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Pilot Killed In NYC Crash Was Respected Ex-Fire Chief Heading Back To Linden Airport: Reports Pilot Killed In NYC Crash Was Respected Ex-Fire Chief Heading Back To Linden Airport: Reports
Pilot Killed In NYC Crash Was Respected Ex-Fire Chief Heading Back To Linden Airport: Reports The helicopter pilot killed in a midtown Manhattan crash-landing Monday afternoon was conducting executive travel and headed back to a New Jersey airport, reports say. Tim McCormack, a volunteer firefighter from Clinton Corners in Dutchess County in New York's Hudson Valley,  had taken off around 1:30 p.m. from the 34th Street heliport on the east side where he dropped his boss off and was en route to Linden Airport -- the Agusta A109E's home base -- before the crash, officials said. Investigators believe that McCormack -- who received his instructor certificate for “Rotorcraft-Helicopter”…

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Route 172 Reopens Following Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash Route 172 Reopens Following Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash
Route 172 Reopens Following Single-Vehicle Rollover Crash This story has been updated. A busy Bedford roadway has reopened following a single-vehicle crash that injured a 17-year-old girl. The crash took place around 8:20 a.m., Monday, June 10, on route 172, (South Bedford Road) lost control of her vehicle and hit a guardrail and rolled over, said Bedford Police Lt. Andrew Bellantone. The girl was extricated from the vehicle and taken to Westchester Medical Center, with unknown injuries, he said. "She was alert and talking when we reached her," he said." The crash is under investigation. 

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by Kathy Reakes
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Two Killed After Small Plane Crashes On North Fork Of Long Island Two Killed After Small Plane Crashes On North Fork Of Long Island
Two Killed After Small Plane Crashes On North Fork Of Long Island Click here for an updated story: IDs Released For Man, Woman Killed After Small Plane Crashes On Long Island Two people were killed when a small plane crashed on the field of a farm on the North Fork of Long Island. Emergency responders are at the scene of the crash, which occurred around 9:15 a.m., Saturday, June 8 on a field at Harbes Family Farm on Sound Avenue in the hamlet of Mattituck in the Town of Southold. The two occupants in the plane, a six-seat Beechcraft Bonanza A36, were reportedly pronounced dead at the scene. There were reports the plane, which departed from…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Four Hospitalized As Car, School Bus Crash At Mahopac High School Four Hospitalized As Car, School Bus Crash At Mahopac High School
Four Hospitalized As Car, School Bus Crash At Mahopac High School Four people were hospitalized after a crash involving a car and school bus just as school was letting out at Mahopac High School. Just before 2:30 p.m. Friday, May 17, Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department, Rescue, EMS and Fire Police were dispatched, along with EMStar paramedics and multiple PCSO units already on the scene at the Baldwin Place Road entrance of the high school for a car vs. bus accident with injuries, said Jack Casey of the Mahopac Falls Fire Department. Chief Brian Sacher arrived on the scene and assumed Incident Command, while Lt. Loprieno took charge of operations and…

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Four Injured In Crash That Causes Hourslong Road Closure In Northern Westchester Four Injured In Crash That Causes Hourslong Road Closure In Northern Westchester
Four Injured In Crash That Causes Hourslong Road Closure In Northern Westchester Four people were injured in a serious two-vehicle crash with extrication in Northern Westchester. Yorktown Heights Fire responded to the scene of the crash on Route 118 around 6:08 a.m., Friday, May 10, with Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps, Empress Emergency Medical Services 34-Medic 1, and the Yorktown Police Department to Saw Mill River Road for a motor vehicle accident, the department said. One had to be extricated by Yorktown firefighters following the crash.Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department Once on scene, they found four patients in need and began the extrication, as we…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Northern Westchester Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Northern Westchester
Carbon Monoxide Scare Leads To Evacuation Of Townhomes In Northern Westchester A carbon monoxide scare led to the evacuation of several townhomes in Northern Westchester. First responders from the Chappaqua Fire Department responded to Chappaqua Crossing off Bedford Road shortly before 10 a.m. on Sunday, May 5, when a transformer exploded, causing high levels of carbon monoxide. According to officials from the Chappaqua Fire Department, upon arrival at the building, they found an electric vault smoking, and “extremely high levels of carbon monoxide” on the first floor with a “smoky haze and a strong odor of burning electric.”   Wearing breathing protection,…

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by Zak Failla
Police & Fire
Head-On Crash With Multiple Injuries Reported On Route 9 Near I-84 Head-On Crash With Multiple Injuries Reported On Route 9 Near I-84
Head-On Crash With Multiple Injuries Reported On Route 9 Near I-84 This story has been updated. A head-on crash with multiple injuries caused heavy delays late Saturday afternoon, May 4 on a busy roadway in the area. The northbound crash on Route 9 in Fishkill occurred just south of I-84 in Fishkill at around 4:15 p.m. One lane was partially blocked before being cleared by 6 p.m. This continues to be a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
Goldens Bridge FD Opens Its Fire Truck Bays To Local Residents Goldens Bridge FD Opens Its Fire Truck Bays To Local Residents
Goldens Bridge FD Opens Its Fire Truck Bays To Local Residents When the Goldens Bridge Fire Department opens its fire truck bays to local residents during its annual firefighter recruitment, members won’t have to exaggerate about the exhilaration and sometimes the heartbreak, of being a volunteer firefighter.  Since the beginning of 2019, the department has answered the call of major emergencies that received significant media coverage including drowning victims at the Muscoot Reservoir, three significant residential fires, a brush fire that scorched 12 acres of wetlands, two hazardous materials spills, and dangerous road conditions due to downed p…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Multiple Injuries Reported In Head-On Northern Westchester Crash Multiple Injuries Reported In Head-On Northern Westchester Crash
Multiple Injuries Reported In Head-On Northern Westchester Crash Several people were hospitalized early on Monday morning following a head-on crash in northern Westchester. First responders were dispatched to a stretch of Red Mill Road shortly after 7 a.m. on Monday, April 22 in Cortlandt, where there was a report of the head-on crash with injuries to several parties. Members of the Mohegan Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Mohegan Fire Department, New York State Police, Peekskill Volunteer Ambulance Corps, the Cortlandt Peekskill paramedics, the Putnam Valley Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Lake Mohegan Fire Department all responded to the scene. Accordi…

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by Zak Failla
Schools
School In Northern Westchester Goes Into Lockdown After Student Reports Seeing Man With Gun School In Northern Westchester Goes Into Lockdown After Student Reports Seeing Man With Gun
School In Northern Westchester Goes Into Lockdown After Student Reports Seeing Man With Gun A middle school in Northern Westchester was placed in lockdown after a student reported seeing a man with a gun. On Friday, April 12 at approximately 12:25 p.m., the New Castle Police Department said it was notified by Chappaqua Central School District Administration that a student reported seeing the armed man in the school. As per the District policy, Robert Bell Middle School was put in lockdown. New Castle Police officers responded and thoroughly searched the interior and exterior of the building. The search came up negative for anyone matching the description provided by the student o…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Person From Blaze In Beacon Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Person From Blaze In Beacon
Firefighters Rescue Sleeping Person From Blaze In Beacon A sleeping person was saved from a fire by City of Beacon firefighters when they found him inside a Main Street apartment on fire. Firefighters responded around 3:30 a.m., Thursday, April 4 to a report of a fire at 308 Main Street in Beacon, the City of Beacon Fire Department said. The first truck pulled on the scene within a minute and a half and found a three-story structure with All You Knead Artisan Bakers bakery on the first floor, two floors of apartments and a rear apartment, they said. The fire was discovered by a baker who arrived at work and found light smoke in the kitchen and …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Medical Condition Suspected In SUV Crash That Killed Two In Westchester Medical Condition Suspected In SUV Crash That Killed Two In Westchester
Medical Condition Suspected In SUV Crash That Killed Two In Westchester Click here for an updated story: IDs Released For Husband, Wife Killed In Westchester SUV Crash A medical issue is believed to be what led to the deaths of two New Rochelle residents when an SUV crashed through a metal guard rail on the Long Island Sound in Westchester. The New Rochelle Police Department received reports that the SUV was submerged in the waters at Hudson Park in Echo Bay shortly before 3 p.m. on Tuesday, March 19, police said. Divers responded to the scene and were able to pull the driver - a man in his 70s - from the vehicle, unconscious and unresponsive. He was trea…

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by Zak Failla