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Man Nabbed For Running Light, Hitting Car Before Driving Away In Westchester: Police Man Nabbed For Running Light, Hitting Car Before Driving Away In Westchester: Police
Man Nabbed For Running Light, Hitting Car Before Driving Away In Westchester: Police A 34-year-old Hudson Valley man has surrendered himself to authorities after allegedly causing a crash in Northern Westchester and driving away from the scene while his license was suspended, police said.  The arrest resulted from an incident on Saturday, July 1 around 9:45 a.m., when Yorktown Police were alerted of a two-car crash on Route 6 and learned that a driver involved had left the scene.  According to the department, officers then headed to the location of the crash and began an investigation, ultimately determining that the suspect, 34-year-old Putnam County resident Gen…

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by Ben Crnic
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Hit-Run: Beloved Westchester High School Teacher Dies In Cape Cod Crash Hit-Run: Beloved Westchester High School Teacher Dies In Cape Cod Crash
Hit-Run: Beloved Westchester High School Teacher Dies In Cape Cod Crash Authorities are investigating after a high school teacher in New York who lived in Connecticut was killed in a hit-and-run incident in Massachusetts, police said.  Fairfield County resident Jeffrey Richardson, age 59, of Brookfield, who taught music in Northern Westchester County at John Jay High School in Cross River, died on Tuesday, July 11 following the incident that happened the day before around 9:40 p.m. in the town of Wellfleet on Cape Cod.  According to Wellfleet Police, at the time of the incident, officers were called to Route 6, where Richardson was lying unresponsive …

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by Ben Crnic
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Fatal Hit-Run In Westchester: Victim ID'd, Unlicensed 24-Year-Old Suspect Nabbed Fatal Hit-Run In Westchester: Victim ID'd, Unlicensed 24-Year-Old Suspect Nabbed
Fatal Hit-Run In Westchester: Victim ID'd, Unlicensed 24-Year-Old Suspect Nabbed An unlicensed suspect has been apprehended and a victim identified after a fatal hit-and-run crash in Westchester County. It happened just before 9:40 a.m. Friday, June 23 in Yonkers. Upon arrival, first responders located an unresponsive victim down in the street with blunt force trauma to his body; he was transported to a local area hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, the Yonkers Police Department said.  The vehicle that allegedly struck him fled the area prior to police arrival.  Officers cordoned off the scene and initiated accident and criminal investigations.…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Hit-Run Suspect At Large: Man Hospitalized After Being Struck In Westchester Hit-Run Suspect At Large: Man Hospitalized After Being Struck In Westchester
Hit-Run Suspect At Large: Man Hospitalized After Being Struck In Westchester Police are currently searching for the suspect in a hit-run that left a pedestrian hospitalized in Northern Westchester.  The incident happened on Monday, June 12 around 10 p.m., when a 79-year-old man was hit by a car in the area of the 1000 block of Howard Street in Peekskill, according to Peekskill Police Lt. Adam Renwick.  The vehicle then drove away from the scene before authorities arrived, Renwick said.  The victim was taken to Westchester Medical Center for treatment following the incident.  The hit-run is now being investigated by Peekskill Police.  This…

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by Ben Crnic
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Drunk Driver Hits Car, Then Crashes While Fleeing In Westchester: Police Drunk Driver Hits Car, Then Crashes While Fleeing In Westchester: Police
Drunk Driver Hits Car, Then Crashes While Fleeing In Westchester: Police A drunk driver was hit with several charges after allegedly striking another vehicle in Northern Westchester and then crashing his own car while fleeing the scene as officers closed in, police said.  The incident happened on Saturday, June 3 around 9 p.m., when Yorktown Police received a report that a vehicle had hit another car on Route 202 and driven away.  According to the department, this fleeing vehicle then crashed on Ridge Street as officers responded to the scene.  Officers then identified the driver as 53-year-old Robert Sullivan of Yorktown and conducted an investi…

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by Ben Crnic
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Hit-Run Suspect Flees Officers, Crashes Into Another Car In Westchester Hit-Run Suspect Flees Officers, Crashes Into Another Car In Westchester
Hit-Run Suspect Flees Officers, Crashes Into Another Car In Westchester A hit-run suspect made matters worse for himself when he tried fleeing officers in Westchester and ended up crashing into another car, leading to the discovery of a loaded gun inside his vehicle, police said.  The incident happened on Thursday, May 18 just after 1:30 p.m. in Mount Vernon, when detectives tried pulling over a vehicle wanted in connection with an earlier hit-and-run incident, according to Mount Vernon Director of Communications Timothy Allen.  However, the driver of the vehicle, 26-year-old Bronx resident Demarco Royal-King, instead drove away from police in an…

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by Ben Crnic
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Duo Causes Serious Crash, Then Flees From Bronx River Parkway In Yonkers, Police Say Duo Causes Serious Crash, Then Flees From Bronx River Parkway In Yonkers, Police Say
Duo Causes Serious Crash, Then Flees From Bronx River Parkway In Yonkers, Police Say New, updated report: Man Caught After Fleeing Serious Crash On Bronx River Parkway In Yonkers, Police Say Authorities are searching for two people who fled the scene of a crash on a parkway in Westchester that left two men seriously injured, police said.  The incident happened on Friday, April 14 around 7 a.m. when an Acura MDX traveling northbound on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers sideswiped one car and then slammed into the rear of a Ram 1500 pickup truck just north of the Oak Street exit, according to Westchester County Police.  This caused the truck to leav…

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by Ben Crnic
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Hit-Run Victim Chases Suspect From Westchester Until Cops Arrive, Police Say Hit-Run Victim Chases Suspect From Westchester Until Cops Arrive, Police Say
Hit-Run Victim Chases Suspect From Westchester Until Cops Arrive, Police Say A Northern Westchester man who tried driving away after rear-ending a car was instead arrested after the victim refused to let him escape and gave chase, police said.  The incident happened in Putnam County on Sunday, April 2 around 4:30 p.m., when two vehicles were involved in a rear-end accident in Carmel at the intersection of Route 6 and Croton Falls Road and one of the vehicles tried to leave the scene, according to Carmel Police.  The second vehicle then began to chase the escaping car for around two miles until Carmel Police officers were able to catch up to them on Colonia…

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by Ben Crnic
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Fatal Hit-Run Crash: 18-Year-Old Charged For Incident Involving Hudson Valley Woman, Age 52 Fatal Hit-Run Crash: 18-Year-Old Charged For Incident Involving Hudson Valley Woman, Age 52
Fatal Hit-Run Crash: 18-Year-Old Charged For Incident Involving Hudson Valley Woman, Age 52 An 18-year-old Hudson Valley resident has been charged with leaving the scene of a crash last year that left another woman dead. The Rockland County teen, from Monsey, was charged on Monday, April 3, said Lt. Michael Gannon, with the Ramapo Police. Her name was not released due to her age at the time of the incident, making her eligible for youthful offender status, Gannon said. The crash took place in Rockland County around 12:45 a.m., Sunday, Nov. 28, on West Carlton Road in Ramapo, Gannon said. Gannon said officers responded to the area after 52-year-old Miriam Sussman of Monsey was fo…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hit-Run Crash: Suspect Nabbed In Harrison After State Police Cruiser Struck On I-684 Hit-Run Crash: Suspect Nabbed In Harrison After State Police Cruiser Struck On I-684
Hit-Run Crash: Suspect Nabbed In Harrison After State Police Cruiser Struck On I-684 A New York State Police vehicle was damaged by a hit-and-run driver while the trooper was stopped on I-684 helping another motorist in Northern Westchester. The incident took place in Bedford around 6 p.m., Sunday, Feb. 26. Trooper AJ Hicks said the crash occurred while the trooper was stopped in the southbound lane of I-684 assisting another driver when a gold Lexus SUV struck the passenger side of the police cruiser. The driver, identified as Thomas Haber, age 81, of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, then fled the area, Hicks said. The trooper was not injured in the crash, he added. Haber w…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hit-Run Crash: Man Charged After Woman Struck, Killed In Hudson Valley Hit-Run Crash: Man Charged After Woman Struck, Killed In Hudson Valley
Hit-Run Crash: Man Charged After Woman Struck, Killed In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley man has been charged in the death of a woman who was hit and killed by a car. Rockland County resident Bryan Castillo-Solorzano, age 26, of Spring Valley, was arrested on Thursday, Feb. 16, and charged with leaving the scene of a motor vehicle crash that resulted in death, said Lt. Michael Gannon of the Ramapo Police.  The crash took place on Saturday, Feb. 11 on Hempstead Lane in the Hillcrest section of Ramapo, Gannon said. When police officers arrived on the scene, they found the 82-year-old woman from Spring Valley had been struck and killed. The veh…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hit-Run Crash: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Victim Seriously Injured In Westchester Hit-Run Crash: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Victim Seriously Injured In Westchester
Hit-Run Crash: Unlicensed Driver Charged After Victim Seriously Injured In Westchester A suspect has been apprehended after a person was seriously injured in a hit-and-run crash in Northern Westchester. The crash happened around 5:50 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30 in Mount Kisco when a 53-year-old man was struck by a Toyota RAV4 at the intersection of Boltis Street and Main Street, Westchester County Police said.  On Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 8, police announced the arrest of Mount Kisco resident Israel Cazanga, age 63, who was taken into custody following an investigation by detectives assigned to the Mount Kisco Precinct. Cazanga was charged with: Leaving the s…

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by Joe Lombardi