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Child Struck By School Bus In Hudson Valley, Police Say Child Struck By School Bus In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Child Struck By School Bus In Hudson Valley, Police Say A 6-year-old Hudson Valley boy is recovering after being struck by a school bus. The incident occurred in Rockland County around 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 26 in Monsey. According to Det. Lt. Chris Franklin of the Ramapo Police, the child was struck by a school bus on West Maple Avenue.  Franklin said the child suffered serious, but non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to the hospital by Hatzolah Ambulance Corps. Details were not released on how the child was struck or if the bus driver was ticketed.  This is a developing story. Check back to Daily Voice for updates…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Area, Police Say Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Area, Police Say
Pedestrian Struck By Vehicle In Area, Police Say Dutchess County Sheriff's officers are investigating a crash in which a pedestrian was hit by a vehicle in Rhinebeck. The incident took place around 1:45 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 17, at the intersection of White Schoolhouse Road and Slate Quarry Road, Capt. John Watterson of the Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office said. As of 430 p.m., police had blocked off Slate Quarry Road between Wurtemburg Road and White Schoolhouse Road, to conduct an investigation, Watterson said. Watterson said additional information was not available at this time, including the victim's condition. This is a developing st…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Crash Causes Hours-Long Route 82 Closure Crash Causes Hours-Long Route 82 Closure
Crash Causes Hours-Long Route 82 Closure This story has been updated. A stretch of Route 82 was closed for hours after a crash with downed wires in East Fishkill. The closure, reported at 11:15 a.m. Friday, Nov. 8, was from Creamery Road to Clove Branch Road.  The roadway opened in mid-afternoon. Check back to Daily Voice for updates.

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by Daily Voice
Police & Fire
34 Cars Get Flat Tires Due To Large Piece Of Metal On I-84, Police Say 34 Cars Get Flat Tires Due To Large Piece Of Metal On I-84, Police Say
34 Cars Get Flat Tires Due To Large Piece Of Metal On I-84, Police Say Thirty-four drivers started the morning off on the wrong foot when they hit a large piece of metal in the roadway and got flat tires in return. The multiple flat tires were reported around 8 a.m., Monday, April 8,  while exiting westbound I-84 west onto the northbound Route 8 ramp in Waterbury, near Mixmaster, the Connecticut State Police said. DOT responded and removed the metal with a payloader, state police said. Several tow trucks and the DOT’s State Farm Safety Patrol arrived to help the stranded drivers change tires.  Troopers remind motorists to use caution when…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester
Man Caught After Fleeing Scene Of Hit-Run Involving Boy In Westchester A 25-year-old man who hit a 9-year-old boy walking to school and then fled the area has been arrested by Sleepy Hollow Police. The incident took place around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday when the boy left home to go to his bus stop and stopped by a local convenience store to pick up a snack, said Sleepy Hollow Police Chief Anthony Bueti.  When the child was leaving the area of the store on Depeyster Street, near Clinton Street, he was struck by Jefferson Rodrigues-Veraf of Ossining, the chief said. Rodrigues-Veraf got out of his vehicle and helped the boy up, then hopped back in the vehicle and drove…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Route 22 Reopens After Hours-Long Closure Following Crash With Downed Wires Route 22 Reopens After Hours-Long Closure Following Crash With Downed Wires
Route 22 Reopens After Hours-Long Closure Following Crash With Downed Wires This story has been updated. A stretch of Route 22 in Northern Westchester has reopened after a crash with downed wires caused its closure for most of Wednesday morning. The closure was between Mustato Road and Pine Hill Drive, just south of Route 35 in Katonah.

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by Daily Voice
News
Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley
Train Strikes Car On Tracks In Hudson Valley A driver was able to escape before a car on the tracks was struck by a train early Sunday afternoon in Rockland County. At about 1:30 p.m., the New Jersey transit train traveling to Spring Valley struck the car at the New Clarkstown Road crossing in Nanuet. The vehicle was sitting in traffic, on the tracks, when the railroad crossing gates began to come down as the train was approaching the crossing, Clarkstown Police said. The railroad crossing gates blocked the driver's ability to get off the tracks, but the driver was able to exit the vehicle without injury, according to police. The fe…

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by Joe Lombardi