Headlines: High speed chase crash, DWI and cocaine arrest, cashless tolls
News 12 Staff
Updated on:May 27, 2021, 6:56am EDT
Here are
some stories making headlines across the Hudson Valley.
A
high-speed police chase ended in a crash in Maybrook Monday night. Police say
the driver took off during a traffic stop, then crashed into a turning
tractor-trailer near Route 208 and I-84. The 20-year-old driver is now in
critical condition.
A Beacon man is
facing DWI and drugs charges. Police pulled over Daniel Usher Saturday on
State Route 9 in the village of Croton-on-Hudson. They say he was drunk and had
over 25 grams of cocaine in his car.
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Major Changes To All Hudson Valley Bridges Could Lead To Traffic
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The New York State Bridge Authority announced on Tuesday that its five bridge toll crossings in the Hudson Valley are set to convert to cashless tolling beginning this summer
The conversion to cashless tolling at NYSBA’s toll crossings will be rolled out in phases, starting in July 2021 at the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge. The implementation at Newburgh-Beacon will take place after the July 4th holiday weekend, with an exact date to be announced.
The Newburgh-Beacon Bridge already has some structural elements for cashless tolling that were installed during the initial phase of the current deck replacement project, officials say.
Conversion to cashless tolling on the authority s four other spans the Bear Mountain, Mid-Hudson, Kingston-Rhinecliff and Rip Van Winkle bridges will begin in subsequent months. The process will be completed at all five bridges by spring 2022.
At that point, all drivers will be able to cross all five bridges without stopping to pay tolls, as state of the art sensors and cameras will read E-ZPass tags and take license plate images.
Vehicles with E-ZPass tags are automatically charged, while those without E-ZPass tags will have their license plate image captured, and a toll bill will be mailed to the registered owner.