Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard
Salvage Vehicle Crushes Worker's Lower Body At Southington Scrap Yard An employee at a Connecticut salvage yard suffered a severe injury when a car crushed their lower half, fire officials said.  Firefighters, police and AMR responded to Chuck & Eddie’s Used Auto Parts at 425 Old Turnpike Road in Southington just before 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, according to Southington Fire Capt. Daniel Comen, who spoke to Patch.  Crews arrived and found the worker's lower body trapped beneath the car. One of their legs had an open fracture.  Emergency responders treated the patient at the scene before they took them to the Hospital of Central Connecticu…
Maryland-Bound Jet Crashes During Takeoff At Pennsylvania Airport: Police Maryland-Bound Jet Crashes During Takeoff At Pennsylvania Airport: Police Maryland-Bound Jet Crashes During Takeoff At Pennsylvania Airport: Police
Maryland-Bound Jet Crashes During Takeoff At Pennsylvania Airport: Police A private jet headed to Maryland crashed while taking off from a Pennsylvania airport Wednesday morning, Oct. 7, prompting a major emergency response, officials said. The crash happened at Bedford County Airport in Bedford, where emergency crews were called to the scene late Wednesday morning, according to emergency dispatchers, WJAC 6 NBC reported. The crash was not fatal, and an investigation into what happened is underway, the police confirmed to WTAJ CBS. Additional information about possible injuries to the two passengers was not immediately available. Flight records show the aircraft…
Crews Dig Through Basement Wall To Save Worker Buried For 3 Hours In Potomac (UPDATED) Crews Dig Through Basement Wall To Save Worker Buried For 3 Hours In Potomac (UPDATED) Crews Dig Through Basement Wall To Save Worker Buried For 3 Hours In Potomac (UPDATED)
Crews Dig Through Basement Wall To Save Worker Buried For 3 Hours In Potomac (Updated) For more than three hours, a construction worker was buried in Maryland with rescuers digging toward him from two directions. The race to free him finally ended around 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 6, when crews pulled the worker from a collapsed trench outside a home on Falls Bridge Lane in Potomac. Getting him out took more than 65 rescuers, a vacuum truck, buckets and shovels, a hole punched through a basement wall, and a painstaking operation designed to make sure the ground did not come crashing down again. The technical rescue in Montgomery County. Twitter/@mcfrsPIO The worker h…
WATCH: Rescuers Race To Free Worker Buried After Potomac Trench Collapse (DEVELOPING) WATCH: Rescuers Race To Free Worker Buried After Potomac Trench Collapse (DEVELOPING) WATCH: Rescuers Race To Free Worker Buried After Potomac Trench Collapse (DEVELOPING)
Watch: Rescuers Race To Free Worker Buried After Potomac Trench Collapse (Developing) A painstaking rescue is unfolding in Maryland after a worker was swallowed by collapsing dirt while working beside a home. More than 65 rescue workers were called to Falls Bridge Lane in Potomac on Tuesday, Oct. 6, working to free the trapped worker after the trench collapsed at approximately 3:20 p.m., according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer. The worker had been waterproofing a single-family home when the dirt suddenly gave way, initially burying him up to his armpits. His coworkers called 911 and managed to clear some of the dirt away from hi…
Babylon Man Drowns In Backyard Pool As Family Member Makes Tragic Discovery: Police Babylon Man Drowns In Backyard Pool As Family Member Makes Tragic Discovery: Police Babylon Man Drowns In Backyard Pool As Family Member Makes Tragic Discovery: Police
Babylon Man Drowns In Backyard Pool As Family Member Makes Tragic Discovery: Police A Long Island man drowned in his backyard pool Tuesday morning, Oct. 6, police said. David Astarita, 60, of Babylon, was reported unresponsive around 6:40 a.m. Tuesday at his home on Bacon Lane, the Suffolk County Police Department said. A family member had called 911 after finding Astarita unconscious in an above-ground pool, police said. First responders arrived at the scene and pronounced him dead. Astarita’s death is believed to be “non-criminal,” Suffolk County police said. For 20 years, Astarita worked as the manager at Gino's Pizza on Deer Park Avenue, next to the Babylon LIRR stop…
White SUV Driver Flees After Striking, Killing 44-Year-Old Pedestrian In Springfield: Police White SUV Driver Flees After Striking, Killing 44-Year-Old Pedestrian In Springfield: Police White SUV Driver Flees After Striking, Killing 44-Year-Old Pedestrian In Springfield: Police
White SUV Driver Flees After Striking, Killing 44-Year-Old Pedestrian In Springfield: Police The driver never stopped. A 44-year-old man was killed in a hit-run crash in Virginia on Sunday night, Oct. 4, and Fairfax County police are now searching for the white SUV that struck him and disappeared. Thomas Gum, who had no fixed address, was walking across Old Keene Mill Road toward Backlick Road in Springfield at around 8:20 p.m. when he was hit, according to Fairfax County police. Investigators said Gum was crossing mid-block and was not in a crosswalk when an eastbound white SUV struck him in the right travel lane. The SUV kept going. Fairfax County Fire and Rescue personnel rus…
800-Foot Fuel Spill Sparks Beltway Crashes Involving Up To 12 Vehicles In Maryland (UPDATED) 800-Foot Fuel Spill Sparks Beltway Crashes Involving Up To 12 Vehicles In Maryland (UPDATED) 800-Foot Fuel Spill Sparks Beltway Crashes Involving Up To 12 Vehicles In Maryland (UPDATED)
800-Foot Fuel Spill Sparks Beltway Crashes Involving Up To 12 Vehicles In Maryland (Updated) A tractor-trailer dumped fuel across nearly three football fields of the Maryland Beltway, turning the afternoon commute into a slippery mess that involved as many as a dozen vehicles. The trouble unfolded on Monday afternoon on the Inner Loop of I-495 between University Boulevard and New Hampshire Avenue in Montgomery County. Officials believe the tractor-trailer suffered a mechanical problem before fuel began spilling across the highway, Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service spokesperson Pete Piringer said. It didn't stay contained for long. The fuel spread across approximately…
Baldwin Family Saved From Shock Early-Morning Fire, Fundraiser Launched: 'They Lost Everything' Baldwin Family Saved From Shock Early-Morning Fire, Fundraiser Launched: 'They Lost Everything' Baldwin Family Saved From Shock Early-Morning Fire, Fundraiser Launched: 'They Lost Everything'
Baldwin Family Saved From Shock Early-Morning Fire, Fundraiser Launched: 'They Lost Everything' First responders saved a Long Island family after their home caught fire in an early-morning blaze Saturday, Oct. 3, according to officials and loved ones. Reggie and Kisha George and their daughter Kennedy all survived the shocking fire before 2 a.m. at their home in Baldwin, according to an online fundraiser launched for the family. “What should have been an ordinary night became a heartbreaking emergency, leaving this family without the basic items they depend on every day,” organizers wrote in the GoFundMe. Firefighters responded to McKinley Street at 1:48 a.m. Saturday along with Nass…
Everyone Made It Out, But 11 Were Displaced By Two-Alarm Hagerstown Duplex Fire Everyone Made It Out, But 11 Were Displaced By Two-Alarm Hagerstown Duplex Fire Everyone Made It Out, But 11 Were Displaced By Two-Alarm Hagerstown Duplex Fire
Everyone Made It Out, But 11 Were Displaced By Two-Alarm Hagerstown Duplex Fire There was no telling who might still be inside as flames tore through both sides of a Maryland duplex. The fire broke out shortly after 4:20 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 4, on Clarendon Avenue in Hagerstown's West End, where firefighters arrived to find the second floor of the two-family home engulfed. The flames were threatening a neighboring house, and firefighters did not yet know whether everyone had made it out. That sent crews into both sides of the duplex to search for anyone still inside while more help was called to the scene and the fire grew to two alarms. The searches came back clear.…
Fully Involved Laytonsville Barn Collapses With Tons Of Hay Still Burning Inside (PHOTOS) Fully Involved Laytonsville Barn Collapses With Tons Of Hay Still Burning Inside (PHOTOS) Fully Involved Laytonsville Barn Collapses With Tons Of Hay Still Burning Inside (PHOTOS)
Fully Involved Laytonsville Barn Collapses With Tons Of Hay Still Burning Inside (Photos) A massive barn was already engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived at a Maryland farm early Monday morning. Crews were called to Seneca Ayr Farms in the 22300 block of Laytonsville Road in Laytonsville at around 2 a.m. on Oct. 5, where they found the hay barn well involved, according to Montgomery County Fire and Rescue Service officials. And getting enough water onto it quickly became part of the challenge. There are no hydrants in the area, prompting MCFRS to call in a Water Supply Task Force with tankers and several brush trucks as more than 60 firefighters converged on the propert…
Tyngsboro Man Dies Hiking On New Hampshire Mountain Trail Tyngsboro Man Dies Hiking On New Hampshire Mountain Trail Tyngsboro Man Dies Hiking On New Hampshire Mountain Trail
Tyngsboro Man Dies Hiking On New Hampshire Mountain Trail Authorities have identified a 64-year-old Massachusetts man who died on a West Rattlesnake Mountain hiking trail in New Hampshire over the weekend.  Richard Chateauneuf, of Tyngsboro, was found unconscious on the mountain’s Old Bridle Path in Holderness, New Hampshire, according to a news release issued Monday by New Hampshire Fish and Game. Emergency crews responded at 11:22 a.m. Saturday. First responders found Chateauneuf about three-quarters of a mile from the trailhead, where other hikers were performing CPR. Despite efforts by hikers and first responders, Chateauneuf c…
Missing Jet Search Leads To Debris Discovery Off Northeast Coast Missing Jet Search Leads To Debris Discovery Off Northeast Coast Missing Jet Search Leads To Debris Discovery Off Northeast Coast
Missing Jet Search Leads To Debris Discovery Off Northeast Coast Search crews have found debris from a jet that vanished off the Northeast coast, but the search for those aboard continues. The US Coast Guard confirmed that the debris field off Nantucket, Massachusetts, was linked to a Gulfstream G100 medical transport jet that disappeared early Saturday, Oct. 3, while flying from Bermuda to Boston, ABC News reported. Six people were aboard: two Canadian pilots, two Canadian medical workers, a patient, and the patient’s relative, as Daily Voice previously reported. The Coast Guard identified the two passengers as Bermudian nationals. Earlier report:&nb…