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Car Slams Into Thruway Work Truck Near NYC Border, Two Injured: 'This Should Not Happen'
A frightening crash on the New York State Thruway left two people hospitalized after a car slammed into the back of a maintenance vehicle, officials said. The crash happened Thursday, Aug. 22, on I-87 near the New York City line, according to the New York State Thruway Authority. Officials said a passenger car struck the rear of an attenuator truck—a safety vehicle designed to absorb impacts and protect road crews. Both the Thruway worker and the car’s driver were taken to the hospital with minor injuries. “This should not happen,” the Thruway Authority said in a stateme…
Police & Fire
Injured Trooper ID'd After Strike During Thruway Traffic Stop:
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Trooper Kristen R. Sullivan was injured after being struck during a traffic stop on the Thruway in Bethlehem, New York State Police announced on Friday, Aug. 8. The crash happened at about 8:44 a.m. when Sullivan’s patrol vehicle was hit on the driver’s side by a 2017 Subaru Forester while she was parked on the northbound side conducting a stop, according to state police. Investigators said the Subaru’s driver swerved onto the left shoulder to avoid a tractor trailer changing lanes, over-corrected, lost control, and struck both the patrol vehicle and the stopped car. The tractor trailer was…
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Trooper Injured After Vehicle Strikes Patrol Car On Thruway
A New York State Trooper was hospitalized after her patrol vehicle was struck during a traffic stop on I-87 in Albany County. Trooper Kristen Sullivan was conducting a northbound traffic stop around 8:44 a.m. Friday, Aug. 8, when a 2017 Subaru Forester hit the driver’s side of her vehicle, New York State Police said. Sullivan suffered minor back and neck injuries and was taken to Albany Medical Center, where she was expected to be released later the same day. An initial investigation found that the Subaru was traveling in the left lane when the driver swerved onto the left shoulder to avoi…
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Drunk Driver Had 4 Kids In Car At Time Of Tarrytown Arrest, Police Say
A Hudson Valley man is facing felony charges after he was caught driving drunk with four children in the car, police said. Ruben Fernandez-Urena, 34, of Yonkers, was arrested early Sunday, July 27, following a traffic stop on I-87 near Exit 9 in Tarrytown, according to New York State Police. During the stop, Fernandez-Urena appeared intoxicated and failed multiple field sobriety tests, police said. A breath sample taken at the Tarrytown barracks reportedly showed a blood alcohol concentration of 0.12%. Inside the car were four child passengers, ages 12, 11, 7, and 5. Fernandez-Urena was a…
Police & Fire
Box Truck Flips On I-87 In NY, Causes Delays
An overturned box truck caused traffic delays Wednesday morning, July 23 on the New York State Thruway in Orange County. The crash happened at mile marker 49.7 on the northbound lanes of I-87 in Woodbury in the early morning hours on Wednesday, according to the Woodbury Fire Department. The driver was able to get out of the vehicle on their own and suffered only minor injuries. Tow crews responded to upright the truck, and the incident caused residual delays in the area as the scene was cleared.
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Missing 9-Year-Old Found Dead After Dad's 'Inconsistent' Account,
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A Canadian girl reported missing near Lake George was found dead in upstate New York, and her father’s account of the night is under scrutiny, state police said. UPDATE: Luciano Frattolin Charged With Murder The 9-year-old, identified as Melina Frattolin, was reported missing around 9:58 p.m. on Saturday, July 19, in the area of Exit 22 on I-87, prompting an Amber Alert, according to a release from New York State Police. The call came from her father, Luciano Frattolin, 45, also of Canada, who initially claimed a possible abduction had occurred, authorities said. Luciano Frattolin app…
Police & Fire
Woman Struck, Killed While Walking Against Traffic On I-87 In Westchester (
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This story has been updated. A woman struck and killed on Interstate 87 in Westchester early Thursday, July 3, was walking in the wrong direction in the southbound lanes, authorities said. The incident happened around 3:43 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, between Exits 6A and 6 on the southbound side of I-87, according to an update from New York State Police. Troopers were initially notified at 3:37 a.m. about a person walking against traffic in the southbound lanes. As they responded to find the woman, they received a report that she had been hit by a vehicle. Troopers and emergency perso…
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Trooper Loses Control, Hits Car On I-87 In Failed Traffic Stop Attempt In Westchester
A New York State Trooper and a Long Island woman were hospitalized with minor injuries after a crash on Interstate 87 in Westchester during a traffic stop attempt, authorities said. The crash happened around 8:25 a.m. on Friday, June 6, on I-87 northbound in the town of Greenburgh, according to New York State Police. Investigators say the trooper was trying to pull over a speeding vehicle when he lost control of his patrol car, drifted into the middle lane, and struck the rear of a Mercedes-Benz driven by a 49-year-old Nassau County woman from Westbury. Both the trooper a…
Police & Fire
Van Carrying 12 Children Rolls Over In I-87 Crash In Hudson Valley: Driver Ticketed
A van carrying more than a dozen people, including 12 children, rolled over on Interstate 87 in Orange County following a rear-end crash, police said. The crash happened around 3:40 p.m. on Saturday, May 31, in the southbound lanes of I-87 just south of Exit 17 in the Town of New Windsor, New York State Police announced on Sunday, June 1. Investigators say a 2014 Chevrolet Express van was headed south when it struck the rear of a 2026 Subaru Outback that had slowed for traffic. The impact caused the van to roll over and come to a stop in the left lane, while the Subaru sp…
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Wrong Way Drunk Driver Kills Woman, 22, On I-87 In Westchester: Will Spend Years In Prison
A woman who drove the wrong way on I-87 while intoxicated in Westchester, killing a 22-year-old Bedford Hills woman and severely injuring another, will spend years behind bars, officials announced. Brooklyn resident Qualasia Willis, age 29, was sentenced to five to 15 years in state prison for her role in the death of 22-year-old Isabel Steger on April 9, 2023, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Thursday, March 13. On the day of the crash at around 4:30 a.m., Willis was driving southbound in the northbound lanes of I-87 in Yonkers for approximately fou…
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Lanes Reopen After Crash On NY Thruway In Hudson Valley (
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A crash on I-87 in the Hudson Valley blocked multiple lanes for hours on Monday, Jan. 27. The incident happened in Rockland County on Monday, Jan. 27 at around 11:05 a.m. on I-87 South in Ramapo, according to 511NY. The crash temporarily left the left and center southbound lanes blocked and caused stop-and-go traffic in the area. The lanes have since reopened to traffic. More information about the crash has not yet been released by authorities. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.
Police & Fire
3 Pounds Of Cocaine, Heroin, Stolen Loaded Gun Seized In NY State Thruway Traffic Stop: Cops
A Bronx man is behind bars after New York State Troopers say he was caught with a stolen gun and a staggering amount of drugs during a traffic stop on I-87 (the NY State Thruway). The arrest happened on Wednesday, Dec. 18, around 1 p.m., when Troop T Troopers from SP Tarrytown pulled over a 2018 Nissan Rogue for vehicle and traffic law violations in Greenburgh (Westchester), police said. The driver, identified as 27-year-old Maximilian X. Blevins, was in possession of a stolen loaded SCCY Industries 9mm firearm from North Carolina, along with a large quantity of illegal drugs, police said. …
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Car Of Speeding Driver Crushed By 2 Tractor-Trailers On I-87, Police Say (
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A speeding driver escaped serious injury, but not traffic citations, after police say he caused a crash involving two tractor-trailers Tuesday morning, Dec. 3 on I-87 in Rockland County. Joseph T. Bonomi of Washingtonville, was cited for speeding and moving from the lane unsafely, and treated at Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries following the crash in the southbound lanes in Hillburn, State Police said. The collision occurred in the southbound lanes of the New York State Thruway near Exit 15A in Hillburn. Photos shared by The Monsey Scoop show the car …
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Trooper Struck By Pickup Truck ID'd As Mahopac Native
A New York State Trooper from the Hudson Valley remains hospitalized after being struck by a pickup truck on I-87 while outside of his vehicle during a traffic stop. Putnam County native Nicholas Abbondola, from Mahopac, was severely injured in Albany County on Saturday, Nov. 2, on the Northway southbound lanes at 12:30 p.m. A tow truck driver from Saratoga County, Brett M. Dempsey, age 29, of Clifton Park, was also hit. He is recovering at home but has a long road ahead, said New York State Police Trooper Stephanie O'Neil. O'Neil said Abbondola will be moved to a rehabilitation cent…
Police & Fire
Man, Woman Face Host Of Charges After Police Pursuit From Westchester
A man and a woman were nabbed after a pursuit with New York State Police in the Hudson Valley on a host of charges, including allegedly possessing illegal weapons. The incident began in Westchester County at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 6, when troopers attempted to stop a 2021 Nissan Sentra on I-87 in the village of Ardsley and ended in Rockland County in Nyack when the vehicle was stopped by the Orangetown Police on Route 59. According to Trooper Steven Nevel, after the stop, troopers arrived and interviewed the operator who was identified as Selena Lasco, age 26, and her passenger Jav…
Police & Fire
Trooper Suffers Serious Injuries After Being Struck By Pickup Truck On NY Thruway
Police are investigating a midday crash on a stretch of the New York Thruway that left a trooper severely injured. It happened around 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2 on I-87 in Albany County just before the Exit 6-7 off-ramp in Colonie. The investigation has determined that the trooper had stopped a vehicle, and due to a vehicle and traffic Law violation, the vehicle was being towed, New York State Police said. While loading a vehicle onto the tow truck, both the trooper and tow truck driver were outside their vehicles when they were struck by a passing pickup truck. The trooper su…
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Man Struck, Killed By SUV Was Inspecting Car After Minor Crash In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A man who was involved in a minor crash on the New York Thruway was killed when he stepped out of his vehicle to inspect the damage and was struck by a 2018 Ford SUV. Saul Clark, 55, of Paterson, New Jersey, had gotten out of his vehicle in the southbound lanes of I-87 in West Nyack when he was struck by the passing SUV driven by a Nyack woman just before 10 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 29, New York State Police Trooper Steven Nevel said. Nevel said Clark had stepped out of his vehicle to inspect the damage from a minor crash he'd just been involved in. Clark was declared dead at the scene. Condol…
Police & Fire
Charges Reinstated Against State Trooper For Murder Of Girl,11, In Hudson Valley Crash
A state appellate panel has reinstated a murder charge against a former New York State Police trooper who allegedly rammed a vehicle twice at 130 miles per hour during a traffic stop, killing an 11-year-old girl. The incident occurred in Ulster County on I-87 in Kingston on Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2020, around 11:30 p.m. In a statement released by New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday, Sept. 19, James said the charges of murder, depraved indifference murder, and reckless endangerment had been reinstated against former Trooper Christopher Baldner in connection with the death of 11-ye…
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22-Year-Old Hudson Valley Man Killed In Thruway Crash
A 22-year-old Hudson Valley man was killed after allegedly attempting to pass another vehicle on the Thruway. The incident occurred in Rockland County around 11:25 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 24, on I-87 in Clarkstown. According to the New York State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that Michael Dipierno, age 22, of Nyack, was driving a 2005 Honda motorcycle north on I-87 when he attempted to pass a vehicle on the median shoulder and lost control on the rumble strips. State Police said this caused him to strike the median guide rail and be ejected from the motorcycle. After bei…
Police & Fire
Vehicle Catches On Fire On New Tappan Zee Bridge In Westchester, Impacts Traffic
A vehicle fire impacted traffic on the new Tappan Zee Bridge off the shore of Westchester County. The blaze happened on Thursday, Aug. 22 just before 11 a.m., when a truck caught on fire in the northbound lanes of I-87 on the bridge near the Tarrytown shore, according to the New York State Thruway Authority. The incident temporarily caused the left lane to be completely blocked. Traffic is now stop-and-go in the area, the Thruway Authority reported just after 11 a.m. More information about the fire has not yet been released. The new Tappan Zee Bridge's official nam…
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27-Year-Old Killed In Crash On Highway In Westchester
Authorities are investigating a single-vehicle crash on a highway in Westchester that left a man dead. New York State Police said on Monday, July 8, that the crash happened on Saturday, July 6, just after 10 p.m., when a 2017 BMW motorcycle collided with a guard rail on northbound I-87 in Yonkers. Troopers and first responders found the operator, 27-year-old Bronx resident Osterman Cuevas-Campos, on the shoulder of the highway. He was pronounced dead at the scene. According to the results of a preliminary investigation, Cuevas-Campos had been riding his motorcyc…
Police & Fire
6-Year-Old Airlifted To Westchester Medical Center Following Crash
A 6-year-old boy was airlifted to a hospital with severe lacerations following a crash on I-87 in the Hudson Valley. The collision occurred around 10:30 a.m. Monday, April 22, on I-87 in Orange County in the town of Newburgh. According to Trooper Tara McCormick of the New York State Police, a preliminary investigation at the scene determined that a 2022 Toyota Tundra was parked on the right shoulder when the driver, Connecticut resident Peter W. Nugent, age 42, of the town of Sharon in Litchfield County, reentered the roadway into the path of a 2011 Toyota Venza. The Venza overturned…
Traffic
Roadwork Update: I-87 To Remain Open In Hudson Valley Due To Upcoming Snow
This story has been updated. State Thruway Authority officials said planned work this weekend on I-87 on an overpass that was hit nine times last year has been postponed due to a forecast of snow. The New York State Thruway Authority had planned to close all traffic on the northbound lanes of I-87 from exit 17 in Orange County in Newburgh to exit 18 in Ulster County in New Paltz so a portion of the damaged Brookside Road overpass in New Paltz can be safely removed over the northbound lanes. “With several inches of snow expected to fall Saturday, Jan. 5 night into Sunday, Jan. 6, the Thruwa…
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New Update: Suspect Killed By Police On Thruway Was Wanted For Shooting Hours Earlier
This story has been updated. A suspect killed in a shootout with troopers on the Thruway was wanted in connection with another shooting hours earlier that left a man in critical condition. The Rockland County incident happened shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday, Jan. 3 in the southbound lanes of I-87 in the Town of Ramapo. State Police said troopers stopped a Mercedes sedan near exit 15A that had been identified in a Be on the Lookout (BOLO) as part of an attempted homicide investigation in Albany. During the traffic stop, the suspect and sole occupant of the car opened fire on troopers…
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Fiery Fatal Crash: 53-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Westchester
Police are investigating after a middle-aged man was killed in a fiery overnight crash on I-87. It happened in Westchester just before 1 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10 on northbound I-87 in the village of Tarrytown. When New York State Police troopers arrived at the scene, a tractor-trailer was fully engulfed in flames. A preliminary investigation determined that the driver and sole occupant, Saratoga County resident Richard A. Simmons, age 53, of Clifton Park, left the roadway just prior to the new Tappan Zee Bridge, striking the guide rail and a storage outbuilding. Simmons was pronounced de…
Police & Fire
Traffic Update: All Lanes Open On I-87 After Hudson Valley Overpass Hit, Driver Charged
One day after a tractor-trailer carrying an oversized load hit a Hudson Valley overpass on I-87, causing a massive backup, all lanes have reopened and traffic is running smoothly. The incident took place in Rockland County around 6:45 a.m. at the South Broadway overpass at the exit of South Nyack, said the New York State Police. The driver of the tractor-trailer, Ivan N. Varava, age 39, of Hollywood, Florida, was traveling southbound when the large steel tower he was transporting struck the overpass causing significant structural damage, state police said. The clearance for the overpass i…
Police & Fire
ID Released For Woman Killed In 2-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash
The identity has been released of a woman killed in a two-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley. The crash happened at around 12:15 a.m. Thursday, July 27 in Orange County on I-87 in the town of Cornwall, between Exit 17 (Newburgh) and Exit 16 (Harriman) and involved a passenger car and motorcycle. On Saturday morning, July 29, New York State Police announced that a preliminary investigation has determined that the driver of a 2017 Chevy Malibu, a 41-year-old of from the Orange County hamlet of Highland Mills, was traveling northbound in the left lane when he collided wit…
Lifestyle
New Service Area On I-87 Featuring Lots Of Amenities Opens In Hudson Valley
Motorists in need of a coffee or a pit stop can now enjoy that and a lot more at a new service area on I -87 in the Hudson Valley. The new service area in Ulster County, located in the town of Plattekill, (is now open to the public. The location is the sixth new service area to open on the New York State Thruway as part of the $450 million project to redevelop and modernize all 27 thruway service areas, said the New York State Thruway Authority. The Plattekill Service Area is located on I-87 northbound between Exit 17 and Exit 18. The facility is more than 20,000 square feet, making it one …
Police & Fire
Wrong-Way, Head-On Crash: Person Killed In Collision Between SUV, Car In Westchester
One person was killed and two others hospitalized in a head-on, wrong-way crash in Westchester. It happened around 4:40 a.m. Sunday, April 9 on I-87 near Exit 1 in Yonkers. A preliminary investigation by New York State Police determined a wrong-way driver of an Acura MDX was traveling southbound in the northbound lane when it struck a Honda Civic head-on. Two individuals were injured and transported to area hospitals and a third individual was pronounced dead during transport to a third local hospital. The identity of the person killed has not yet been released. The crash rem…
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Nor'easter: State Of Emergency Declared In These NY Counties
New story - Nor'easter: Potent Storm With Gusty Winds Brings Mix Of Snow, Rain, Causes School Closures New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has declared a state of emergency ahead of a late winter Nor'easter that’s expected to bring heavy, wet snow and other challenging conditions to the region. Hochul urged New Yorkers to prepare for a multi-day event that could bring more than a foot of snow to portions of the Hudson Valley and Capital Region, according to the National Weather Service. Earlier Report: Storm Watch: These Areas Expected To See Extreme, Major Impacts From Nor'easter "State agencie…
Police & Fire
22-Year-Old Westchester Woman Drove Drunk At More Than Twice Legal Limit, Police Say
A 22-year-old woman is accused of driving while intoxicated at more than twice the legal limit in the Hudson Valley. Troopers in Ulster County stopped a vehicle for multiple vehicle and traffic violations on I-87 in Plattekill at about 3 a.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, New York State Police reported. The driver, identified as Westchester County resident Laura Gomez Rudas, of New Rochelle, was found to be intoxicated, and she was arrested, police said. Her blood alcohol content was determined to be 0.21 percent, authorities reported. She was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated…
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