Yorktown, NY
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Car Catches Fire On Taconic State Parkway In Yorktown A vehicle caught fire on the Taconic State Parkway in Northern Westchester, sending smoke up into the air.  The fire broke out on the northbound side of the parkway near Route 202 in Yorktown around 7:03 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 31, according to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department.  Firefighters found the burning vehicle just before the entrance to Franklin D. Roosevelt State Park. Crews stretched a hose line and quickly put out the flames without incident, the department said.  No injuries were reported by the fire department.

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by Ben Crnic
Pompton Lakes, NJ
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Riverdale Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida Riverdale Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida Riverdale Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida
Riverdale Police Chief Saves 11-Year-Old Girl From Drowning While Vacationing In Florida A New Jersey police chief jumped into action while vacationing in Florida, helping save an 11-year-old girl from drowning, authorities said. Riverdale Police Chief Charles Quant was in Holmes Beach on Saturday, July 25, when he saw the girl struggling in the water and helped pull her safely to shore, Holmes Beach Police Chief William L. Tokaj said in a letter to Riverdale Mayor Paul Carelli. Quant immediately began CPR, Tokaj said. “Thanks to his swift actions, vigilance, and training, the girl expelled the swallowed water and began breathing on her own before emergency medical services ar…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hempstead, NY
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Woman Sprays Chemical In Cop's Face, Kicks Officer During Arrest In Hempstead: Police Woman Sprays Chemical In Cop's Face, Kicks Officer During Arrest In Hempstead: Police Woman Sprays Chemical In Cop's Face, Kicks Officer During Arrest In Hempstead: Police
Woman Sprays Chemical In Cop's Face, Kicks Officer During Arrest In Hempstead: Police A 27-year-old Long Island woman sprayed an unknown chemical substance into a police officer's face and kicked another officer while being arrested following a fight involving a broken glass bottle, authorities said. The incident happened around 4 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 30, in South Hempstead, according to Nassau County Police.  First Precinct officers were called to a home on Willis Street for a reported disturbance, where police said Carolynne Alvarez, of South Hempstead, had gotten into a physical altercation with another 27-year-old woman. Alvarez was attempting to hit the woman with…

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by Jillian Pikora
Annapolis, MD
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Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Annapolis Home Explosion Killed His Wife Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Annapolis Home Explosion Killed His Wife Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Annapolis Home Explosion Killed His Wife
Husband Dies One Week After Propane-Fueled Annapolis Home Explosion Killed His Wife A devastating Maryland home explosion has now claimed both husband and wife. Stanley Synowczynski, 75, died Thursday night, Aug. 27, from injuries suffered in the Aug. 20 explosion at his Green Holly Drive home in Annapolis, the Anne Arundel County Fire Department announced Friday. His wife, Linda Synowczynski, died the day of the explosion. Stanley was critically injured in the blast and hospitalized. His death marks the second fatality from the explosion, fire officials said. Investigators previously determined that Stanley accidentally cut a propane line while working on the home's HVA…

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by Zak Failla
Roslyn, NY
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72-Year-Old Pedestrian Critical After Roslyn Heights Hit-And-Run Crash: Police 72-Year-Old Pedestrian Critical After Roslyn Heights Hit-And-Run Crash: Police 72-Year-Old Pedestrian Critical After Roslyn Heights Hit-And-Run Crash: Police
72-Year-Old Pedestrian Critical After Roslyn Heights Hit-And-Run Crash: Police A 72-year-old Long Island man was seriously injured in a hit-and-run car crash on Tuesday night, Aug. 25, police said. The man was crossing Mineola Avenue near Woodward Street in Roslyn Heights around 9:25 p.m. Tuesday when he was struck, the Nassau County Police Department said. Police did not know the direction the vehicle was traveling or have any description of the car as of Wednesday morning, Aug. 26. The “unknown vehicle” fled the scene after the collision, cops said. The pedestrian was hospitalized in critical condition with serious injuries, police said. Investigators are still loo…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Gaithersburg, MD
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They Tell Hikers To 'Think Twice' Before Taking On This Maryland Trail; Sunday Showed Why They Tell Hikers To 'Think Twice' Before Taking On This Maryland Trail; Sunday Showed Why They Tell Hikers To 'Think Twice' Before Taking On This Maryland Trail; Sunday Showed Why
They Tell Hikers To 'Think Twice' Before Taking On This Maryland Trail; Sunday Showed Why A Sunday morning hike turned into a pair of rescue missions along one of Maryland's most notoriously unforgiving trails. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service crews were called to two separate emergencies around 9 a.m. on Aug. 23 along Billy Goat Trail A near the Potomac River in Great Falls, spokesperson Pete Piringer said. The first sent rescuers toward Lamberts Island following an initial report of people in the water and a medical emergency. Crews ultimately found a young hiker who had apparently fainted or passed out from exhaustion, according to Piringer. The hiker refused trans…

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by Zak Failla
Downingtown, PA
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2 Motorcycles, Pickup Collide In Serious Chester County Crash: Police 2 Motorcycles, Pickup Collide In Serious Chester County Crash: Police 2 Motorcycles, Pickup Collide In Serious Chester County Crash: Police
2 Motorcycles, Pickup Collide In Serious Chester County Crash: Police Two people were rushed to a trauma center after two motorcycles and a pickup truck collided in Chester County on Friday afternoon, Aug. 21, police announced. The serious crash happened in the 300 block of East Lincoln Highway in West Whiteland Township around 2:50 p.m., according to the West Whiteland Township Police Department. Police, West Whiteland Township firefighters, and Good Fellowship EMS responded to the scene. Two people involved in the crash were taken by ambulance to Paoli Memorial Hospital Trauma Center for treatment, police said. Their conditions were not immediately releas…

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by Jillian Pikora
Yorktown, NY
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Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames On Taconic Parkway In Yorktown — 2 Hospitalized Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames On Taconic Parkway In Yorktown — 2 Hospitalized Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames On Taconic Parkway In Yorktown — 2 Hospitalized
Pickup Truck Bursts Into Flames On Taconic Parkway In Yorktown — 2 Hospitalized Two people were hospitalized after a pickup truck caught fire on the Taconic State Parkway in Northern Westchester.  The fire broke out on the northbound Taconic State Parkway near the Underhill Avenue exit in Yorktown shortly after midnight on Friday, Aug. 21, according to the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department.  Firefighters were dispatched to the blaze at around 12:08 a.m. and arrived to find a full-sized pickup truck up in flames just south of the exit ramp, the department said.  Crews were able to put out most of the fire before switching to foam when discoverin…

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by Ben Crnic
Chantilly, VA
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They All Made It Out Of Their Chantilly Home, But Almost Nothing Else Did They All Made It Out Of Their Chantilly Home, But Almost Nothing Else Did They All Made It Out Of Their Chantilly Home, But Almost Nothing Else Did
They All Made It Out Of Their Chantilly Home, But Almost Nothing Else Did Three generations of one family escaped a devastating Northern Virginia fire with their lives. Nearly everything else was left behind. Danial Boushra, his wife, their four young children, and his parents lost their Chantilly home when an accidental fire broke out around midnight and spread through the residence, according to a GoFundMe campaign launched by close friend Eddie Adiyeh. Everyone in the family made it out safely. But what came next was another reality entirely. The Boushras lost nearly everything they owned, according to Adiyeh, leaving a family of eight suddenly without …

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by Zak Failla
Hackensack, NJ
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Naked, Feces-Covered Man Attacks Hackensack Cops, Had Crack Pipes: Police Naked, Feces-Covered Man Attacks Hackensack Cops, Had Crack Pipes: Police Naked, Feces-Covered Man Attacks Hackensack Cops, Had Crack Pipes: Police
Naked, Feces-Covered Man Attacks Hackensack Cops, Had Crack Pipes: Police A naked man covered in feces and urine attacked Hackensack police officers after they found him inside the stairwell of a luxury apartment building, authorities said. Officers responded to the building at 2:34 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 18, on a report of an unwanted man who did not live there, Hackensack Detective Capt. Darrin DeWitt said. Police found Demond A. Clacken, 29, of Hackensack, naked and covered in feces and urine inside a stairwell, according to DeWitt. After officers ordered Clacken to get dressed, he gave them fake names and began acting erratically, police said. An ambula…

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by Cecilia Levine
Hicksville, NY
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SUV Smashed, Driver Extricated Following Two-Car Wreck At Dangerous Hicksville Intersection SUV Smashed, Driver Extricated Following Two-Car Wreck At Dangerous Hicksville Intersection SUV Smashed, Driver Extricated Following Two-Car Wreck At Dangerous Hicksville Intersection
SUV Smashed, Driver Extricated Following Two-Car Wreck At Dangerous Hicksville Intersection A Long Island driver had to be extricated from their wrecked vehicle following a two-car crash at a notoriously dangerous intersection on Sunday, Aug. 16, according to observers and authorities. A dark-colored Nissan SUV collided with another SUV at the intersection of Old Country Road and South Oyster Bay Road in Hicksville around 4 p.m. Sunday, according to photos shared by John F. Scalesi Jr. The Nissan suffered more serious damage, with its front windshield smashed in, exterior damage throughout the vehicle, and its backseat crushed. It also ended up in a grassy area outside a Mobil gas…

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by Joe Wilkinson
Fredericksburg, VA
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100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (PHOTOS) 100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (PHOTOS) 100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (PHOTOS)
100-Plus Vehicles Go Up In Flames At Spotsylvania Salvage Yard (Photos) This wasn't your average early-morning car fire in Virginia. Firefighters were called shortly after 4 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 17, to Pick-A-Part in the 9000 block of Patriot Highway in Spotsylvania County, where the initial report described flames towering above the trees. Crews got there about eight minutes later. What they found was massive. Stacks of demolished vehicles were engulfed, with the burning area estimated at roughly 150 feet by 150 feet and flames reaching about 20 feet high, according to the Spotsylvania Volunteer Fire Department. The Spotsylvania fire. Spotsylvan…

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by Zak Failla