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Train Strikes Tree In New York: No One Hurt, But Car Replaced Train Strikes Tree In New York: No One Hurt, But Car Replaced
Train Strikes Tree In New York: No One Hurt, But Car Replaced Two Metro-North trains were temporarily taken offline on Monday, Feb. 17, after striking trees.  The first was reported just after 7:30 a.m. in Wilton, Metro-North said in a social media post. None of the 70 people on board were injured, and rail authorities moved all passengers to buses to complete their trips. Service has since returned to normal. Several hours later, it happened again in New York.  A northbound Harlem Line train hit a tree near Hawthorne hours after the first tree strike.  Harlem Line service is suspended between North White Plains and Hawthorne…

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by Josh Lanier
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Drunk Driver Crashes U-Haul Into Car In Wilton, Police Say Drunk Driver Crashes U-Haul Into Car In Wilton, Police Say
Drunk Driver Crashes U-Haul Into Car In Wilton, Police Say A Long Island man driving a U-Haul truck was charged with alleged DUI in Fairfield County after he passed another vehicle and struck it. The incident occurred in the town of Wilton on Wednesday, July 31, on Danbury Road (Route 7). According to Lt. Anna Tornello of the Wilton Police, Steve Otterbeck, age 58, of Huntington Station, was traveling south on Ridgefield Road in a U-Haul truck when he passed another car and struck it.  After stopping the truck, officers thought Otterbeck's actions "were not normal," and in Plainview were several alcohol containers, Tornello said. Tornel…

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by Kathy Reakes
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4 Teens Caught Following Ridgefield Crash After Allegedly Abducting Girl In Wilton 4 Teens Caught Following Ridgefield Crash After Allegedly Abducting Girl In Wilton
4 Teens Caught Following Ridgefield Crash After Allegedly Abducting Girl In Wilton Four teens were apprehended after police say they allegedly abducted a girl in a quiet Connecticut town near the New York border. Click here for a new, updated story: New Info Released After 2 Boys, 2 Girls Pursued From Wilton Caught After Crash In Ridgefield At about 5:15 p.m. Friday, May 24, police officers in Fairfield County from the Ridgefield and Wilton police departments responded to Route 33 after a report of a possible abducted female juvenile in Wilton. The girl was able to exit the vehicle in the area of Tanglewood Court off Route 33 in Ridgefield, at which time the vehic…

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by Joe Lombardi