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Tractor-Trailer Carrying Motorcycle Parts Crashes Into Parkway Overpass In Westchester
A tractor-trailer slammed into an overpass on the Bronx River Parkway, shearing off the top of the vehicle and backing up traffic in Westchester. The crash took place around 6:12 a.m., Wednesday, May 22, when the tractor-trailer traveling southbound struck an overpass on the Bronx River Parkway near the Cross County Parkway between Yonkers and Mount Vernon, said Westchester County Police Spokesman Kieran O'Leary. The tractor-trailer was carrying Honda motorcycle parts, he said. The center and right lanes had to be closed. Traffic was impacted in the area since only the left lane was open.…
Sports
Bicycle Sundays Are Back In Westchester
April showers bring May flowers. And the return of Bicycle Sundays to Westchester. The Westchester Parks Foundation and Westchester County Parks announced that Bicycle Sundays will begin on Sunday, May 5, when a stretch of the Bronx River Parkway will be closed for cyclists. Each year since 1974, more than 60,000 participants have biked, walked and jogged on a 13.1-mile loop of the parkway from White Plains to Yonkers. The roadway will be closed from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Sundays for several weeks in May, June and September. No Bicycle Sundays are offered in July or August. Bicycle Sundays …
Police & Fire
Sketchy Turn At Busy Intersection Leads To DWI For Westchester Driver, Police Say
A 26-year-old man was busted by police in Westchester driving with a blood alcohol content more than double the legal limit after he made a questionable turn at a busy intersection near the Bronx River Parkway. An officer from the Scarsdale Police Department on patrol on Post Road spotted a blue Toyota Camry traveling through the intersection of Post Road and Fenimore Road shortly before 6 a.m. on Sunday, April 7. The officer said the motorist completely drove past Fenimore Road before stopping on Post Road, backing up and making a right hand turn onto Fenimore Road. A traffic stop was cond…
Police & Fire
Westchester County PD Officer Injured When Cruiser Rear-Ended By Drunk Driver, Police Say
A Westchester County Police officer was hospitalized over the weekend after an alleged drunk and unlicensed driver lost control and rear-ended his patrol car while he was on a Bronx River Parkway exit ramp in Yonkers. An officer was stopped on the shoulder of the ramp at approximately 1:50 a.m. on Sunday, April 7, Westchester County Police spokesman Kieran O’Leary said. The officer was on the ramp connecting the Bronx River Parkway to the eastbound Cross County Parkway when a Chevy Impala, driven by White Plains resident Natalie Estrada, traveling in the left lane smashed into the officer’s…
Police & Fire
Bronx River Parkway Reopens Following Crash
The Bronx River Parkway in White Plans has reopened following a southbound crash that closed the roadway for more than an hour. The two-car crash occurred around 9 a.m. Monday, Feb. 25 near Exit 23 and at Old Tarrytown Road in Greenburgh, said Kieran O'Leary with the Westchester County Police. One of the vehicles rolled over and the female driver was entrapped. The Fairview Fire Department responded to assist with getting the woman out of the car. The woman was taken by ambulance to Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries, O'Leary said. The cause of the acciden…
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way Driver In Head-On Westchester Crash Was Drunk, Police Say
Westchester County Police arrested a 40-year-old man on Sunday night after he drove the wrong way on the Bronx River Parkway in Eastchester and slammed head-on into another car. The incident occurred shortly before 11 p.m. when Joseph Ayala of Yonkers, who was alone in his car, drove his 2015 Cadillac Escalade southbound in the northbound lanes of the Bronx River Parkway, said Kieran O'Leary, spokesman for the Westchester County Police. At Leewood Drive, Ayala collided head-on with a 2010 Hyundai driven by Robert Holt, 23, of Carmel, and five passengers. Holt and his passengers …
Police & Fire
Police Investigate Suspicious Former Shoplifter At CVS In Westchester
Police in Scarsdale were called to CVS on Popham Road, when a manager spotted a suspicious man he recognized from a previous larceny at the store. A CVS store manager contacted the Scarsdale Police Department at approximately 2:45 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 24, reporting a suspicious man in the store. Police said the manager described the man as an African American around the age of 50, with short gray hair wearing a black suit and carrying a black jacket. According to police, the manager recognized the man from an alleged larceny in the past. The suspect saw the store manager and quickly heade…
Police & Fire
Police: BMW Driver Who Failed To Pay Child Support Busted For Suspended License, Registration
A man who had his driver’s license suspended for failing to pay child support was arrested in Scarsdale over the weekend when officers ran the license plates of his BMW and found the registration was suspended. A Scarsdale police officer on patrol on Fox Meadow Road shortly after 2 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 12 found a 2018 BMW idling in the driveway of a local home. When the officer ran the registration of the vehicle, it was determined that it had been suspended for failure to pay five parking tickets within 12 months, and the registered owner had a warrant out for his arrest in Scarsdale. Th…
News
SUV Driver In Wrong-Way Crash Injuring Family Of Six In Westchester Admits To Vehicular Assault
A 36-year-old man who injured a family of six after slamming his SUV into their car while he was driving the wrong way in a February crash in Westchester has pleaded guilty to multiple felony charges. Manhattan resident Diego Caceres pleaded guilty this week to aggravated vehicular assault stemming from the head-on collision on the Bronx River Parkway in Yonkers that left several people hospitalized. Caceres was indicted earlier this year by a Westchester County Grand Jury on charges that include: Aggravated Vehicular Assault, a felony; Vehicular Assault, a felony; Two counts of Vehi…
News
New Days-Long Hutch Closure Scheduled
Get set for a new closure last over several days on a stretch of the Hutchinson River Parkway. Motorists have been advised that beginning at 10 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 14, the Hutchinson River Parkway will be closed in Mount Vernon and Pelham between exit 6 (I-95) and Exit 15 (Cross County Parkway). The closure is scheduled to conclude at 5 a.m. on Monday, Dec. 17, in advance of the morning commute. Northbound traffic on the parkway will be detoured at the I-95 interchange. Southbound traffic will be diverted to the Cross County Parkway and the Bronx River Parkway. All ramps to the Hutchinson …
Obituaries
Former Longtime White Plains Mayor Alfred Del Vecchio Dies At 95
White Plains' longest-serving mayor, Alfred Del Vecchio, has died. Del Vecchio died early on Wednesday, Dec. 5. Del Vecchio, who served four terms in office from 1976 to 1993, “guided the city through the process of urban renewal, which changed the face of the central business district,” current White Plains Mayor Thomas Roach said. As mayor, he oversaw the modernization of land use regulation in the city. Del Vecchio was an early advocate for the use of energy efficient technology. Under Del Vecchio, the city first tested and utilized environmentally friendly alternative fuel vehicle…
News
SUV Driver In Wrong-Way Westchester Crash Involving Family Of Six Faces Multiple Felony Charges
The 35-year-old man who injured a family of six after slamming his SUV into their car driving the wrong way on the Bronx River Parkway in February has been arraigned in Westchester County Court. Manhattan resident Diego Caceres was arraigned on Wednesday, Nov. 14, stemming from the head-on collision on the parkway in Yonkers that left several people hospitalized. Caceres was indicted by a Westchester County Grand Jury on charges that include: Aggravated Vehicular Assault, a felony; Vehicular Assault, a felony; Two counts of Vehicular Assault, felonies; Two counts of Driving While In…
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