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Yahoo
12-07-2025
- Yahoo
CT state police charge 19-year-old in three-car crash that seriously injured herself, truck driver
A teenager was arrested this week in connection with a three-vehicle crash in June 2024 on Route 2 in Preston that seriously injured her as well another driver and left a third person with minor injuries. Daniechka Garcia-Martinez, 19, of Norwich turned herself in after troopers obtained a warrant for her arrest following an investigation that reportedly found she was at fault for the serious crash, according to Connecticut State Police. She faces charges of second-degree assault, reckless driving, failure to drive in proper lane and operating a motor vehicle without a license. According to the warrant affidavit, emergency crews responded to reports of the crash on June 28, 2024, around 2 p.m. Garcia-Martinez, who was driving a 2008 Honda Accord west in the right lane, crossed the fog line in the right shoulder, leading to one of her passenger side tires striking a curb, the warrant affidavit said. The vehicle then veered back across the right lane and to the left, striking a 1989 International S Series 1754 truck that was headed west in the left lane and began to move into the right lane, state police wrote. The Honda then spun out of control in front of the truck. A 2023 Ford Bronco being driven east then collided with the driver side of the Honda, the warrant affidavit said. The Honda then settled along a metal cable guardrail. The truck that had been struck was now partially in the eastbound lane where it struck the rear driver side of the Bronco, the warrant affidavit said. The truck then left the road out of control and struck multiple trees. According to the warrant affidavit, the truck driver and Garcia-Martinez were trapped in their vehicles after the collision. They each suffered serious injuries and were taken to a hospital. The driver of the Ford suffered minor injuries, state police wrote in the warrant affidavit. The investigation found that Garcia-Martinez did not have a license to drive and was operating by herself with only a permit, the warrant affidavit said. State police investigators said she was going faster than the truck when she passed it on the right and left the road, where she hit a curb, causing her to lose control of the Accord, according to the warrant affidavit. Garcia-Martinez is free on a $30,000 bond and is scheduled to appear in Norwich Superior Court on July 22.
News24
03-07-2025
- News24
Limpopo police probe reckless driving after children struck by cop vehicle
Police in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, are investigating a case of reckless and negligent driving involving one of their own officers after a state vehicle allegedly hit two children aged eight and 12. The incident occurred on Wednesday in Lebowakgomo Zone F, where the officer, driving solo in a state-issued car, reportedly struck the children as they played with a scooter on a residential street. 'Emergency services responded swiftly, and the children were immediately transported to a nearby facility for medical attention,' said police spokesperson Brigadier Hlulani Mashaba. The children sustained only minor injuries and were subsequently discharged. 'The exact circumstances surrounding the incident will form part of the ongoing investigation currently being conducted by the police,' he said, adding that such incidents involving members of the police were taken very seriously.
BBC News
03-07-2025
- BBC News
'Reckless' Jaguar driver jailed for woman's death at Gorefield
A "reckless" driver who killed a young mother-of-one and left a teenager with life-changing injuries in a crash has been Peggs, 32, lost control of his black Jaguar XKR in Gote Lane, Gorefield, near Wisbech, and ploughed into a tree at about 17:00 GMT on 3 February car burst into flames and while passers by pulled him out, Gracie Robinson, 20, died later and Macie Hall, 18, was seriously admitted causing death and serious injury by careless or inconsiderate driving and was jailed for three years and four months at Cambridge Crown Court on Friday. Peggs, of Ascot Close, Bourne, in Lincolnshire, had stood trial in April where he was found not guilty of causing death and serious injury by dangerous had already pleaded guilty to the charge of careless driving. Police said Peggs and the two passengers were all taken to Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge after the crash, where Grace, the mother of a young boy, died on 5 February as a result of her was seriously hurt and still suffers the effects of her life-changing injuries, the police said, while Peggs sustained serious injuries and made a full recovery. Det Sgt Craig Wheeler, from the serious collision investigation unit, said: "Yet again we see another case of young lives being ruined by a moment of stupidity behind the wheel of a car."No-one, other than Peggs, will know why he decided to drive like he did on that day."His actions and reckless behaviour have taken the life of Grace and caused serious, life-changing injuries to Macie."Peggs had been drinking at the Woodman Cottage Inn, in Gorefield, on the afternoon of the crash and had met Grace at about 16: left the pub together at about 16:40 to pick up Macie from a beauty appointment in the village, just before the Sgt Wheeler said he hoped Peggs's sentencing would give the women's families "at least some sense of closure". Follow Cambridgeshire news on BBC Sounds, Facebook, Instagram and X.
Yahoo
21-06-2025
- Yahoo
Bismarck man sentenced for fleeing law enforcement, crashing vehicle in Jamestown
Jun. 21—JAMESTOWN — An 18-year-old Bismarck man who led law enforcement on a pursuit that started on Interstate 94 and ended in a two-vehicle crash in Jamestown was sentenced recently in Southeast District Court in Jamestown. Jamie Ray Barnes pleaded guilty to fleeing or attempting to elude a police officer, reckless endangerment and theft of property, Class C felonies that were later deemed misdemeanors, and aggravated reckless driving, a Class A misdemeanor. Charges of criminal vehicular injury, persons under the influence of intoxicating liquor or any other drugs or substances not to operate a vehicle, prohibited acts-more than a half ounce of marijuana and driving while license was suspended or revoked were dismissed in exchange for guilty pleas to the other charges. Barnes was accused of taking a vehicle valued between $1,000 and $10,000, failing or refusing to bring the vehicle he was driving to a stop or fleeing or attempting to elude when a pursuing police vehicle or peace officer gave a visual or audible signal to bring the vehicle to a stop, recklessly creating a substantial risk of serious bodily injury or death to another and driving a vehicle recklessly in disregard of the rights or safety of others on May 10. Judge Troy LeFevre sentenced Barnes to 210 days in the Stutsman County Correctional Center with credit for 31 days served. LeFevre placed Barnes on 24 months supervised probation and ordered him to submit to fingerprints. LeFevre also ordered Barnes to pay a $35 indigent defense application fee and a $25 victim-witness fee. The court retains jurisdiction on restitution for 60 days. Barnes is eligible for the Cooperative Treatment Release program. Barnes fled from a North Dakota Highway Patrol trooper, who was responding to a report of reckless driving, on May 10 about a mile west of Eldridge on I-94, according to Sgt. Nathaniel King with the North Dakota Highway Patrol. The vehicle Barnes was driving entered Jamestown at exit 257, and the trooper discontinued the pursuit. The vehicle was later located by a Stutsman County Sheriff's Office deputy and a Jamestown police officer as it approached the intersection of 17th Street Southwest and U.S. Highway 281 where the vehicle drove through a red light and almost struck another motorist, according to Maj. Justin Blinsky, assistant chief of police for the Jamestown Police Department. Barnes continued to flee throughout parts of southeast Jamestown before he disregarded a red light and struck a 2021 GMC Sierra pickup, driven by a 30-year-old Jamestown man, traveling southbound through the intersection, Blinsky said. A Class C felony is punishable by five years in prison and a $10,000 fine. A Class A misdemeanor is punishable by 360 days in prison and a $3,000 fine.
Daily Mail
19-06-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mail
NFL Draft flop Shedeur Sanders was stopped by cops for speeding two weeks before getting caught driving over 100mph in Cleveland
The revelation that Cleveland Browns quarterback Shedeur Sanders had been caught speeding by police in the city didn't come as a surprise to law enforcement. Yesterday, it was revealed that Sanders was pulled over in the suburb of Strongsville on Tuesday by authorities who issued a citation. The rookie quarterback out of Colorado was clocked driving at 101mph, 41 miles over the posted speed limit. Nearly a day later, it's been revealed that this is the second time this month that Sanders has been stopped for reckless driving. Back on June 6, Sanders was stopped in another Cleveland suburb - Brunswick Hills - by the Ohio State Patrol. According to records, Sanders was pulled over for driving 91 mph in a 65 mph zone at 12:24 in the morning. A spokesperson for the team told that the team has addressed the citations with the rookie. "He is taking care of the tickets," team spokesman Peter John-Baptiste told the media outlet. For the June 6 incident, Sanders faces $269 in fines and court costs for his recklessness. As for the most recent ticket, he has the choice of either paying the $250 fine or fighting the fourth-degree misdemeanor charge in court on July 3. Sanders was tipped by many - his own father included - to be a top-five draft pick. But the former Colorado quarterback suffered one the most shocking slides in NFL history. He was eventually selected by Cleveland in the fifth round with the 144th overall pick - not before the Browns had taken ex-Oregon star Dillon Gabriel.
