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Thanksgiving Day Crash Sends Driver To Hospital After Vehicle Plunges Off Hutchinson Parkway Thanksgiving Day Crash Sends Driver To Hospital After Vehicle Plunges Off Hutchinson Parkway
Thanksgiving Day Crash Sends Driver To Hospital After Vehicle Plunges Off Hutchinson Parkway A Thanksgiving Day crash on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Westchester County left a driver hospitalized after their vehicle veered off the roadway into a wooded area, according to authorities. The incident happened just before 9 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 28, prompting a large emergency response from fire departments in Purchase and Port Chester, as well as EMS teams from Port Chester and Rye Brook. Firefighters arrived to find the vehicle deep in the woods, requiring stabilization and extrication efforts to free the trapped driver, according to the Purchase Fire Department. To assist w…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Storm Ida: One Person Found Dead In Westchester, Second Missing, Police Say Storm Ida: One Person Found Dead In Westchester, Second Missing, Police Say
Storm Ida: One Person Found Dead In Westchester, Second Missing, Police Say After an intense search for a Westchester couple, police have confirmed they have found one person dead and are still searching for the second. The incident began around 1:45 a.m., Thursday, Sept. 2, when Harrison Police received a report of a missing elderly Rye Brook couple, setting off an intensive search of the area. Earlier Report: Storm Ida: One Death Confirmed In Westchester Due To Flash Flooding The search led to an unoccupied vehicle on a guide rail, pinned against a utility pole at Lincoln Avenue and Brookside Way in Purchase, said Chief John Vasta of the …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Husband, Wife Killed In Crash Involving Fairfield County Resident ID'd Husband, Wife Killed In Crash Involving Fairfield County Resident ID'd
Husband, Wife Killed In Crash Involving Fairfield County Resident ID'd The identities have been released of the victims of a double-fatal, chain-reaction crash involving five vehicles in Westchester. It happened around 8:25 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 19 on I-287 eastbound, in the town of Harrison, between Exit 10 (Purchase/Port Chester) and Exit 11 (Port Chester/Rye), state police said.  Initially, state police reported the crash involved a cement mixer and two passenger vehicles.  But a further investigation revealed that a total of five vehicles were involved in the crash that claimed the lives of a husband and wife, state police announced…

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by Joe Lombardi