On Tuesday afternoon, four friends who work together at the Huntington, Long Island Apple Store were headed to Hershey Park in Pennsylvania when their car crashed into a tree. Police say the driver, 20-year-old Robert Felberbaum of Commack, fell asleep at the wheel. Kristin Green, also 20, was killed while Felberbaum and the two other passengers "sustained major injuries." Newsday reports that Felberbaum apparently failed to negotiate a turn on the PA Turnpike near Caernarvon Township; police report said, "The vehicle sustained severe crushing disabling damage and the roof had to be removed to assist the occupants." Felberman will be charged with careless driving and failing to stay in the traffic lane. more ›

Yesterday, a family's father, mother, and two children died in a car crash in North Carolina. Wayne Pride-Hicks, wife Natalie, and their five kids were traveling to Alabama for a family reunion when their minivan "drifted" into oncoming traffic on I-77. Police say Wayne Pride-Hicks, who was driving, had fallen asleep; the Post reports, "8-year-old son, Elijah, futilely tried to wake him, but the family minivan rammed head-on into a pick-up truck and a car," according to Pastor Lester Williams of Community Church of Christ in Jamaica, where both Wayne and Natalie Pride-Hicks were deacons. Pride-Hicks, his wife, son Wayne Jr. and daughter Natalia were killed; the pick-up truck's driver and passenger were in critical condition while the car's driver was treated and released. Williams and his wife plan to petition for guardianship of the surviving children, Elijah and Josiah and John, both 5. more ›