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Westchester County officials have concluded that a crash in New York, leaving five kids from Derby, Connecticut dead, was an accident. The Westchester County Police Department said no criminal charges will be filed as a result of the investigation. Investigators said the driver most likely fell asleep and that’s what caused the vehicle to go off the road. Authorities...

A former University of Connecticut student has been sentenced to 55 years in prison in a 2020 kidnapping and murder case. He is set to be sentenced Thursday on an additional murder charge.

The Department of Children and Families (DCF) told NBC Connecticut that they recently paid a visit to several Derby children that died in a New York car crash. DCF Commissioner Vanessa Dorantes said the department was asked by New York Child Protective Services to perform a “courtesy visit” to interview the children based on an alleged incident that happened in…

Officials in Westchester County have identified the five kids from Derby who were killed in a crash in New York over the weekend. Westchester County Police said 16-year-old Malik Smith was driving a Nissan Rogue on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, New York, around 12:20 a.m. on Sunday when the vehicle left the road, struck a boulder and a…

The five minors who were killed in a fiery crash in New York early Sunday morning are related and had recently moved to Derby, according to the school superintendent. Westchester County Police said a 16-year-old boy was driving a Nissan Rogue on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale, New York, when the vehicle left the road, struck a tree and…