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ID Released Of Man Killed After Speeding, Hitting Parked Truck On I-684 ID Released Of Man Killed After Speeding, Hitting Parked Truck On I-684
ID Released Of Man Killed After Speeding, Hitting Parked Truck On I-684 A 59-year-old man was killed after his vehicle left a highway in Westchester and crashed into a parked truck, police said.  Bronx resident Kevin Smith was killed in an incident on Saturday, March 2 that happened on Interstate 684 in Harrison just before 3 p.m., Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police said on Wednesday, March 13. According to Hicks, an investigation into the crash determined that a 2024 Lucid Air sedan had been speeding when it left the northbound highway near mile marker 0.4 and hit a parked 2019 Freightliner truck with a trailer.  Smith was declared dead a…

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by Ben Crnic
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School Bus Crash Sends 8 Kids To Hospitals In Hudson Valley School Bus Crash Sends 8 Kids To Hospitals In Hudson Valley
School Bus Crash Sends 8 Kids To Hospitals In Hudson Valley Eight middle school students were sent to the hospital with minor injuries after a crash between a school bus and an SUV in the Hudson Valley. The crash took place in Ulster County around 7:30 a.m., Monday, Feb. 27, in the town of Ulster at the intersection of Enterprise Drive and Town Hall Drive. When police arrived on the scene, officers located a 2018 Nissan Rouge driven by John Pierre-Louis of Kingston who was traveling eastbound on Town Hall Drive when he crashed into a 2023 Freightliner school bus driven by Orange County resident Julian Franklin, of Pine Bush, who was traveling northb…

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by Kathy Reakes
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New Update: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash In Area New Update: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash In Area
New Update: 2 Killed In Head-On Crash In Area This story has been updated. Two people were killed and five others were hospitalized in a head-on crash on a busy Hudson Valley roadway. It happened around 9 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 10 in Orange County on Route 32 near Falls Lane in the town of Woodbury and involved a 2014 Freightliner box truck and a 2012 Ford Econoline van, according to state police. The driver of the box truck, Orange County resident Clive Booth, age 48, of Goshen, was transported to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla where he later died, state police said.  The driver of the van, Rockland County reside…

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by Joe Lombardi
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One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash
One Killed In Multiple-Vehicle I-87 Crash A 64-year-old tractor-trailer driver was killed during a multiple-vehicle crash on a stretch of I-87 in the area. The crash happened around 3:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 6, in Orange County, in the town of Newburgh,  A preliminary investigation determined a 2020 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Michael Guerra, age 64, of Albrightsville, Pennsylvania, was traveling southbound when he struck a 1994 Peterbilt tractor-trailer operated by Adam S. Tommell, age 37, of Voorheesville, New York, directly in the rear of the trailer, said New York State Police Trooper Tara McCormi…

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by Kathy Reakes
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26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area 26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area
26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area One person was killed when a Mercedes-Benz crashed into a  tractor-trailer overnight in the area. The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 1 at approximately 2:30 a.m. in Rockland County on the southbound side of I-87 in Chestnut Ridge. A preliminary investigation determined that Dante M. Damanti, age 41, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, located a disabled vehicle in the right southbound lane at mile marker 24.4, according to state police Damanti parked his 2018 Freightliner tractor-trailer in the right lane, behind the disabled vehicle, and set up orange hazard triangles while awaiting a tow t…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
* Updated * Photos: Man, 23, Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Crash * Updated * Photos: Man, 23, Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Crash
* Updated * Photos: Man, 23, Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Crash A man was killed and two others were hospitalized after a Ford F150 rear-ended a tractor-trailer, state police said. It happened on Friday, June 5 in Rockland County at about 9:30 p.m., on the Garden State Parkway southbound, at mile marker 1.6 in Chestnut Ridge. The investigation at the scene revealed that Westchester County resident Edgar E. Cevellos Vega, 48, of Harrison, was operating a 2004 Ford F150 southbound, in the right lane, when he rear-ended a 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer, state police said. The operator of the tractor-trailer, William M. Crawford, 54, of Phenix City, Ala…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man, 23, Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Crash Man, 23, Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Crash
Man, 23, Killed, Two Injured In Hudson Valley Crash A man was killed and two others were hospitalized after a Ford F150 rear-ended a tractor-trailer, state police said. It happened on Friday, June 5 in Rockland County at about 9:30 p.m., on the Garden State Parkway southbound, at mile marker 1.6 in Chestnut Ridge. The investigation at the scene revealed that Westchester County resident Edgar E. Cevellos Vega, 48, of Harrison, was operating a 2004 Ford F150 southbound, in the right lane, when he rear-ended a 2016 Freightliner tractor-trailer, state police said. The operator of the tractor-trailer, William M. Crawford, 54, of Phenix City, Ala…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Woman ID'd As Victim Of Fatal Route 9 Crash In Dutchess Woman ID'd As Victim Of Fatal Route 9 Crash In Dutchess
Woman ID'd As Victim Of Fatal Route 9 Crash In Dutchess A 32-year-old local woman has been identified as the victim in a fatal two-vehicle crash on Route 9. New York State Police said Mindy R. Dohrenwend of Hyde Park was killed around 11:45 a.m., Sunday, March 10, on Route 9 (Albany Post Road) in the town of Hyde Park. Dohrenwend was driving a 2005 Honda CRV northbound on Albany Post Road when she apparently lost control of her vehicle. After losing control her vehicle entered the opposite lane of travel, directly in the path of a southbound 2017 Freightliner tractor-trailer driven by Alexander M. Lunan Marrison, 49, of Brooklyn, said Troop…

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by Kathy Reakes