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Man Taken To Hospital After Being Struck By Car In Westchester Man Taken To Hospital After Being Struck By Car In Westchester
Man Taken To Hospital After Being Struck By Car In Westchester A man was injured after being hit by a vehicle at a busy intersection in Westchester. The incident happened on Thursday, March 14 around midnight, when a pedestrian was struck in Yonkers in the area of Central Park Avenue and Clark Street, according to Yonkers Police Sgt. Robert Spink.  Arriving police found a 65-year-old man with an injury to his left ankle that he had sustained after being hit while crossing the road. The driver who struck him remained at the scene and met with police.  No charges were filed in the crash, Spink said. The pedestrian was taken to a nearby h…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
16-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Cab On Parkway In Westchester 16-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Cab On Parkway In Westchester
16-Year-Old Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Cab On Parkway In Westchester A 16-year-old boy was seriously injured after being struck by a cab on a busy parkway in Westchester, police said. New, updated report - Tens Of Thousands Raised For Seriously Injured 16-Year-Old Struck By Car In Dobbs Ferry The incident happened on Monday, March 4 at around 7:45 p.m., when the boy was hit while crossing the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Dobbs Ferry at the Lawrence Street intersection, according to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary.  The boy had been crossing from the west side of the roadway when he was struck. Follo…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
34 Cars Get Flat Tires Due To Large Piece Of Metal On I-84, Police Say 34 Cars Get Flat Tires Due To Large Piece Of Metal On I-84, Police Say
34 Cars Get Flat Tires Due To Large Piece Of Metal On I-84, Police Say Thirty-four drivers started the morning off on the wrong foot when they hit a large piece of metal in the roadway and got flat tires in return. The multiple flat tires were reported around 8 a.m., Monday, April 8,  while exiting westbound I-84 west onto the northbound Route 8 ramp in Waterbury, near Mixmaster, the Connecticut State Police said. DOT responded and removed the metal with a payloader, state police said. Several tow trucks and the DOT’s State Farm Safety Patrol arrived to help the stranded drivers change tires.  Troopers remind motorists to use caution when…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester
Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester A 25-year-old man who hit a 9-year-old boy walking to school and then fled the area has been arrested by Sleepy Hollow Police. The incident took place around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday when the boy left home to go to his bus stop and stopped by a local convenience store to pick up a snack, said Sleepy Hollow Police Chief Anthony Bueti.  When the child was leaving the area of the store on Depeyster Street, near Clinton Street, he was struck by Jefferson Rodrigues-Veraf of Ossining, the chief said. Rodrigues-Veraf got out of his vehicle and helped the boy up, then hopped back in the vehicle and drove…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Route 22 Reopens After Hours-Long Closure Following Crash With Downed Wires Route 22 Reopens After Hours-Long Closure Following Crash With Downed Wires
Route 22 Reopens After Hours-Long Closure Following Crash With Downed Wires This story has been updated. A stretch of Route 22 in Northern Westchester has reopened after a crash with downed wires caused its closure for most of Wednesday morning. The closure was between Mustato Road and Pine Hill Drive, just south of Route 35 in Katonah.

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by Daily Voice
News
Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley
Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley A driver was able to escape before a car on the tracks was struck by a train early Sunday afternoon in Rockland County. At about 1:30 p.m., the New Jersey transit train traveling to Spring Valley struck the car at the New Clarkstown Road crossing in Nanuet. The vehicle was sitting in traffic, on the tracks, when the railroad crossing gates began to come down as the train was approaching the crossing, Clarkstown Police said. The railroad crossing gates blocked the driver's ability to get off the tracks, but the driver was able to exit the vehicle without injury, according to police. The fe…

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by Joe Lombardi