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Fatal Crash: Northern Westchester Man ID'd After Slamming Into Toll Plaza Barrier
A Northern Westchester man died in a fiery crash that closed the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday morning, July 22, police said.
Henry Subin, age 77, of Katonah, was heading north in a Jeep Grand Cherokee when he struck the concrete barrier of the toll plaza, overturned, and became fully engulfed in flames around 9:45 a.m. in Carneys Point Township, located in southwestern New Jersey in Salem County.
The crash, near milepost 2.4 on the northbound side, closed toll lanes for four hours.
Subin was killed as a result. The crash remains under investigation.
Man Killed, Officer Injured In Head-On Area Crash, Police Say
A 49-year-old man was killed and an officer injured during a two-vehicle head-on crash.
It happened in Dutchess County shortly before 10 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 5, in Beacon.
Derron E. Holmes, of Beacon, was killed in the crash involving a Subaru Outback and a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
According to Det. Sgt. Jason Johnson, of the Beacon Police Department, Holmes was driving the Subaru in the area of Fishkill Avenue in Beacon, when he collided head-on with the Jeep.
When officers arrived on the scene, Holmes was not breathing and did not have a pulse. First aid was performed before he …
Woman Accused Of Eating Cocaine During Traffic Stop In Area, State Police Say
An area woman was arrested by state police after being stopped for a traffic violation was allegedly found eating cocaine in order to destroy evidence.
Brigid Fonda, age 54, was arrested on Thursday, June 10, after being stopped in Columbia County on Route 9 in Livingston in her 2015 Jeep Grand Cherokee for a violation, said Trooper AJ Hicks.
When troopers approached the vehicle, they discovered she was in possession of seven grams of cocaine.
When the drugs were discovered, Hicks said Fonda, of Livingston, attempted to eat the drugs and then resisted arrest.
She was charged w…
27-Year-Old Nabbed In Stolen Vehicle In Northern Westchester, Police Say
A 27-year-old man allegedly driving a stolen vehicle was nabbed in Northern Westchester following a traffic stop.
Dutchess County resident Zef Ljucovic, 27, of Millbrook, was arrested around 4:19 p.m., on Friday, Dec. 25, following a traffic stop in Yorktown, said Yorktown Police.
According to police, a Yorktown officer on patrol was advised of a possible stolen vehicle traveling northbound on the Taconic Parkway.
The officer responded to the area and located a vehicle matching the description of a stolen Jeep Grand Cherokee in the area of Crompond Road, police said.
The vehicle was…
ID Released For Man, 34, Killed In Crash Involving Jeep, Two Public Works Pickup Trucks
The identity of a man killed in a three-vehicle crash on the Ulster/Orange county line has been released.
The crash happened around 9:30 a.m., Monday, Nov. 4, on Albany Post Road (Route 9) in Shawangunk.
Two of the vehicles involved belonged to the Ulster County Public Works Department, Nevel said.
A state police investigation determined that a 2015 Chevrolet Silverado, an Ulster County Department of Public Works vehicle, operated by Joseph J. Hull, 49, was facing southbound on Albany Post Road and attempting to back into a driveway on Albany Post Road.
A 2007 Jeep Grand Cherokee ope…
Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash
Funeral services are planned for a 30-year-old Putnam County native who died following a motorcycle crash in Northern Westchester.
Matthew Hickey, of Verplanck, was killed while driving riding a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle east on Kings Ferry Road in Montrose, a hamlet of Cortlandt, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, during a crash with another vehicle, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks.
The crash occurred when a 32-year-old Cortlandt woman, driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee west on Kings Ferry Road, turned left onto Hunt Avenue, but she did not see Hickey, Hicks said.
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