Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Causes Crash On I-84 In Hudson Valley, Police Say

A 26-year-old man faces charges after allegedly causing a three-car crash while driving the wrong way on Interstate 84 in the Hudson Valley, hospitalizing three people, police said.

The crash happened on Interstate 84 in Kent east of Ludingtonville Road, police said.
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Ben Crnic

09/07/2023 9:00 a.m.

The crash happened in Putnam County on Tuesday, Sept. 6, when New York State Police responded to westbound I-84 in Kent east of Ludingtonville Road on a report of a wrong-way driver.

Arriving troopers then found that 26-year-old Edison Magallanes Castro of Chicago, Illinois had been driving a 2013 Volkswagen Passat east in the westbound lanes before hitting both a 2011 Nissan Sentra and a 2014 Acura TSX, police said.

Troopers then determined that Castro had allegedly been driving while drunk and arrested him.

A passenger in Castro's car and the drivers of the Nissan and Acura were all taken to local area hospitals after the crash with non-life-threatening injuries.

Castro, who was charged with driving while intoxicated and reckless driving, will appear in the Town of Kent Court on Wednesday, Oct. 18.

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