Dangerous Roads

By Hank Russell Now that it is the middle of summer, the risk for reckless driving — especially drunk driving — has become more prevalent. According to the Institute for Traffic Safety, 31% of all […]

Suffolk County Police First Squad detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of a man who was pronounced dead after a motor vehicle crash in West Babylon.  On Monday, August 5, 2024 at approximately […]

A Freeport man was sentenced today to six to 12 years in prison for an August 2023 crash in West Hempstead that killed a six-year-old girl. On August 7, 2023, at approximately 2:20 a.m., Jorge […]

Suffolk County Police today arrested a Brentwood teenager for a hit-and-run crash that seriously injured a pedestrian in Wyandanch. On August 4, a 2013 Toyota Camry and a 2014 Kia Optima were involved in a […]

A man was arrested for fleeing the scene of a crash that killed a motorcyclist in Brentwood. Eloy Khammach La Cruz Andres was riding a motorcycle northbound on Wicks Road when a 2008 Ford Explorer driven […]

New York State Troopers are looking into what caused a vehicle to roll over that killed two people and injured three others. On August 1 at approximately 1:59 a.m., troopers responded to the Southern State […]

Suffolk County District Attorney Raymond A. Tierney, New York State Senator Dean Murray (R-Medford) and Suffolk County Sheriff Errol D. Toulon Jr. released public safety announcements to remind the public of the dangers of drunk […]

Three people were injured when a car crashed into a West Babylon house. Cristian Banega-Salmendares was driving a 2023 Dodge SUV southbound on Great East Neck Road, south of Crocus Court, when he lost control […]

A Brooklyn man has been arrested for hitting two Eastern Suffolk BOCES employees with his vehicle, then driving away. Following an investigation by Fifth Squad detectives, Suffolk County police arrested Josef McLorrain, 22, of 761 […]

A Hempstead woman has been arrested for a DWI that left a man injured. On July 24, at 5:15 pm in East Garden City, officers responded to a 911 call for an auto accident in […]