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Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries - 42,000 Pounds Of Them: Truck Hits Hutchinson Parkway Overpass Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries - 42,000 Pounds Of Them: Truck Hits Hutchinson Parkway Overpass
Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries - 42,000 Pounds Of Them: Truck Hits Hutchinson Parkway Overpass This story has been updated. A truck carrying 42,000 pounds of frozen french fries struck an overpass on a Westchester County parkway, causing a fuel spill and a closure of the roadway's lanes in one direction.   The incident happened on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1 around 6:50 a.m., when a tractor-trailer traveling south on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale hit the Mamaroneck Road bridge, Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary said.  As a result of the crash, 75 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the trailer's refrigeration unit onto the parkway and int…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Hudson Valley Man Walks Away Uninjured After NJ Plane Crash Hudson Valley Man Walks Away Uninjured After NJ Plane Crash
Hudson Valley Man Walks Away Uninjured After NJ Plane Crash A Hudson Valley man was among three who escaped uninjured when the plane they were flying in ran off a runway and crashed at the Essex County Airport in New Jersey on Easter Sunday, authorities said. The 2020 Citation CJ3 Plus was found at the end of Runway 22 in a drainage brook at approximately 2:40 p.m., on Sunday, April 17, police in Fairfield, New Jersey, said. As police and EMS were arriving, the pilot and two passengers were climbing out, police said. They were identified as Corie Dave Bennett, age 45, of Danbury, CT; Carlos Rodriguez, age 57, of Poughkeepsie in Dutchess Co…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Tow Operators Come To Rescue After Tractor-Trailer Hangs Off I-95 In Westchester Crash Tow Operators Come To Rescue After Tractor-Trailer Hangs Off I-95 In Westchester Crash
Tow Operators Come To Rescue After Tractor-Trailer Hangs Off I-95 In Westchester Crash Three tow operators saved the day for a Westchester neighborhood by preventing a tractor-trailer hanging off an overpass from falling onto their homes. The incident took place around 12:45 a.m., Thursday, Feb. 27, when a tractor-trailer driver lost control and flipped over on I-95 in New Rochelle. The rain was pouring down the wind was howling the tractor-trailer hung 60-feet in the air above homes below, said Anthony Paniccia Jr., of Vincent's Service Station. Paniccia, along with Felix Hughes and Danny Consigliere, arrived on the scene to find the tractor-trailer blocking all lanes of t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Tractor-Trailer With Thousands Of Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Westchester Tractor-Trailer With Thousands Of Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Westchester
Tractor-Trailer With Thousands Of Gallons Of Fuel Overturns In Westchester This story has been updated. A rollover crash of a tractor-trailer carrying thousands of gallons of diesel fuel and gasoline in Northern Westchester caused a lengthy road closure on Route 116. The crash took place around 8:15 a.m. Tuesday on Route 116, also known as Titicus Road, in North Salem, leaking some of the diesel fuel it was carrying, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. Route 116 was closed between Oakridge Road and Delancey Road for approximately 12 hours in order for the fuel spill cleanup and for officials with the Department of Environmental Protection to re…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Bucket Truck Leaks Fuel In Three-Vehicle Westchester Crash Bucket Truck Leaks Fuel In Three-Vehicle Westchester Crash
Bucket Truck Leaks Fuel In Three-Vehicle Westchester Crash A three-vehicle crash closed down a major roadway and required hazmat officials for a fuel spill late Thursday morning in Westchester. The crash, that included a bucket truck that overturned, occurred around 10:11 a.m. Dec. 27 Thursday on Saw Mill River Road in Ardsley, Ardsley Police said. The truck leaked about 50 gallons of fuel that has been cleared.   Ardsley police said there were no major injuries and the roadway has reopened.

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by Kathy Reakes