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Firefighters Arrive Just In Time To Deliver Baby Girl In Yonkers Firefighters Arrive Just In Time To Deliver Baby Girl In Yonkers
Firefighters Arrive Just In Time To Deliver Baby Girl In Yonkers Firefighters delivered a special Father’s Day present in Westchester. Literally. Crews from the Yonkers FD's Engine 308 responded to a maternity call at a Warburton Avenue apartment shortly after 6:45 p.m. on Sunday, June 16. According to Yonkers Deputy Chief Daniel Flynn, crews got to the apartment within minutes, and at approximately 7:27 p.m., the crew of Lt. Thomas Hewitt and firefighters Robert Doolity, Troy Philbert, and Anthony Perez assisted the mother in successfully delivering a baby girl. Paramedics arrived shortly thereafter and the mother and baby were transported to an area h…
Apartment Building Evacuated In Yonkers When Retaining Wall Collapses Apartment Building Evacuated In Yonkers When Retaining Wall Collapses
Apartment Building Evacuated In Yonkers When Retaining Wall Collapses A building had to be evacuated on Wednesday night when a retaining wall supporting a concrete parking slab collapsed. First responders were dispatched to a Landscape Avenue building in Yonkers shortly before 11 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, police said, when the concrete collapsed on a hill above the building. The wall collapsed on Landscape Avenue onto Bruce Avenue, though no injuries were reported. Police said that the retaining wall was supporting a concrete parking slab that was at risk of sliding down and crushing a structure below. Members of the Yonkers Police Department, IAFF Local 6…
One Injured In Overturned SUV Crash In Yonkers One Injured In Overturned SUV Crash In Yonkers
One Injured In Overturned SUV Crash In Yonkers One person was injured after losing control of his SUV and overturning the vehicle.The incident took place just before noon Tuesday at the corner of Yonkers Avenue and Kimball Avenue, in Yonkers, trapping the driver, said Yonkers Police Det. Sgt. Dean Politopoulos. Politopoulos said the male driver may have suffered a medical event of some kind before the crash. After losing control and flipping, the SUV hit two or three other vehicles, he said. The man had to be pulled out of the SUV before being transported to a local hospital, he said. The extent of the person's injuries or their condit…