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Photos: House Fire Breaks Out Overnight In Area
Three people were hospitalized overnight when a fire broke out and tore through a Putnam County home, officials said.
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Feb. 18, first responders were dispatched to Oak Road West in Lake Secor, when a fire ravaged a one-story home, Jack Casey, spokesman for the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department, said.
Upon arrival, firefighters found the house fully engulfed in flames, with the residents outside the home.
Fire crews, who were hampered by low-hanging wires that required NYSEG ’s assistance, had the flames knocked down by approximately 2:30 a.m. on Tue…
Westchester Man Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash On Taconic Parkway
A Westchester County man was killed following a three-car crash on the Taconic State Parkway in East Fishkill.
William Faint, 62, of Yorktown, was killed around 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, after he pulled in front of two other vehicles on the parkway, said New York State Police Spokesman AJ Hicks.
According to Hicks, an initial investigation found that Faint was traveling east on Carpenter Road, in a 2006 Ford Taurus, when he attempted to cross the Taconic State Parkway, and failed to yield the right of way to two southbound vehicles, Hicks said.
A 2016 GMC Sierra, operated by Alan…
Teen Killed After Car Hits Tree, Bursts Into Flames In Mahopac, Police Say
An 18-year-old Mahopac teen was killed during a crash in which his vehicle struck a pine tree and then the car burst into flames.
John Rossetti, 18, was killed around 11:30 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, when his gray Honda Civic struck the tree on Woodbine Drive, came to rest on its passenger side, and then the engine block and tree burst into flames, said Carmel Police Lt. John Dearman.
Carmel Officer Christopher Fox pulled the unconscious driver out of the car as the fire began spreading into the passenger compartment, Dearman said.
Officer Neil Brown assisted Fox to carry Rossetti away from…
