Speeding Big Rigs Flips In Saugerties, Spills Gravel Across NY Thruway: Police
A tractor-trailer flipped and spilled gravel across Interstate 87 on- and off-ramps on Tuesday morning, July 14, creating a traffic nightmare.
Evenor Melgar, 56, of Bay Shore, was driving the 2006 Peterbilt vehicle through the Hudson Valley and attempted to enter the New York State Thruway at Exit 20 in Saugerties, New York State Police said.
But instead, Melgar’s vehicle overturned and spilled gravel across the southbound exit and entry ramps, police said.
Investigators determined, “speed appeared to be a contributing factor in the crash,” according to state police. Melgar was hospitalize…
Virginia Couple Killed After Speeding Mustang Slams Into SUV Identified
A Virginia husband and wife have been identified as two of the three people who died in a crash across state lines.
Mark Yancey, 60, and Jana Yancey, 62, both of Yorktown, were killed late last month in a two-vehicle Milford crash, according to Delaware State Police on Tuesday, July 7.
The couple was driving a Nissan Rogue when they were involved in a crash with the Ford Mustang driven by 36-year-old Harrington, Delaware, resident Eric Lynch.
Investigators say that around 9:15 p.m. on Friday, June 26, Lynch was traveling west on Milford Harrington Highway at a high rate of speed near the i…
