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ID Released Of Man Killed After Speeding, Hitting Parked Truck On I-684 In Westchester ID Released Of Man Killed After Speeding, Hitting Parked Truck On I-684 In Westchester
ID Released Of Man Killed After Speeding, Hitting Parked Truck On I-684 In Westchester A 59-year-old man was killed after his vehicle left a highway in Westchester and crashed into a parked truck, police said.  Bronx resident Kevin Smith was killed in an incident on Saturday, March 2 that happened on Interstate 684 in Harrison just before 3 p.m., Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police said on Wednesday, March 13. According to Hicks, an investigation into the crash determined that a 2024 Lucid Air sedan had been speeding when it left the northbound highway near mile marker 0.4 and hit a parked 2019 Freightliner truck with a trailer.  Smith was declared dead a…

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by Ben Crnic
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Update: Tractor-Trailer Rollover Causes Delays For Miles On I-287 In White Plains, Injures 1 Update: Tractor-Trailer Rollover Causes Delays For Miles On I-287 In White Plains, Injures 1
Update: Tractor-Trailer Rollover Causes Delays For Miles On I-287 In White Plains, Injures 1 This story has been updated. Traffic on a busy highway in Westchester was backed up for hours as crews worked to clean up the site of a tractor-trailer rollover that sent one person to the hospital. The rollover happened on Wednesday morning, Nov. 29 around 6 a.m. on I-287 near mile marker 4.2 between Exit 8 in White Plains and Exit 7 in North White Plains, New York State Police said. According to authorities, a Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by a 63-year-old Florida man was traveling east on the highway when it was involved in a sideswipe collision with a Volkswagon sedan d…

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by Ben Crnic
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New Update: 2 Killed, 5 Others Hospitalized In Head-On Crash On Busy Hudson Valley Roadway New Update: 2 Killed, 5 Others Hospitalized In Head-On Crash On Busy Hudson Valley Roadway
New Update: 2 Killed, 5 Others Hospitalized In Head-On Crash On Busy Hudson Valley Roadway This story has been updated. Two people were killed and five others were hospitalized in a head-on crash on a busy Hudson Valley roadway. It happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 in Orange County on Route 32 near Falls Lane in the town of Woodbury and involved a 2014 Freightliner box truck and a 2012 Ford Econoline van, according to state police. The driver of the box truck, Orange County resident Clive Booth, age 48, of Goshen, was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla where he later died, state police said.  The driver of the van, Rockland County reside…

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by Joe Lombardi
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One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash
One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash A 64-year-old tractor-trailer driver was killed during a multiple-vehicle crash on a stretch of I-87 in the area. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in Orange County, in the town of Newburgh,  A preliminary investigation determined a 2020 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Michael Guerra, age 64, of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, was traveling southbound when he struck a 1994 Peterbilt tractor-trailer operated by Adam S. Tommell, age 37, of Voorheesville, New York, directly in the rear of the trailer, said New York State Police Trooper Tara McCormi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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ID Released For 38-Year-Old Killed In I-87 Crash Involving Westchester Resident ID Released For 38-Year-Old Killed In I-87 Crash Involving Westchester Resident
ID Released For 38-Year-Old Killed In I-87 Crash Involving Westchester Resident State Police have identified the driver of a tractor-trailer killed in a crash on I-87 in Rockland County. Victor M. Naula Lopez, age 38, of Whitestone, Queens, was killed around 5 a.m., Friday, March 12, on I-87 in Ramapo, said Trooper Tara McCormick. During the crash, Lopez was operating a 2018 Peterbilt tractor-trailer northbound on I-87, in the middle lane when a 2021 Toyota sideswiped the tractor-trailer, causing it to spin out and strike a 2011 Freightliner Semi, driven by Celso A. Lopez, age 56, of New Rochelle. Lopez was uninjured, McCormick said. The Peterbilt tractor-trailer ove…

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by Kathy Reakes
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26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area 26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area
26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area One person was killed when a Mercedes-Benz crashed into a  tractor-trailer overnight in the area. The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 1 at approximately 2:30 a.m. in Rockland County on the southbound side of I-87 in Chestnut Ridge. A preliminary investigation determined that Dante M. Damanti, age 41, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, located a disabled vehicle in the right southbound lane at mile marker 24.4, according to state police Damanti parked his 2018 Freightliner tractor-trailer in the right lane, behind the disabled vehicle, and set up orange hazard triangles while awaiting a tow t…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Updated With Photos: One Killed, Two Injured In Crash Updated With Photos: One Killed, Two Injured In Crash
Updated With Photos: One Killed, Two Injured In Crash A man was killed and two others were hospitalized after a Ford F150 rear-ended a tractor-trailer, state police said. It happened on Friday, June 5 in Rockland County at about 9:30 p.m., on the Garden State Parkway southbound, at mile marker 1.6 in Chestnut Ridge. The investigation at the scene revealed that Westchester County resident Edgar E. Cevellos Vega, 48, of Harrison, was operating a 2004 Ford F150 southbound, in the right lane, when he rear-ended a 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer, state police said. The operator of the tractor-trailer, William M. Crawford, 54, of Phenix City, Ala…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Westchester Man Among Two Injured In Fatal Rockland Crash Westchester Man Among Two Injured In Fatal Rockland Crash
Westchester Man Among Two Injured In Fatal Rockland Crash A man was killed and two others were hospitalized after a Ford F150 rear-ended a tractor-trailer, state police said. It happened on Friday, June 5 in Rockland County at about 9:30 p.m., on the Garden State Parkway southbound, at mile marker 1.6 in Chestnut Ridge. The investigation at the scene revealed that Westchester County resident Edgar E. Cevellos Vega, 48, of Harrison, was operating a 2004 Ford F150 southbound, in the right lane, when he rear-ended a 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer, state police said. The operator of the tractor-trailer, William M. Crawford, 54, of Phenix City, Ala…

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by Joe Lombardi