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Bergen County Man Victim Of Double Fatal Wrong-Way NY Crash: Police
A Bergen County man was identified by authorities as one of the two people killed in a wrong-way, head-on crash overnight in New York.
George Gonzalez, 68, of Dumont, was heading north in the southbound lanes of I-87 in a 2017 Toyota RAV4, when he drove into a 2022 Nissan Altima around 1 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 6 in Tuxedo, New York State Police said. Gonzalez's car became engulfed in flames.
The Altima driver was identified as Yehuda Weinstock, 67, of Chester, NY. Both men were pronounced dead at the scene. Neither vehicle had any passengers.
All southbound lanes were closed during the crash …
Man Ejected From Jeep, Then Struck By Truck In Fatal Rockland Crash
A man was killed after being ejected during a crash and then getting hit by a tractor-trailer, state police said.
The crash happened Saturday, June 6 in Rockland County at about 11:20 p.m. on I-87 in the village of Sloatsburg.
An investigation at the scene revealed that Robert H. Harrington, 45, of Waltham, Massachusetts, was operating his 2019 Jeep southbound in the area of mile marker 33.1, when he struck a guardrail, according to police.
Harrington became ejected into the roadway and was subsequently struck by the 2019 Freightliner tractor-trailer operated by Robin Carroll, 63, of Alba…
Man Drove Drunk With Two Children In Car In Westchester, Police Say
A 38-year-old man has been charged after police say he drove drunk in Westchester with two children in the car.
New York State Police stopped a vehicle on I-287 in the town of Greenburgh for a traffic violation just before midnight on Sunday, Nov. 24.
Further investigation revealed that the driver, identified as Ravi Gudhka, 38, of Equinunk, Pennsylvania, was driving while intoxicated, police say.
Gudhka was also traveling with a 10-year-old and a 14-year-old child in the car, police say.
Gudhka was arrested, transported and processed at SP Tarrytown, where police say he refused to submit…
Woman Who Drove Drunk In Westchester Had BAC Three Times Legal Limit, Police Say
A 35-year-old woman has been charged after police say she drove drunk in Westchester with a BAC three times the legal limit.
New York State Police say they stopped a driver for a violation on I-287 in the town of Rye on Wednesday, Sept. 25 around 2:10 a.m.
Further investigation revealed that the driver, identified as Jessica LaFrance, 35, of Derry, New Hampshire, was found to be intoxicated, according to police.
LaFrance was arrested, transported and processed at SP Tarrytown, where her blood alcohol level was tested at .23, police say.
LaFrance was charged with aggravated driving while i…
Woman Driving Drunk On New TZB Had BAC Twice Legal Limit, Police Say
A New Windsor woman was busted for driving while intoxicated after a blood-alcohol test showed she was driving at more than twice the legal limit, police said.
Portia S. Patterson, 26, was arrested on Sunday, June 2, around 6:30 p.m. when New York State Police responded to a single-vehicle crash on the new Tappan Zee Bridge, state police said.
When police arrived on the scene, they found that Patterson was intoxicated and she was taken into custody, transported and processed at SP Tarrytown, where her blood alcohol content was determined to be a .22 percent, said police.
Patterson was char…
Four Accused Drug Dealers Caught With Heroin, Crack, Ketamine, Pot In Westchester Stop
Two men and two women accused of drug dealing were allegedly found with crack, heroin, ketamine, and marijuana during a traffic stop in Westchester, state police said.
The stop occurred on I-87 just after 5 p.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 5 in Ardsley. After the stop, troopers determined the driver, 25-year-old Joshua D. Allen of Augusta, Maine, gave them probable cause to search the vehicle and its occupants.
During the search, police say they discovered a syringe containing heroin, a glass smoking device with burnt crack residue, about 194 grams of ketamine, and 19.78 grams of marijuana.
Those i…
