Intoxicated Torrington Driver Crashes Into New Hartford Pole, Police K9 Tracks Him Down: Police
A Connecticut man accused of driving drunk crashed into a utility pole in New Hartford and walked into the woods, where a police K-9 found him, state police said.
David Allan Peck, 53, of Torrington, faces four charges stemming from the crash around 3:59 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 5, on Whitbeck Road near Knollwood Drive in New Hartford, Connecticut State Police said.
Troopers found a blue Hyundai Elantra that had snapped a utility pole at its base, police said. Inside the car, they spotted several empty containers that appeared to be for alcoholic drinks.
A witness called dispatch while t…
NY Driver Who Killed Woman In Head-On Nassau Crash Charged 11 Months Later: Authorities
A young Capital Region man has been arrested for a deadly car crash that killed a former elementary school teacher last year, authorities announced Friday, Oct. 2.
Cody Dunton, 21, of Canaan, was charged with manslaughter and assault for the wreck that killed Patricia Balcom, the Rensselaer County District Attorney’s office said.
Dunton was driving recklessly on Route 20 through Nassau on Nov. 10, 2025, when he caused the deadly crash, prosecutors said.
He was traveling eastbound on the road when he suddenly swerved into the westbound lanes and struck Balcom’s vehicle head-on, state police…
Albany Man Killed, Two People Airlifted Following Head-On Car Crash In New York: Police
A Capital Region man was killed in a head-on car crash Thursday, Oct. 1 in New York, police said.
Jonathan R. Hynes, 46, of Albany, was driving northbound on State Route 10 through Richmondville, Schoharie County, when he crossed into the southbound lanes, New York State Police said.
Hynes’s vehicle collided head-on with a vehicle traveling southbound just before 10 a.m. Thursday, police said. He was pronounced dead at the scene, according to authorities.
A passenger in Hynes’s car and the driver of the other vehicle were airlifted to Albany Medical Center with serious injuries, state poli…