resulted in one fatality has caused traffic from Utah County to Salt Lake County to come to a complete stop. According to the Utah Highway Patrol, the accident occurred just before noon at the Point of the Mountain, which is located near Bluffdale and Lehi. According to reports,...
Category: Local News
90-Year-Old Woman Killed in Double-Car Collision in New York City; Probe Opened
NEW YORK CITY, N.Y. (DDN) – According to police and other reports, a woman who was 90 years old was hit and killed by two cars, one of which was a yellow cab, while she was crossing a roadway on the Upper East Side on Wednesday evening. According to investigators and reports, Frances Rickard was crossing...
Florida Man Gets 40 Years for Deadly 130 MPH Crash That Left Child with Injuries and 2 Dead in Panama City Crash
PANAMA CITY, Flo. (DDN) – A drunk motorist from Florida who killed a mother and daughter by slamming into the rear of their car at 130 mph will spend the next 40 years in prison, officials said. According to the State Attorney’s Office for the 14th Judicial Circuit, Jacob Manuel, 33, was driving his Dodge Charger...
Father-Son Duo Arrested After NYPD Raid Uncovers Cache of Illegal Weapons
NEW YORK CITY, New Yo. (DDN) – The son and grandson of a late Colombo crime family mob boss have been arrested on federal firearms charges after a large cache of ghost guns was discovered at their Staten Island home, according to law enforcement officials. According to sources, Joseph Orapallo, 57, and his son Frank, 22,...
35-Year-Old Woman Arrested After Killing Man in Head-On and Wrong-way Crash in Houston
HOUSTON, Tex. (DDN) – According to the Houston Police Department, a 35-year-old woman is charged with vehicular intoxication manslaughter for driving the wrong way on the North Freeway and causing a fatal head-on crash early Thursday morning. Authorities say the woman was driving a black Ford F-150 southbound in the northbound lanes when she collided with...
86-Year-Old Woman Dies After Hilo Crash, Authorities Suspecting DUI
HONOLULU, Haw. (DDN) – An 86-year-old woman was badly injured in a one-car crash in Hilo on January 30 and died, according to police. The woman, Yvonne Mira of Hilo, died on Monday at 6:21 p.m. at The Queen’s Medical Center in Honolulu. An autopsy has been scheduled to identify the exact cause of death. Officers...
Car Crashed into Food Truck in Eugene; One in Hospital for Burn Injuries after Crash
EUGENE, Ore. (DDN) – A car collided with the Gotcha Burger food truck near the junction of 7th Ave. and Chambers St. in Eugene Wednesday afternoon, leaving one person hospitalized with critical injuries. “Somebody came through the drive-thru and hit our building, causing the whole cart to get destroyed, sending an employee to the emergency room,”...
Driver Dead and One Critical in Dorchester County Crash, Probe Opened
DORCHESTER COUNTY, South Car. (DDN) – One person has died and another has been hospitalized as a result of an incident in Dorchester County that closed a route for many hours. According to Master Trooper William Bennett, the crash occurred on Wednesday at approximately 5 p.m. on Orangeburg Road, which is located about two miles west...
Overturned Tractor-Trailer Blocks NJ Turnpike Lanes, Causes Major Delays
SECAUCUS, New Jer. (DDN) – On Wednesday morning, emergency crews tried to rescue a motorist who had been trapped inside a tractor-trailer that had flipped over on the New Jersey Turnpike. Around 7:30 a.m., the truck collided near Exit 16E, which is the toll plaza on the eastern spur of the New Jersey Turnpike. At least...
South Carolina Man Arrested After Armed Threat, High-Speed Chase, and Crash in Horry County
HORRY COUNTY, South Car. (DDN) – A Horry County man is in jail after police say he held someone at gunpoint before causing a chase that resulted in the suspect’s car crashing and catching fire. The Horry County Police Department accused Casey Davis, 33, with failing to stop for blue lights, pointing and exhibiting firearms at...