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RNZ News
3 days ago
- RNZ News
Car crashes into house in Auckland
Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon A man has been arrested in Auckland after the car he was driving ploughed into a home in Auckland. Police said those inside the house were shaken but unharmed. A patrol unit came across a vehicle being driven eratically and running red lights on Wednesday night. Police said the driver took off but there was no pursuit given the vehicle's high speed. Officers then found the car after it had crashed into a house at Druces Road. They say the driver's actions were wreckless and it is fortunate an innocent member of the public was not seriously hurt. A 36-year-old man is set to face charges.
Yahoo
06-08-2025
- Yahoo
Alleged drunk driver crashes into Branchburg home
BRANCHBURG – A Somerville man has been charged with driving while intoxicated and other offenses after he crashed a pickup into a home at the corner of South Branch Road and Hillcrest Drive on the morning of Aug. 4. Eric Wilson has also been charged with the motor vehicle violations of being an unlicensed driver, failure to install an interlock device, driving while suspended, failure to maintain lane, refusal to submit to a breath test, reckless driving, driving a vehicle with unsafe tires and driving on the revoked list after license was suspended for a drunk driving offense, police said. When township police arrived at the scene at about 9:30 a.m. Monday, officers saw a white pickup truck inside the first floor of the home. Wilson was able to get himself out of the pickup, police said, but he had sustained a laceration to the head. Wilson refused medical treatment after being assessed by the Branchburg Rescue Squad, according to police. One person was at home on the second floor of the home at the time of the crash and was safely escorted out of the house by police. While speaking with him, officers observed that Wilson may have been under the influence of alcohol and/or drugs, police said. Police tried to conduct field sobriety tests on Wilson, but he allegedly refused to cooperate, police said. Wilson was then arrested and taken to police headquarters where he allegedly refused to give a breath sample. A check of Wilson's driving record revealed that his license was suspended for previous DWI convictions. The police department received a Superior Court warrant to collect blood and urine to determine alcohol and/or drug content, police said. Wilson was taken to the Somerset County Jail after being medically cleared. Wilson has twice been sentenced to state prison for drug offenses, in Somerset County in 1998 and in Union County in 2001. He also faced two DWI charges in Hillsborough in 2006 and 2010. After the 2010 conviction, his license was suspended for 10 Readington, his license was suspended for eight years in May on a charge of refusing to take a breath test. He was also ordered to drive with an interlock device for two years. Email: mdeak@ This article originally appeared on Branchburg NJ alleged drunk driver crashes into home Solve the daily Crossword
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.
