According to NorthJersey.com, a Ramapo College student was allegedly drunk when he caused a head-on crash that sent two classmates to the hospital on November 1. Douglas Hervey, 20, was allegedly driving a 1993 Honda Civic when it collided with a 2010 Ford Edge on Woods Road around 12:11 a.m. First-responders to the scene of the crash found a large …
Rockland County Bus Accident Victims Identified
According to LoHud.com, police have released the names of a 17-year-old from Chestnut Ridge teen and three other Rockland County residents who were injured in a fatal church van crash on October 1 on the Garden State Parkway in New Jersey. The website reports that Velma Castro, 39, of Chestnut Ridge was killed in the crash. Andrea Cifuentes, 17, of …
Woman Killed in Dumont Pedestrian Accident
A 63-year-old immigrant from South Korea was killed by an SUV in Dumont on September 25 as she was crossing a street near her dry cleaning business. According to NorthJersey.com, Eun Ok Jo, who became an immigration success story after moving to the country 30 years ago, was walking at East Madison Avenue and Howard Street shortly after 9:30 a.m. …
Bethenny Frankel Divorce Case Heats Up Child Custody Battle
Realty television star and talk show host Bethenny Frankel was in a Manhattan courthouse earlier this month for divorce proceedings. Frankel is in the process of divorcing her estranged husband Jason Hoppy, who she separated from in January. Radar Online reported that the former couple is fighting over custody of their three-year-old daughter Bryn, with the case headed for trial, …
Dozens of People Injured in Brooklyn Bus Accident
A Brooklyn bus accident with a Metropolitan Transportation Authority vehicle injured 41 people on September 9. According to CBS News, the accident occurred at 4:40 p.m., at Albany Avenue and Herkimer Street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of the borough. Dozens of people on the bus were injured according to the FDNY, with many people transported to area hospitals. In all, …
Clint Eastwood’s Wife Files For Legal Separation
According to the Associated Press, Clint Eastwood’s second wife filed for legal separation last week from the movie star. The AP reported that Dina Eastwood filed a petition to separate from Clint in the Monterey County Superior Court in California. In her petition, she is seeking spousal support and physical custody of the couple’s 16-year-old daughter Morgan. The AP reported …
Man Killed in Palisades Interstate Parkway Car Accident
According to CBS News, a man was killed in a multi-car accident on August 14 on the Palisades Interstate Parkway in Rockland County. At around midnight, a speeding vehicle caused the three-car crash, as it went off the highway’s northbound lanes, near Exit 6, before hitting a tree and splitting into two pieces. CBS reports that the car was destroyed …
Bronx Nursing Home Employee Charged with Endangering Resident
According to CBS News, a nurse was indicted last month on criminal charges after he allegedly beat a disabled resident at a Bronx nursing home. CBS News reported that Lennox Seymour, 46, of Nanuet, was charged with endangering the welfare of a vulnerable elderly person, which carries up to a four-year prison sentence. Seymour is a licensed LPN and worked …
Bergen County DUI Accident Seriously Injures Pedestrian
According to NewJersey.com, a Rutherford man was charged with driving while intoxicated and aggravated assault after he lost control of his car on August 22 and struck a utility pole, injuring a pedestrian walking on the sidewalk. Victor Kwak, 22, was charged with aggravated assault by auto and driving while intoxicated within 1,000 feet of a school and was issued …
Ethan Hawke Discusses Divorce From Uma Thurman
Actor Ethan Hawke recently opened up to the Elle magazine about his divorce from actress Uma Thurman after their six-year marriage. The actor told the Elle that he married Thurman at too young of age—27. “Success when you’re young is really overwhelming. The world felt out of control. And I wanted to stop it from spinning so fast. I thought …