By MICHAEL BALSAMO and MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — The day after a mourning community said last goodbyes to eight of 20 victims of a limousine crash — four sisters and four other relatives — the Senate’s top Democrat called on federal regulators to formulate new safety standards for the vehicles. Sen. Chuck …
New Jersey authorities confirmed on Friday that they found the remains of a toddler in a trash-filled alleyway in Camden. CBS3 reports that Camden County prosecutors stated that someone walking down an alley on Thursday afternoon, off of the 800 block of Mount Ephraim Avenue, detected a foul smell and noticed human remains hidden in piles …
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (AP) — Mourners at a funeral for four sisters and their family members killed in a New York limousine crash were assured Saturday that their loved ones can still see their tears and feel their heartache. On a damp, chilly day, hundreds of people packed the pews of an …
A Cleveland, Ohio, investigative team is questioning why a little girl who hasn’t been seen in years was just reported missing by child welfare workers in September. The FOX I-TEAM reports that they were alerted to the case of a missing 8-year-old girl, Neveah, in September after a caseworker called 911 to report the child missing. …
A Georgia woman has been pronounced brain dead after someone shot her in the neck Wednesday morning while she drove in Clayton County, causing a three-car crash. Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports that 28-year-old Kelsey Quayle was driving her Mazda 626 down Upper Riverdale Road at around 7:30 a.m. when she crashed into oncoming traffic, apparently losing control of …
By MICHAEL HILL, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — Relatives of the limousine driver involved in a crash that killed 20 people in upstate New York said Tuesday they believe he was unwittingly assigned an unsafe vehicle. The family of Scott Lisinicchia released a statement through a lawyer shortly after another attorney representing the limousine company, …
Officials are now offering $20,000 for information about the person behind two fatal shootings in one Illinois neighborhood in two days. WFLD reported that the ATF’s Chicago Field Division announced this weekend that they’re contributing $5,000 to a $15,000 fund raised by the Jewish Federation of Metro Chicago, community activist Raul Montes Jr. and Cook County …
Hours after a limousine crash led to the death of 20 individuals — including the driver, 17 passengers and two pedestrians — on Sunday morning, some of the victims had been identified by relatives and other sources. According to Fox News, two of those killed when an SUV limo reportedly blew through a stop sign …
By The Associated Press A limousine carrying 18 people crashed over the weekend in upstate New York, killing all the occupants and two pedestrians, making it among the nation’s deadliest ground-traffic accidents. A look at some others: — Sept. 23, 2005: A bus ferrying nursing home residents away from Hurricane Rita caught fire and exploded …
By MICHAEL HILL and BOB SALSBERG, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine on its way to a birthday party blew a stop sign at the end of a highway, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest U.S. transportation accident in almost a decade, officials and a relative of …
By MICHAEL HILL and JOHN KEKIS, Associated Press SCHOHARIE, N.Y. (AP) — A limousine blew a stop sign at the end of a highway and plowed into a parked and unoccupied SUV, killing all 18 people in the limo and two pedestrians in the deadliest transportation accident in the United States in almost a decade, officials …
Authorities are investigating after a masked gunman fatally shot two men in Chicago’s Rogers Park neighborhood in a 36-hour period. The Chicago Tribune reported Eliyahu Moscowitz, 24, was shot to death Monday evening on the 1100 block of West Lunt. His death came a day after Douglass Watts, 73, was reportedly shot and killed while walking his …
