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Fatal Crash: 56-Year-Old Victim ID'd In Orange County Fatal Crash: 56-Year-Old Victim ID'd In Orange County
Fatal Crash: 56-Year-Old Victim ID'd In Orange County A Hudson Valley man who was involved in a two-vehicle crash died from his injuries. The crash took place in Orange County around 9:30 p.m., Monday, April 17 on Route 211 in the town of Wallkill. When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered a 2012 Subaru driven by Juan M. Castillo, age 37, of the town of Wallkill, had struck a 1996 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 56-year-old George Marse of Port Jervis, said Wallkill Police Deputy Chief Antonino Spano. Marse was transported by Town of Wallkill Emergency Medical Services to Garnet Health Medical Center where he w…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Reward Offered For Information In Serious Hit-Run Crash In Hudson Valley Reward Offered For Information In Serious Hit-Run Crash In Hudson Valley
Reward Offered For Information In Serious Hit-Run Crash In Hudson Valley Police are offering a reward of up to $2,500 for information that leads to an arrest and conviction in a hit-and-run crash that happened earlier this month in Westchester County. Troopers responded to a crash on I-87 southbound in Greenburgh at about 9:40 p.m. on Saturday, June 4, according to New York State Police. Earlier report - Suspect In Sedan At Large After Hit-Run I-87 Crash With Serious Injury Police said a motorcyclist was stopped on the right shoulder of Exit 7A off-ramp when a dark-colored sedan struck the motorcycle. The motorcyclist was ejected and landed in the roadway…

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by Nicole Valinote
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Hudson Valley Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania Hudson Valley Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania
Hudson Valley Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania Three people died and a Northern Westchester man was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a head-on motor-vehicle collision in Pennsylvania. The crash happened in Haycock Township, located in Bucks County, around 11:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said. Initial reports say the two vehicles involved, each carrying two people, caught fire after crashing. The driver of a Chevrolet Equinox, a 26-year-old man from Ossining, was airlifted with serious injuries. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Rockaway, New Jersey, died. The two occupants of the Lexus ES 330 b…

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by Cecilia Levine
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Details Released After Four Killed, Two Injured In Wrong-Way Southern State Parkway Crash Details Released After Four Killed, Two Injured In Wrong-Way Southern State Parkway Crash
Details Released After Four Killed, Two Injured In Wrong-Way Southern State Parkway Crash Click here for an updated story: IDs Released Of Four Killed, Several Injured In Wrong-Way Southern State Parkway Crash State Police have released details on a horrific wrong-way Long Island crash with four fatalities that happened just before daybreak on a busy stretch of the Southern State Parkway, according to state police. It involved several vehicles and happened on the eastbound side at around 5:10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15, in the area of Exit 29, in the town of Oyster Bay, said state police. A Toyota sedan, with the driver as the sole occupant, was traveling westbound in the…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man, Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash Man, Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash
Man, Woman Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash A man and woman were killed in a two-vehicle crash overnight in Westchester. It happened at around 11:50 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 11 in Yonkers at the intersection of Yonkers Avenue at Walnut Street. Yonkers Police Department officers responded to the scene after a Westchester County Department of Public Safety report of a motor vehicle accident with injuries.  Upon arrival, officers observed an accident scene involving one motorcycle and one motor vehicle, said Yonkers PD Detective/Lt. Dean Politopoulos. The two motorcycle occupants, a male operator and female passenger, were…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Charged With Leaving Scene Of Tappan Crash That Injured Motorcyclist Man Charged With Leaving Scene Of Tappan Crash That Injured Motorcyclist
Man Charged With Leaving Scene Of Tappan Crash That Injured Motorcyclist A 62-year-old man has been charged after police say he left the scene of a crash that injured a motorcyclist in Tappan. Orangetown Police say they responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on State Route 303 near Kings Highway in the hamlet of Tappan on Wednesday, Sept. 25 around 9:30 p.m. Officers arrived on scene and located a damaged 2004 Harley Davidson with an injured driver, police say. After talking to witnesses, police say it was determined that the driver of a gray 2010 Chevrolet Cobalt left the scene after hitting the motorcyclist. Police say they located the driver on a…

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by Valerie Musson
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ID Released For Man, 30, Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash ID Released For Man, 30, Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash
ID Released For Man, 30, Killed In Two-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash The identities have been released of the motorist killed and the other driver involved in a two-vehicle crash in Northern Westchester. It happened at about 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 27 on Kings Ferry Road in the hamlet of Montrose in the town of Cortlandt. An initial investigation by state police revealed a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee operated by Nadia Caterino, 32, of Cortlandt was traveling westbound on Kings Ferry Road, and attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Hunt Road.  Caterino failed to observe an eastbound 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle, operated by Matthew Hickey, 30, of Cor…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Route 303 Road Rage: Mercedes-Benz Driver Punches Motorist, Passenger In Face, Police Say Route 303 Road Rage: Mercedes-Benz Driver Punches Motorist, Passenger In Face, Police Say
Route 303 Road Rage: Mercedes-Benz Driver Punches Motorist, Passenger In Face, Police Say A 35-year-old man is facing a felony charge after allegedly punching both a motorist and a passenger in the face and then ramming into their car during a road-rage incident on Route 303 in Tappan, Orangetown Police said. The incident occurred just before 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 9 when Tappan resident Stellios A. Baron, who was operating a 1985 Mercedes-Benz was involuted in a minor motor-vehicle crash with a 2017 Toyota operated by a 66-year-old Fort Lee man. Baron stopped his vehicle in front of the Toyota, exited and approached the Toyota, began yelling at the other driver and a 55-year-…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Car Hops Curb, Slams Into Tree In Rockland Car Hops Curb, Slams Into Tree In Rockland
Car Hops Curb, Slams Into Tree In Rockland A motorist in Rockland County was hospitalized this week after losing control of the vehicle and hopping a curb before coming to a screeching halt when the car struck a tree. First responders from the Ramapo Police Department and Hatzolah Ambulance Corp. were dispatched to Ellish Parkway late on Monday night, where there was a report of a motor vehicle crash with injuries. Police said that the driver lost control, drove onto the curbed median and struck a tree. The operator of the vehicle was treated and the scene and transported to a local hospital as a precaution for evaluation. 

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by Zak Failla