Driver Hospitalized After Car Snaps Poles In Mount Kisco Driver Hospitalized After Car Snaps Poles In Mount Kisco
Driver Hospitalized After Car Snaps Poles In Mount Kisco A driver was taken to a hospital following a crash in Northern Westchester that left two utility poles snapped.  The crash happened on Friday, Oct. 4 just before 8:30 p.m., when a vehicle hit two poles on Route 133 in Mount Kisco near the intersection with Crow Hill Road, according to Independent Fire Co. #13 of the Mount Kisco Fire Department.  Arriving first responders found that the crash had knocked over two poles, leaving wires dangerously close to the roadway.  The driver was soon taken to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla by the Mount Kisco Volunteer Ambulance Co…
New Deli Off To Strong Start In White Plains: 'Amazing Sandwiches,' Visitor Says New Deli Off To Strong Start In White Plains: 'Amazing Sandwiches,' Visitor Says
New Deli Off To Strong Start In White Plains: 'Amazing Sandwiches,' Visitor Says Months after opening, a deli in Westchester is proving to be the best new spot to grab a "sangwheech."  Giovanni's Italian Deli, located in White Plains at 925 North Broadway, opened at the beginning of June 2024 and is already a hit with sandwich lovers.  The business, owned by social media star Giovanni Paolo Difuccia, serves up what Difuccia calls "sangwheeches" filled to the brim with Italian meats, cheese, and balsamic glaze.  Some of the creatively-named items offered on the menu include the "How You Doin!" with fried chicken cutlets, fresh mozzarella, prosciutto,…
Man Kills Stepfather, Burns Down Mom's Apartment In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence Man Kills Stepfather, Burns Down Mom's Apartment In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence
Man Kills Stepfather, Burns Down Mom's Apartment In Peekskill: Here's His Sentence A 32-year-old man will spend decades in prison after stabbing his stepfather to death and barricading himself in his mother's Northern Westchester apartment, officials announced.  Peekskill resident Shane Gilleo was sentenced to 30 years to life in state prison for the 2022 murder of his stepfather, Edward Reeves, and setting fire to his mother's apartment later in the day, the Westchester County District Attorney's Office announced on Tuesday, Sept. 24.  According to the DA's Office, at around 12:30 a.m. on Sept. 14, 2022, Gilleo stabbed the 48-year-old Reeves seven tim…
College Student Raises $102K After Crash That Killed Woodcliff Lake Parents, Teen Sister College Student Raises $102K After Crash That Killed Woodcliff Lake Parents, Teen Sister
College Student Raises $102K After Crash That Killed Woodcliff Lake Parents, Teen Sister On Tuesday, Sept. 17, Max Dryerman said his final goodbyes to his parents and his younger sister. The college student from Woodcliff Lake lost his entire immediate family in a crash on the Garden State Parkway over the weekend. A joint funeral service was held for David and Michele Dryerman, both 54, and Brooke Dryerman, 17, Tuesday morning at Temple Emanuel of Pascack Valley. A burial service followed at Sharon Gardens on Lakeview Avenue, in Valhalla, NY. Max, whose LinkedIn shows he's studying engineering at Drexel University in Philadelphia, launched a GoFundMe page to help put himself t…
Driver Flown to Hospital After Truck Rolls Over On I-84 In Brewster Driver Flown to Hospital After Truck Rolls Over On I-84 In Brewster
Driver Flown to Hospital After Truck Rolls Over On I-84 In Brewster An interstate in the Hudson Valley was temporarily closed after a truck overturned, injuring the driver.  The crash happened in Putnam County on Tuesday afternoon, Sept. 10, when a truck crashed on the eastbound lanes of Interstate 84 just east of Route 312 in Brewster, according to the Brewster Fire Department.  As a result of the crash, the driver became trapped inside the truck's twisted structure. Luckily though, arriving fire crews were able to stabilize the vehicle and rescue them using specialized extrication equipment.  The department said the driver was then flown t…
Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Hutchinson River Parkway Crash In Rye Brook Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Hutchinson River Parkway Crash In Rye Brook
Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Hutchinson River Parkway Crash In Rye Brook An allegedly drunk driver from Connecticut has been charged in a fatal wrong-way crash in Westchester. The crash happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook, about a half mile south of King Street, according to Westchester County Police. Original report - 1 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Hutchinson River Parkway In Rye Brook Several 911 calls reported that a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel had collided with another car.  Arriving officers found that one of the vehicles, a Toyota Camry, was fully engulfed…
1 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Hutchinson River Parkway In Rye Brook 1 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Hutchinson River Parkway In Rye Brook
1 Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On Hutchinson River Parkway In Rye Brook One person was killed in a wrong-way crash in Westchester. Click here for a new, updated story: Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Westchester Crash It happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook, about a half mile south of King Street. Westchester County Police received several 911 calls reporting that a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel had collided with another car.  Arriving officers found that one of the vehicles was fully engulfed in flames.  The driver of that car was pron…
Sewage Truck Overturns, Spills Contents On I-684 In Goldens Bridge Sewage Truck Overturns, Spills Contents On I-684 In Goldens Bridge
Sewage Truck Overturns, Spills Contents On I-684 In Goldens Bridge Traffic on a busy Northern Westchester interstate was backed up for miles following a crash involving a sewage truck that resulted in two people being hospitalized.  The incident happened on Thursday, Sept. 5, just before 2 p.m., when three vehicles collided on Interstate 684 South just south of the Route 138 overpass in Goldens Bridge, according to the Goldens Bridge Fire Department.  As a result of the crash, a septic company truck overturned, spilling some of the contents on the roadway. Additionally, a passenger car jumped the highway's guard rail and veered into a gully next …
Fatal Crash: 19-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Wappinger Fatal Crash: 19-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Wappinger
Fatal Crash: 19-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Wappinger A 19-year-old was killed in a two-vehicle crash after he allegedly ran a red light in the region, striking another car. The incident occurred in Dutchess County on Monday, Sept. 2, on Route 9 near the Alpine Commons in the town of Wappinger around 10 p.m. According to Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police, an initial investigation determined a 2006 Honda 999, driven by Orange County resident Dante Crespo, age 19, of Monroe, was northbound on Route 9 and ran a red light striking a 2009 Lexus ES250 making a lefthand turn into the Alpine Commons parking lot. Troopers and responding em…
Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Cortlandt, Somers Residences Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Cortlandt, Somers Residences
Lithium Ion Batteries Cause 2 Fires At Cortlandt, Somers Residences Firefighters rushed to two Northern Westchester homes after devices containing lithium-ion batteries went up in flames.  One of the incidents happened at a Somers residence on Wednesday, Aug. 21, when the battery inside a child-sized all-terrain vehicle went into thermal runway at around 1:30 a.m., spewing smoke, sparks, toxic gas, and debris, according to the Westchester County Department of Emergency Services.  The family was soon awakened by smoke detectors, DES officials said, adding that hazmat team members arrived to safely dispose of the battery.  The second fire…
Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Port Chester Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Port Chester
Lithium Ion Battery Causes Garbage Truck Blaze In Port Chester A garbage truck in Westchester was damaged after a lithium-ion battery sparked a fire inside, setting its load of trash ablaze.  The incident happened on Wednesday, Aug. 21 just after 8 a.m., when a garbage truck was reported to be on fire on Gilbert Place in Port Chester, according to the village's fire department.  Arriving crews found that Public Works employees had already dumped the burning trash load in the street before it caught the rest of the truck on fire. Firefighters then stretched a hose to extinguish the flames in both the garbage pile and the truck, soon putting th…
Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash On Route 202 In Somers Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash On Route 202 In Somers
Man Killed In 2-Vehicle Crash On Route 202 In Somers A 50-year-old man was killed in a crash after his vehicle was struck by a vehicle on a busy Northern Westchester road, police said. The crash happened on Monday, Aug. 12 around 2:40 p.m., when a vehicle hit a motorcycle at the intersection of Stoneleigh Avenue and Route 202 in Somers, according to New York State Police.  A preliminary investigation into the crash determined that a Mercedes-Benz driven by a 60-year-old woman from the Putnam County neighborhood of Kent Lakes had been traveling northeast on Route 202 when it tried turning left onto Stoneleigh Avenue.  At this point,…