HS Senior In Suspected DUI Crash In Union Needs Multiple Surgeries, Family Says
A New Jersey high school senior suffered devastating injuries in a crash involving a 17-year-old driver suspected of DUI, leaving her facing multiple surgeries and a long road to recovery, according to her family.
Elizabeth Kumesh-Torres suffered a fractured pelvis, broken ribs on both sides, a spleen injury and damage to her femur in the Friday, Oct. 16 crash on Route 22 West in Union Township, according to a GoFundMe launched by her cousin, Jeyson Pabon.
Kumesh-Torres required CPR at the scene and suffered internal bleeding, Pabon said. Initially in critical condition, she has since …
NJ Man Airlifted In DWI Lower Twp Crash That Killed One
Zachary Whitmore, a 36-year-old man, was seriously injured in a crash in Lower Township last week that killed another person, according to a GoFundMe set up to support his family.
Edward McVey, a 19-year-old Lower Township resident, collied with a vehicle with two occupants, killing a 56-year-old man only identified as Mickey and seriously injuring Whitmore on Route 9 Thursday, Oct. 1, the Cape May County Prosecutor's Office said.
Whitmore was hospitalized for four days, and had multiple broken bones, severe road rash and other injuries, Ally Junkermeier, who organized the GoFundMe sai…
Two Children Killed In Amish Buggy Crash In New York, Several More Hurt: Police
The two Amish children were killed on their way to school when a Dodge slammed into their horse-drawn buggy in New York, authorities said.
Anna J. Hershberger, 13, and Moses J. Hershberger, 7, were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash Friday, Sept. 25 in Richland, New York State Police said Monday, Sept. 28.
The two Hershberger children were among nine children inside the two destroyed buggies, investigators said. A 9-year-old girl was hospitalized in critical condition at Upstate University Hospital and was upgraded to stable by Monday, police said.
A 47-year-old Sandy Creek woman wa…
Woman Trying To Help Injured Deer Struck By Car On Route 206, Airlifted To Hospital: Police
A 24-year-old woman was flown to a New Jersey hospital after she was hit by a car while trying to help an injured deer, authorities said.
At 11:43 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 15, officers responded to Route 206 and Patricia Drive, where a Lake Hopatcong woman was found lying in the roadway after she was struck by a white Mazda while attempting to aid the injured animal, Mount Olive police said.
The woman was airlifted to a hospital, while the driver, a 29-year-old Flanders woman, remained on scene and was not injured, police said.
The crash remains under investigation, police said.
