New York — A New York City police cruiser struck and killed a 52-year-old woman in a multivehicle accident while responding to an emergency call, police said. The crash happened at about 8:30 p.m. Friday in the Far Rockaway section of Queens. Officials said the police SUV had its emergency lights on and was about…

SAN DIEGO—Police are searching for the vehicle and driver that left a 25-year-old woman with serious injuries in North Park, the San Diego Police Department said Monday. At 6:30 p.m. Sunday, the woman attempted to cross the street near 2800 El Cajon Boulevard where the vehicle, headed westbound on the road, struck her and then…

A Maryland man who used to work for former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo was killed by a passing car after being ordered out of a Lyft ride on a Delaware highway, according to authorities. Sidney Wolf, 43, of Clarksburg died on July 24 during a fatal pedestrian crash that happened in Dewey Beach, Delaware…

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.—A train belonging to Florida’s higher-speed passenger rail service struck and killed a man walking on the tracks just weeks after the company reopened from the pandemic. The Brightline train struck the pedestrian Tuesday morning in North Miami Beach as the man didn’t move as the train sounded its horn, officials said. North…

FORT PIERRE, S.D.—South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg pleaded no contest Thursday to a pair of misdemeanor traffic charges over a crash last year that killed a pedestrian, avoiding jail time despite bitter complaints from the victim’s family that he was being too lightly punished for actions they called “inexcusable.” Circuit Judge John Brown had…

BERLIN—A car drove into a group of people at a pedestrian crossing in the eastern German city of Leipzig on Tuesday, killing two and leaving another two seriously injured, police said. They described it as an accident. It wasn’t clear what led to the car, driven by a 50-year-old German man, hitting people crossing a…

Police are investigating after a pedestrian in Brea was struck and killed by a vehicle early Jan. 18. The incident happened near Brea Boulevard and Lambert at 4:12 a.m., police said. The pedestrian was pronounced dead at the scene. Police are asking anyone with information to contact traffic investigator Josh Horn at 714-990-7640.