Collision

Seven More Charged in Staged Automobile Collision Scheme

NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA – United States Attorney Duane A. Evans recently unsealed the indictment of FLORENCE RANDLE (“RANDLE”), age 70, of Gibson; STACIE WHEATEN (“WHEATEN”), age 50, of Atlanta; JOSEPH BREWTON (“BREWTON”), age 56, of Houma; DAVID BROWN (“BROWN”), age 50, of Morgan City; GILDA HENDERSON (“HENDERSON”), age 69, of Morgan City; LATRELL JOHNSON (“JOHNSON”), age 30, of New Orleans; and LARRY PICOU (“PICOU”), age 56, of Gibson.  The indictment was handed down by a federal grand jury on February 3, 2022 and unsealed after the arrests of BROWN and PICOU.  This indictment brings the total number of defendants charged

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52-year-old dead after head-on collision with street sweeper

BALTIMORE, MD – Early Saturday morning, investigators with the Baltimore County Police Department’s Crash Team responded to Pulaski Highway near Contractors Road, after a 2005 Chevrolet Equinox and 2018 Isuzu Street Sweeper collided head on. Investigators determined, at approximately 12:30 a.m., the driver of the Equinox was traveling westbound on Pulaski Highway; while the driver of the street sweeper was traveling eastbound. The crash occurred after the Equinox traveled into the eastbound travel lane. Fire Department personnel pronounced the driver of the 2005 Equinox, 52-year old Dennis L. Johnson Jr., deceased at the scene. The operator of the street sweeper

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KC Man Pleads Guilty to Armed Carjacking That Resulted in Police Pursuit, Fatal Collision

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – A Kansas City, Missouri, man has pleaded guilty in federal court to his role in an armed carjacking that led to a high-speed chase in which he collided with another vehicle and killed another motorist. Derrell M. Wade, 20, pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Stephen R. Bough on Friday, Jan. 7, to one count of carjacking and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence. Co-defendants Michael A. Brown, 20, and Curtis R. Daniels, 19, both of Kansas City, Mo., also have pleaded guilty to carjacking. Brown and Daniels both have been

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Woman in critical condition after collision with garbage truck in Toms River

TOMS RIVER, NJ – A woman is in critical condition after driving through a stop sign and colliding with a township garbage truck. On Tuesday, December 14, 2021, at approximately 7:50 AM police units were dispatched to the intersection of Garfield Avenue and Windsor Avenue for a reported motor vehicle accident. The initial investigation revealed Anna Zybura, 37 of Keansburg, was traveling north on Garfield Avenue when she failed to stop for the stop sign at the intersection. Ms. Zybura’s vehicle was struck by a township garbage truck traveling west on Windsor Avenue. Ms. Zybura was not believed to be

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Philadelphia Man Receives Eight Years in Prison for Causing 2020 Fatal Collision on Tacony-Palmyra Bridge

PHILADELPHIA, PA – Burlington County Prosecutor Scott Coffina announced that a Philadelphia man was sentenced yesterday to eight years in New Jersey state prison for causing a five-car collision on the Tacony-Palmyra bridge late last year that killed one of the motorists. The sentence was handed down in Superior Court by the Hon. Philip E. Haines, J.S.C., to Brandon Moore, 24, who pled guilty in September to Vehicular Homicide (Second Degree) and Assault by Auto (Third Degree). Moore acknowledged causing the fatal crash after losing control of his Dodge Charger while driving aggressively and pursuing the Jeep Grand Cherokee being

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Motorcyclist killed in crash on Silver Spring Road

Gaithersburg, MD – Detectives from the Montgomery County Department of Police – Collision Reconstruction Unit (CRU) are investigating a fatal collision between a motorcycle and a vehicle that occurred Sunday afternoon, September 26, in Silver Spring.    At approximately 2:25 p.m., 3rd District officers and Montgomery County Fire Rescue personnel responded to the intersection of New Hampshire Ave. and Northampton Dr. for the report of a collision.     The preliminary investigation has revealed that the operator of a 2015 BMW S 1000 RR motorcycle was traveling southbound on New Hampshire Ave., approaching Northampton Dr. The driver of a Toyota Corolla was

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Delaware State Police Identify Victim in I-95 fatal crash

Newark, DE-Delaware State Police have identified the individual who died during a collision on I-95 Northbound north of DE-273 on September 6, 2021, as Ghana S. Sims, 27, of Philadelphia, PA. This collision remains under investigation by the Delaware State Police Troop 2 Collision Reconstruction Unit. Anyone with information regarding the collision should contact Sgt. D. Alexander by calling 302-365-8484. Information may also be provided by calling Delaware Crime Stoppers at 1-800-TIP-3333 or via the internet at http://www.delaware.crimestoppersweb.com.

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