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Stolen Ambulance Rams Police Cruisers Before Crashing In Irvington Stolen Ambulance Rams Police Cruisers Before Crashing In Irvington
Stolen Ambulance Rams Police Cruisers Before Crashing In Irvington This story has been updated.  A police pursuit involving a stolen ambulance stolen by a newly-released emergency room patient ended in a rollover crash on a busy road in Westchester, authorities said. The incident began on Tuesday, Sept. 17 around 3 a.m., when a patient released from an emergency room in Westchester stole an Empress ambulance, according to Captain J. Collins Coyne of the New Rochelle Police Department.  The ambulance was soon found on Lawn Avenue, but drove away from officers, leading them on a chase into Eastchester. There, Eastchester and Scarsdale officers tri…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Strong Storms Bring Down Trees, Utility Lines, Knocking Out Power In Area Strong Storms Bring Down Trees, Utility Lines, Knocking Out Power In Area
Strong Storms Bring Down Trees, Utility Lines, Knocking Out Power In Area Storms bringing wind gusts of up to 70 miles per hour and nearly 2-inch hail left thousands in the Hudson Valley without power overnight as utility crews worked to make repairs to hundreds of reported outages. During the storm, wind gusts toppled trees, felled power lines, and blocked roadways, leaving nearly 25,000 Putnam, Dutchess, and Westchester residents without power at the peak of the storm on Tuesday, July 6 as crews worked to make repairs across the region. As of 9:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 7, Central Hudson was still working to repair 220 active outages, that were impacting 9,801…

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by Zak Failla