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54-Year-Old Man Killed After Hitting Tractor-Trailer On I-684 In Northern Westchester 54-Year-Old Man Killed After Hitting Tractor-Trailer On I-684 In Northern Westchester
54-Year-Old Man Killed After Hitting Tractor-Trailer On I-684 In Northern Westchester A 54-year-old Hudson Valley man was killed after his vehicle struck a tractor-trailer parked near a rest area on a busy interstate in Northern Westchester.  The crash happened at around 5:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 12, when a 2021 Kia Sportage driving southbound on Interstate 684 in Bedford left the roadway for an unknown reason and hit a 1995 International Harvester tractor-trailer parked south of the town's rest area, New York State Police announced on Wednesday, Nov. 13. The driver, Putnam County resident Howard Zaibel of Brewster, was rushed to Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Trapped Driver Rescued After Multi-Vehicle Crash On Interstate In Westchester Trapped Driver Rescued After Multi-Vehicle Crash On Interstate In Westchester
Trapped Driver Rescued After Multi-Vehicle Crash On Interstate In Westchester Three people were hospitalized following a multi-vehicle crash on a busy interstate in Westchester that also involved a tractor-trailer and caused lane closures, fire officials said.  The incident happened on Sunday, Sept. 8 just before 7:30 a.m., when three cars and a tractor-trailer collided on Interstate 95 South in Rye, according to the City of Rye Fire Department,  Arriving first responders soon learned that one of the involved drivers was trapped inside their vehicle and soon began efforts to free them.  To do so, crews stabilized the damaged car and moved the tractor-…

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by Ben Crnic
Traffic
Oversized Tractor Trailer Knocks Down Wires At Westchester Intersection, Causes Closure Oversized Tractor Trailer Knocks Down Wires At Westchester Intersection, Causes Closure
Oversized Tractor Trailer Knocks Down Wires At Westchester Intersection, Causes Closure A busy Westchester intersection is closed thanks to fallen wires knocked over by a tractor-trailer, officials said.  The intersection of South Main Street and Grace Church Street in Port Chester is closed to traffic following a crash, village officials announced on Tuesday, Sept. 3 around 7 a.m.  According to officials, an oversized tractor-trailer struck the overhead Optimum Cable lines in the intersection and knocked them to the ground.  As a result of the crash, residents and businesses in the area should expect to be without television, internet, or landlines for most of…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Trooper Injured After I-84 Crash Causes Hours-Long Closure Trooper Injured After I-84 Crash Causes Hours-Long Closure
Trooper Injured After I-84 Crash Causes Hours-Long Closure A Connecticut State Police trooper was injured after an overnight crash that caused a three-hour closure on a stretch of I-84. It happened in Fairfield County just after 9 p.m. Friday, June 14, in Danbury. The 41-year-old trooper was inside her cruiser with the emergency lights activated at the scene of another accident on the shoulder on the westbound side between Exit 8 on and off ramps. A 2018 GMC Acadia was parked in the left lane near the on-ramp.  Connecticut State Police said a 2014 tractor-trailer was traveling in the right lane when the operator lost control of his vehi…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
SUV Hits Tractor-Trailer, Enters Woods On Highway Exit Ramp In Westchester SUV Hits Tractor-Trailer, Enters Woods On Highway Exit Ramp In Westchester
SUV Hits Tractor-Trailer, Enters Woods On Highway Exit Ramp In Westchester A person was injured after their SUV struck a tractor-trailer on a highway exit ramp in Westchester, sending it into a wooded area.  The crash happened on Sunday, April 9 around 9:15 p.m., when emergency responders were sent to a crash in Harrison on the exit ramp from Interstate 287 to Interstate 684 northbound, according to the Purchase Fire Department.  Once they arrived, authorities found that an SUV had collided with a tractor-trailer and had come to rest in a wooded area. Luckily, though, the driver of the SUV managed to escape his vehicle with only minor injuries, fire officials sai…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Man Dies After Tractor Trailer Strikes Him On Side Of Westchester Highway: Police Man Dies After Tractor Trailer Strikes Him On Side Of Westchester Highway: Police
Man Dies After Tractor Trailer Strikes Him On Side Of Westchester Highway: Police A man was killed after he was hit by a tractor-trailer while standing by his disabled truck on the side of a Westchester County highway, police said.  The crash happened on Tuesday, Dec. 27 around 4:15 a.m., when police responded to I-287 and the I-95 ramps in Rye for a reported accident between a box truck and tractor-trailer, according to state police.  Police determined that Levittown, Pennsylvania resident Kevin Roman, age 26, had been driving a tractor-trailer east on I-287 when he left the lane and hit a box truck that was disabled on the shoulder of the highway.  …

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by Ben Crnic