Cops: Drunk Wrong Way Driver Kills 1, Injures 2 in Head-On Crash
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On Dec. 23 around 9 p.m., New York State Police in Westchester were dispatched for a wrong-way driver on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in the city of Peekskill.
An initial investigation revealed a 2018 Audi Q7 color black operated by 41-year-old Mark E. Cope of Yorktown was traveling the wrong-way, northbound in the southbound lanes, on US Highway 9, police say.
Cope then struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to New York State Police.
The operator of the southbound 2020 Acura MDX, Shina M. McClam, 32, of Ossining succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced deceased on the scene. McClam’s two passengers, her six-year-old daughter and her 18-year-old niece, both sustained serious but believed to be non-life-threatening injuries, police say. The 18-year-old was transported to Westchester Medical Center by ambulance, and the six-yea
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The identity has been released of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash involving another driver allegedly impaired by alcohol in Northern Westchester.
The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill.
An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said.
The Audi struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to state police.
The operator of the Acura, 32-year-old Shina M. McClam, of Ossining, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the crash scene, state police said.
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The identity has been released of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash involving another driver allegedly impaired by alcohol in Northern Westchester.
The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill.
An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said.
The Audi struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to state police.
The operator of the Acura, 32-year-old Shina M. McClam, of Ossining, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the crash scene, state police said.
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The identity has been released of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash involving another driver allegedly impaired by alcohol in Northern Westchester.
The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill.
An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said.
The Audi struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to state police.
The operator of the Acura, 32-year-old Shina M. McClam, of Ossining, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the crash scene, state police said.
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The identity has been released of a woman killed in a wrong-way crash involving another driver allegedly impaired by alcohol in Northern Westchester.
The crash happened around 9:10 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 23 on Route 9 in the area of Main Street in Peekskill.
An initial investigation revealed a black 2018 Audi Q7 operated by Mark E. Cope, age 41, of Yorktown, was traveling the wrong way northbound in the southbound lanes of Route 9, state police said.
The Audi struck a southbound 2020 Acura MDX containing three occupants, according to state police.
The operator of the Acura, 32-year-old Shina M. McClam, of Ossining, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at the crash scene, state police said.