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ID Released For Motorist Killed After Striking Guard Rail On Saw Mill River Parkway
Police have identified the 25-year-old man killed during a crash on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Westchester.
Julius Lee, of the Bronx, died around 2:45 a.m., Monday, June 22, after crashing his Yamaha motorcycle on the southbound Saw Mill just before the Rumsey Road exit, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police.
O'Leary said Lee lost control, veered off the parkway onto the grassy shoulder, struck a guard rail and was thrown from the motorcycle.
Lee was taken to Jacobi Medical Center in the Bronx, where he was pronounced dead shortly after 4 a.m., O'Lea…
Motorist Killed After Striking Guard Rail On Saw Mill River Parkway, Police Say
A 25-year-old man was killed during an overnight crash on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Westchester.
The Westchester County accident occurred about 2:45 a.m., Monday, June 22, on the southbound Saw Mill just before the Rumsey Road exit, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police.
O'Leary said the driver of a Yamaha motorcycle lost control, veered off the parkway onto the grassy shoulder, struck a guard rail and was thrown from the motorcycle.
The driver, a 25-year-old Bronx man whose identity has not yet been released, was taken by Empress EMS ambulance to Jacobi Medi…
ID Released For Victim In Fatal Four-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire
A man killed during a fire at a four-story building in Westchester has been identified.
Peter Lettieri, 64, a resident of the building, was killed during the four-alarm fire that started around 7:28 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 23 at 112 Saratoga Ave., in Yonkers, said Yonkers Police D/Lt. Dean Politopoulos.
In addition to Lettieri, who lived on the first floor, five residents were injured, and 26 firefighters, with two still in the hospital, said Yonkers Fire Department Deputy Chief Joseph Citrone.
One of those injured was forced to jump from a third-story window to escape.
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86 People, 10 Families Displaced In Two-Alarm Westchester Apartment Fire
Ten families were displaced, including 48 adults and 38 children, during a two-alarm fire in Westchester County.
The fire started shortly before 7 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 11, at 149 North Boardway, in Yonkers, said Yonkers Fire Department Assistant Chief Thomas F. Fitzpatrick Jr.
Fitzpatrick said firefighters quickly arrived on the scene and found heavy fire on the top floor of a 5-story apartment building, Fitzpatrick said.
Companies quickly stretched hose lines and began suppression efforts, he said.
"There was heavy fire damage on the top floor and water damage throughout," Fitzpatrick sai…
