Sgt. Jacob Wolterbeek, a 41-year-old husband and father of three, died early Thursday after crashing into the rear of a box truck after the end of his shift.

A police sergeant in Maine was killed in a crash early Thursday morning on the Piscataqua River Bridge. Biddeford Police Sgt. Jacob Wolterbeek was heading south to his Portsmouth, New Hampshire home when he crashed into a box truck, Maine State Police said.

The hulks of half-submerged Syrian missile ships smouldered in Latakia harbour on Tuesday, hours after Israel hammered its neighbour with strikes from the sea and air.Israeli Defence Minister Israel Katz said the navy struck Latakia with missile ships.