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Details Emerge On Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Involving Alleged Impaired Driver Details Emerge On Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Involving Alleged Impaired Driver
Details Emerge On Fatal Wrong-Way Crash Involving Alleged Impaired Driver Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Woman Killed In Wrong-Way Northern Westchester Crash State Police have just released new details on a fatal wrong-way crash involving a driver allegedly impaired by alcohol that happened overnight in Westchester. The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill. An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said.  The Audi struc…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Ex-Pearl River HS Athlete Who Crashed Car In NJ Charged With DWI Ex-Pearl River HS Athlete Who Crashed Car In NJ Charged With DWI
Ex-Pearl River HS Athlete Who Crashed Car In NJ Charged With DWI A multi-sport athlete from Pearl River was drunk when his car jumped a curb, toppled a street sign and slammed into a telephone pole just across the New Jersey border, authorities said. Raymond Amato, 22, was behind the wheel of a speeding car on Rivervale Road when an officer pulled behind him shortly before 3 a.m. May 26, River Vale police said. Amato turned on to Prospect Avenue and immediately crashed, they said. The officer found him assessing the damage, Detective Sergeant Peter Martin said. He "immediately detected the odor of an alcoholic beverage on the driver’s breath," Martin s…

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by Jerry DeMarco