Man Drove Drunk With 3 Kids In Car, Nearly 3 Times Legal Limit In Wappinger: Nysp
A 42-year-old man was arrested after allegedly driving drunk with three children in his vehicle in Dutchess County and registering a blood alcohol content nearly three times the legal limit, police said.
The incident happened on Friday, April 18, when a trooper pulled over a 2016 Acura on Old Post Road in Wappinger for multiple traffic violations, New York State Police announced on Tuesday, April 22.
Police said the driver, Jordan T. White, 42, of Poughkeepsie, showed signs of intoxication and failed field sobriety tests. Troopers then discovered that three children, ages 1, 8, …
Poughkeepsie Woman, 34, Killed In Early-Morning Crash: Police
A 34-year-old woman from Poughkeepsie was killed in a crash early Saturday morning, April 5, in the Hudson Valley, state police said.
Troopers from State Police Highland responded at approximately 5:22 a.m. to Old Post Road in the town of Marlborough for a report of a motor vehicle collision, according to a press release from authorities.
An investigation revealed that the driver, identified as Maria Hyde, had been heading north in a 2014 Kia Sorento when she lost control of the vehicle and struck a tree on the eastern shoulder of the roadway. Hyde, who was alone in the car, died at the sce…