Bus, Cars Collide, Topple Utility Pole In Monsey, Cause Outages
Several people were hurt and power outages were reported after a crash involving a bus and two cars brought down a utility pole in a Rockland County neighborhood.
The incident happened around 9:15 a.m. Friday, June 6, at the intersection of Hilltop Place and Highview Road in Monsey, according to The Monsey Scoop and Ramapo Police.
Emergency crews from Hatzoloh EMS, Spring Hill EMS, the Monsey Fire Department, and Ramapo Police responded to the scene.
Officials said the crash caused a utility pole and transformer to come down, resulting in a loud boom and sending live wires onto the roadw…
Tractor-Trailer Slams Poles, Building In Ridgefield Crash; Power Cut, 2 Hospitalized: FD
A tractor-trailer crash early Friday, May 30 in Ridgefield sent two people to the hospital, knocked out power, and left part of the borough shut down for hours, officials said.
The crash happened around 2:50 a.m., at Broad Avenue and Maple Avenue, according to both Ridgefield Mayor Hugo Jimenez and the Ridgefield Fire Department.
According to the fire department, the crash involved two vehicles, utility poles, and a building — and one person was trapped inside a vehicle.
Ridgefield Fire Rescue extricated the individual, who was transported to the hospital in stable condition, officials sai…
Man Killed After Car Strikes Utility Pole, Overturns In Blairstown: Njsp
A 60-year-old Hardwick man was killed after their car overturned early Monday morning, May 19, authorities said.
At 2:26 a.m., a Madza CX-90 was traveling northbound on Millbrook Road in Blairstown when the vehicle veered off the roadway to the left, traveled down an embankment, struck a utility pole and overturned, Jeffrey Lebron, a spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said.
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Fatal Groton Crash: Car Hits Utility Pole, Driver Killed In Single-Vehicle Wreck
A single-car crash on Wednesday, May 7, left a driver dead after the vehicle struck a utility pole, police said.
Multiple 911 calls came in just after 1:20 p.m. reporting a serious crash at 21 Fort Hill Road in Groton, between Depot Road and South Road, authorities said.
Groton Police responded to the scene and found that the SUV had hit the utility pole while traveling south. Officers discovered the driver, the vehicle's sole occupant, unconscious.
Paramedics rushed them to Lawrence + Memorial Hospital, where doctors pronounced them dead, according to Groton police.
The driver’s name and…
New Milford Man Crashes Into Pole After Wine Tasting, BAC Twice Legal Limit: Police
A 51-year-old Connecticut man who police say crashed his car into a telephone pole while having twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system was arrested late last week, authorities said.
Jonathan Beck, of New Milford, was charged with operating a motor vehicle under the influence of alcohol, failure to maintain the proper lane, and reckless endangerment, according to Connecticut State Police. He was arrested Friday, April 11.
Police said Beck’s BMW veered off Route 39 in New Fairfield on March 14 and crashed into a utility pole, which collapsed onto a parked vehicle, according to an arre…
