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Truck Slams Into Overpass On Parkway In Hudson Valley: Was Following GPS, Police Say
Multiple lanes of a busy parkway in Northern Westchester had to be temporarily closed after a truck crashed into an overpass, police said. The incident happened on Saturday, Jan. 27 just before 1 p.m., when a box truck crashed into the Bedford Road overpass on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway near Exit 28 in Pleasantville, according to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary. The collision damaged the truck's cargo area and caused debris to scatter on the parkway, forcing authorities to close the northbound lanes for a cleanup. The lanes were eventually reop…
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School Bus Cameras To Be Installed By More Hudson Valley Districts: Funded By Illegal Passers
In an effort to catch drivers who illegally pass stopped school buses, Putnam County has entered into an agreement with a company to add cameras on stop sign arms to catch violators. The county's new partnership with BusPatrol America to add cameras on school bus stop-arms was announced by County Executive Kevin Byrne on Thursday, July 20. The agreement will now enable the six school districts within the county to deploy the cameras on their school bus fleets. The devices will be able to detect the license plates of vehicles that fail to stop for school buses, county officials s…
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23-Year-Old Nabbed After Fleeing From Officers In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A 23-year-old took officers on a high-speed chase in Northern Westchester as he attempted to avoid a traffic stop, police said. Shortly before 9 a.m. on Tuesday, March 15 in Yorktown, an officer on patrol spotted a driver speeding on Underhill Avenue and failing to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Route 129, turning without signaling. According to police, the officer attempted to initiate a traffic stop by activating his emergency lights, but the driver failed to comply and continued to speed away west on Route 129, allegedly driving in a reckless manner while repeatedly violati…
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Man Caught With Illegal, Loaded Handgun In I-84 Fishkill Stop
A traffic stop on I-84 in Dutchess County led to weapons charges for a man in possession of an illegal handgun. State Police troopers from the Wappinger barrack stopped Bronx resident Brandon Burgess at approximately 11 a.m. on Thursday morning in Fishkill after he committed a violation of vehicle and traffic law. During the subsequent traffic stop, troopers said that Burgess was found to have a suspended license and was also in possession of an illegally loaded handgun. Troopers arrested Burgess at the scene and he was charged with a misdemeanor count of third-degree aggravated unlicensed…