Loaded and Loaded: 80,000-Pound Tractor-Trailer Driver Arrested In Brentwood For DUI, Cops Say
A tractor-trailer driver was operating his big rig while drunk on Long Island early Monday, April 13, according to police.
Frederic Mejia, 35, was arrested after multiple people reported his tractor-trailer failing to maintain its lane on the Long Island Expressway through Brentwood, the Suffolk County Police Department said.
Suffolk County highway patrol officers responded around 7 a.m. and located the truck, cops said. Investigators determined Mejia, a Bronx resident, was driving the 18-wheeler while drunk.
Mejia’s arraignment on DWI charges was set for later Monday. Cops also inspected …
Union EMT Thrown From Motorcycle, Run Over By Tractor-Trailer On I-287, Friends Say
Kemit Cotto, a veteran Emergency Medical Technician from New Jersey, is fighting through a long recovery after being severely injured in a motorcycle crash on Interstate 287, friends said.
The crash happened on Monday, Sept. 8, when a car stopped short in front of Cotto on I-287, according to a GoFundMe launched by Robert Cintron. Cotto braked to avoid hitting the car, was thrown from his motorcycle into the side of a tractor-trailer, and was then run over by the truck, the campaign says.
Records show Cotto is from Union.
He suffered a clavicle fracture, chest hematoma, open tibial fractur…
