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Man Ejected From Car, Thrown Into Ravine After Crash On I-684 In Northern Westchester Man Ejected From Car, Thrown Into Ravine After Crash On I-684 In Northern Westchester
Man Ejected From Car, Thrown Into Ravine After Crash On I-684 In Northern Westchester First responders carried out a careful rescue operation after a man fell over 50 feet down a ravine following a crash on a highway in Northern Westchester.  The incident happened on Thursday, Feb. 29 at around 6:30 p.m., when a three-car crash occurred on Interstate 684 in Bedford at the overpass spanning Beaver Dam Park. As a result of the crash, one man was ejected from his vehicle and sent into a ravine underneath the overpass, according to the Katonah Fire Department. Soon after the crash, first responders raced to both the overpass and Beaver Dam Park below to find the fallen man.…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court
Update: Teen Driver In Crash That Killed Westchester Sergeant Won't Be Tried In Criminal Court A 16-year-old who is charged in connection to a crash that killed a beloved police sergeant in Westchester will be charged in Family Court rather than criminal court, authorities announced. The development in the case, which centered around the December 2022 crash that killed Yonkers Police Department Det. Sgt. Frank Gualdino, was announced by the Yonkers Police Department on Thursday, Nov. 30. A 16-year-old Yonkers boy had been criminally charged with one count of criminally negligent homicide in connection to the crash in late October. However, the boy's case will now be transferred …

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
Driver Hospitalized After Falling Asleep, Hitting Dump Truck On Hudson Valley Road: Police Driver Hospitalized After Falling Asleep, Hitting Dump Truck On Hudson Valley Road: Police
Driver Hospitalized After Falling Asleep, Hitting Dump Truck On Hudson Valley Road: Police A man was flown to a hospital after falling asleep at the wheel and colliding with a dump truck on a Hudson Valley road, police said. The incident happened in Putnam County on Monday, Nov. 13 around 8:15 a.m. on Route 9 in Philipstown in the area of Lyons Road.  According to the Putnam County Sheriff's Office, an investigation into the crash determined that 81-year-old Rockland County resident Howard Gordon of Pomona, age 81, had been traveling northbound on Route 9, at which point he believed he fell asleep.  His car then hit a guardrail and bounced into the southbound lane, hit…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
25-Year-Old ID'd As Victim Of Fatal 2-Vehicle Crash In Hudson Valley 25-Year-Old ID'd As Victim Of Fatal 2-Vehicle Crash In Hudson Valley
25-Year-Old ID'd As Victim Of Fatal 2-Vehicle Crash In Hudson Valley A Hudson Valley man has been identified as the driver of a 1997 Ford Escort who was killed after allegedly pulling in front of a tractor-trailer on I-87. Original report: 1 Killed In Crash Between Passenger Vehicle, Tractor-Trailer On I-87 In Woodbury Orange County resident Sama Exantus, age 25, of Monroe, was driving a 1997 Ford Escort southbound on I-87 around 6:15 a.m. Monday, Oct. 23 in Woodbury. According to Trooper Tara McCormick of the New York State Police, Exantus's vehicle pulled onto the shoulder just after passing Exit 16.  Exantus then attempted to re-enter the ro…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Multi-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash Seriously Injures Tractor-Trailer Driver Multi-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash Seriously Injures Tractor-Trailer Driver
Multi-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash Seriously Injures Tractor-Trailer Driver A 56-year-old tractor-trailer driver who was confused by the height of a Hudson Valley railroad overpass was hit by a vehicle after he backed up and hit another car, and got out of his truck. The incident took place in Orange County around 7:45 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 7 on East Main Street in Port Jervis. According to Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden, the Ohio truck driver was driving in the rain when he reached the overpass which was marked at 12-feet-8-inches tall, as well as another sign that said it was 13-feet-8-inches tall.  Confused, the driver stopped in the roadway to de…

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by Kathy Reakes
Traffic
Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 Near NY/NJ Border Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 Near NY/NJ Border
Messy Tractor Trailer Crash Shuts All Lanes Of Route 17 Near NY/NJ Border An overturned tractor-trailer has closed Route 17 near the border of Rockland and Bergen counties Friday morning, Sept. 8. It happened on the southbound side, just north of US 202 in Mahwah, the New Jersey Transportation Department said.  Now NJ 17 by Mahwah pic.twitter.com/vI5NTSuMaP — cheskal breuer (@Pcb4363) September 8, 2023 An overturned tractor trailer closed Route 17 in Mahwah Friday morning, Sept. 8.Kristin Weinhofer While it wasn't immediately clear what the trailer was hauling, debris was strewn across the roadway. View this post on Instagram …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Police Officer Hit, Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash Police Officer Hit, Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash
Police Officer Hit, Seriously Injured In Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash A police officer was seriously injured at the site of a crash when she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in the Hudson Valley. The Orange County crash took place in New Windsor on Litte Britain Road around 8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 27. New Windsor Police responded to a report of a motor vehicle accident on Little Britain Road in the area of Executive Drive, said New Windsor Police Chief Daniel Valeri.  While the crash was being investigated, Police Officer Maria Schettini was directing traffic around the crash site when she was struck by a passing vehicle, Valeri said. The site of the c…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
I-84 Crash: 20-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Seriously Injured I-84 Crash: 20-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Seriously Injured
I-84 Crash: 20-Year-Old From Hudson Valley Seriously Injured One person suffered serious injuries and two others were hospitalized after a single-vehicle rollover crash in the Hudson Valley. It happened around noontime Wednesday, Aug. 23 on eastbound I-84 in the town of Newburgh. Preliminary investigation revealed that a blue 2007 Honda Civic was traveling east on Interstate 84 when the operator of the vehicle, identified as a 20-year-old Middletown man, lost control of the car causing it to leave the highway and roll into the median, New York State Police said. The operator of the vehicle was unconscious and was extracted from the vehicle by Orange…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Witnesses Sought In Fatal Hudson Valley Crash Witnesses Sought In Fatal Hudson Valley Crash
Witnesses Sought In Fatal Hudson Valley Crash Police are asking for any witnesses to a Hudson Valley crash in which a scooter driver was hit and killed by an SUV to come forward. Rockland County resident Dariel Rivera, of Central Nyack, was killed around 3:50 a.m., Friday, July 14, on Route 303 in West Nyack. According to Det. Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police, officers found Rivera after police received reports of a person lying in the roadway. Rivera, who was riding an electric scooter, which was found heavily damaged, had sustained severe trauma and was pronounced dead at the scene, Peters said. A witness who stayed at the scen…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
1 Killed After Woman Runs Red Light In Hudson Valley, State Police Say 1 Killed After Woman Runs Red Light In Hudson Valley, State Police Say
1 Killed After Woman Runs Red Light In Hudson Valley, State Police Say One man was killed after a Hudson Valley woman allegedly ran a red light and crashed into another vehicle. The crash took place in Orange County around 7:30 a.m., on Thursday, June 8 on Route 6 in Greenville, said Trooper Steven Nevel, of the New York State Police.  Nevel said troopers responded to the intersection of Route 6 and Mountain Road in the town of Greenville for the report of a two-vehicle crash involving injuries. A preliminary investigation revealed that a 2009 Toyota Camry was traveling southbound on Mountain Road failed to stop at a flashing red light and continued thro…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
4 Killed In Crash Between SUV, Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Stamford 4 Killed In Crash Between SUV, Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Stamford
4 Killed In Crash Between SUV, Tractor-Trailer On I-95 In Stamford Four people were killed in a crash between a tractor-trailer and an SUV on a stretch of I-95 in Connecticut overnight. The crash happened just after 3 a.m. Saturday, May 13 in Fairfield County. The tractor-trailer was traveling at a very slow rate of speed in heavy traffic on the northbound side in the center lane of three, approximately one-tenth of a mile south of Exit 8 in Stamford, according to Connecticut State Police.  A 2019 GMC Terrain was traveling behind the tractor-trailer when, for an unknown reason, it failed to stop and struck the rear of the truck, police sai…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Woman Charged In Connection To Fatal Hudson Valley Crash Woman Charged In Connection To Fatal Hudson Valley Crash
Woman Charged In Connection To Fatal Hudson Valley Crash A 41-year-old woman has been charged with felony manslaughter and other charges in the death of a man killed when she crossed into the wrong lane on a busy Hudson Valley roadway. The crash happened in Rockland County Saturday, Jan. 28 around 10 a.m. in the town of Ramapo at the intersection of Airmont Road and Route 59. New Jersey resident Sherlyne Bazile, from Mahwah in Bergen County, was arrested on Wednesday, May 3, and charged with: Manslaughter Reckless endangerment Assault Reckless Driving "Alcohol intoxication and drug impairment are not suspected as contributing factors in th…

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by Kathy Reakes