LI Men Killed In Shockingly Similar Car Crashes At Sunken Meadow Toll Booth Identified: Police
Both drivers who died in fiery crashes into a highway toll booth on Long Island last month were identified Tuesday, Oct. 13 by police.
Vijay P. Cheema, 74, of Fort Salonga, died in the Monday, Sept. 14 crash into the Sunken Meadow State Park toll booth on the north end of Sunken Meadow State Parkway in Kings Park, New York State Police said.
Gregory W. Salone, 70, of Kings Park, died Monday, Sept. 21 after crashing into the exact same toll booth exactly one week later, state police said.
Cheema’s death in the first crash was ruled a suicide, according to state police. Investigators did not…
Belleville Driver Charged In Deadly Route 21 Hit-And-Run That Killed Newark Pedestrian
A New Jersey driver has been charged in a deadly hit-and-run that killed a 62-year-old pedestrian crossing Route 21, authorities announced Monday, Oct. 12.
Mickael Esteban Barrionuevo Medina, 28, is charged with second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and third-degree endangering an injured victim, Essex County Prosecutor Theodore N. Stephens II and Newark Public Safety Director Emanuel Miranda said.
The victim, James Edward Kolla, of Newark, was crossing a marked crosswalk at Edison Place and McCarter Highway in Newark around 7:44 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 11, as the traf…