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Drunk Woman With Child In Car Crashes Into Utility Pole In Northern Westchester, Police Say
A local woman has been arrested for alleged drunk driving with her 12-year-old child in the back seat in Northern Westchester.
The Putnam County resident Jennifer MacDonald, age 43, of Mahopac, was nabbed by Yorktown Police when officers were called to a single-vehicle crash on Saturday, Aug. 28, on East Main Street in Jefferson Valley.
When officers arrived on the scene, they discovered MacDonald's car slammed into a utility pole, police said.
After an investigation, police determined MacDonald was intoxicated and had her 12-year-old child in the rear seat.
MacDonald, a repeat offender w…
Video Shows Dramatic Rescue Of Baby Trapped Under Car In Westchester
A dramatic video shows the moment an alleged drunk driver hits a woman and her baby before plowing into a Westchester barbershop and the intense rescue by two hero cops that followed.
The incident took place around 8:30 a.m., Friday, July 23, at 124 Lake Ave., in Yonkers, when David Poncurak, age 43, was driving north on Morningside Avenue when he turned into the westbound lane of Lake Avenue, Yonkers Police Sergeant Frank DiDomizio said.
While doing so he hit a curb, a parked car, and two people as he continued to accelerate and drove into the barbershop, said police.
At the same, t…
DWI Westchester Driver In Head-On Crash Reached 106 MPH, Authorities Charge
A Jeep driven by a drunk Yonkers man was doing 106 miles an hour when it crashed head-on into a sedan in Passaic County, New Jersey, authorities said.
Derrick Valerio, age 33, was headed in the wrong direction on Greenwood Lake Turnpike when his 2021 Grand Cherokee slammed into a 2003 Infiniti I35 in a 45-mile-per-hour zone near Stonetown Road in Ringwood on Monday, July 5, they said.
A passenger in the Infiniti, 22-year-old Riley Lindholm of Rock Hill in Sullivan County, was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with serious injuries, Passaic County Prosecutor Came…
Teen Facing DWI, Manslaughter Charges After HS Student Killed In Hudson Valley Crash
A Rockland County teen who was allegedly driving drunk when he crashed his vehicle, killing a 16-year-old girl, will appear in court on Monday, April 26.
The unidentified 17-year-old driver has been charged with:
Second-degree manslaughter,
Second-degree assault,
First-degree vehicular assault,
Second-degree vehicular manslaughter,
DWI.
The crash, that claimed the life of Jacqueline Zangrilli and injured four others, took place around 2:50 a.m. Saturday, April 24 in Rockland County on Route 202 in the Village of Montebello.
The vehicle struck a utility pole, causing power disrup…
Man Drove Drunk At More Than Twice Legal Limit In Hudson Valley, Police Say
New York State Police arrested a Connecticut man for alleged drunk driving after being stopped for a traffic violation in Rockland County.
Samuel Johnson, 32, of Hamden in New Haven County, was arrested around 10:20 p.m., Tuesday, Jan. 5, on I-87 in Clarkstown, said state police.
One stopped, troopers found that Johnson was intoxicated and performed a blood alcohol test which showed that he was allegedly driving at twice the legal limit at 0.21 percent, state police said.
Johnson was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated and was turned over to a sober third party.
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