Hit-And-Run Driver Kills Pedestrian In Suffolk County
A hit-and-run driver struck and killed a pedestrian before fleeing the scene in Suffolk County, police announced on Friday, June 12.
Mario Corvasce, 66, of Holbrook, was standing in the roadway in front of 780 Broadway Ave. when he was hit by a southbound vehicle around 9:15 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, according to Suffolk County Police.
The driver did not stop after the crash and fled the area, police said.
Corvasce was taken to South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was pronounced dead, authorities said.
Suffolk County Police Major Case Unit detectives are investigating t…
Drunk Driver Left Crash Scene, Lied To Cops In Sag Harbor Arrest, Police Say
A drunk driver crashed another car on Long Island and fled the scene, then lied to cops after they caught up with him on Wednesday morning, May 13, police said.
Ivan Wilmer Leon, 43, was arrested following the crash on Sunrise Highway and a traffic stop in Sag Harbor, the Southampton Town Police Department said.
Cops responded around 9:30 a.m. Wednesday to reports of a hit-and-run wreck on the highway, authorities said. Officers then located the suspect vehicle and pulled it over in Sag Harbor.
Leon, of Riverhead, was found to be operating the vehicle while drunk, investigators said. He al…
Unlicensed NJ DWI Driver Struck, Dragged Bike Bus Leader, Fled Scene: Maplewood PD
A 47-year-old Phillipsburg woman was arrested and charged with striking the leader of the popular Clinton Bike Bus and fleeing the scene in Maplewood, authorities announced Tuesday, March 24.
At 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25, officers responded to Parker Avenue and Orchard Road after a bicyclist, later identified as John Speck, had been struck and dragged by a light colored SUV that fled the scene, continuing southbound on Fernwood Avenue, still dragging the bicycle, Maplewood police said.
Speck was subsequently transported to a nearby hospital with traumatic injuries, police said.
An inves…
Child Found Alone In Pickup After Man Hits School Bus, Crashes In Huntingtown: Sheriff
A Maryland man is accused of slamming into a school bus, fleeing the scene, crashing again — and leaving a 5-year-old sitting alone inside his damaged truck, deputies say.
Deputies were dispatched to Plum Point Elementary School in Huntingtown to investigate a reported hit-and-run involving a school bus and a white Chevrolet pickup, according to the Calvert County Sheriff’s Office.
Witnesses identified the driver as Brian Paul Davis, 41, of Prince Frederick, and reported that he sped out of the parking lot, driving erratically and spinning his tires as he left, deputies said.
While investi…
