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Shortly before 6:00 a.m., state police began responding to a multitude of weather-related crashes involving hundreds of vehicles.
The majority of the crashes involved multi-vehicles and were property damage only, police said, but one was fatal.
One person was killed at about 6:30 a.m. in a crash on the ramp connecting the eastbound Cross County Parkway to the northbound Bronx River Parkway, according to Westchester County Police.
All lanes were blocked on I-287 westbound between Exit 9-Hutchinson River Parkway and Exit 9A-I-684, for about an hour due to a property damage crash involving multiple passenger vehicles as well as a small tanker carrying heating oil. The Department of Environmental Conservation and Hazmat responded to a spill of approximately 1,000 gallons of fuel.
More than two dozen cars were involved in a chain-reaction crash on the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway in New Rochelle, but no serious injuries were reported.
A minor injury crash on I-87 northbound in the Village of Suffern involving a dump truck and 3 passenger vehicles had all lanes blocked on the Exit 15 off-ramp, causing traffic delays in the area. All lanes were reopened within about 90 minutes.
Troopers have continued to respond to weather-related incidents throughout the morning and early afternoon and would like to remind the public to drive slowly and use caution when traveling the roadways.
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