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Hawthorne Fire Department
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Crash Shuts Down Busy Roadway Route 9A In Hawthorne
A crash caused a busy main route in Northern Westchester to close as emergency crews responded to the scene. The incident happened on Monday, March 4 at around 6:30 p.m., when a motor vehicle crash occurred on Route 9A (Saw Mill River Road) in Hawthorne near the Amazon warehouse, according to the Hawthorne Fire Department. According to reports, a pedestrian was struck at the scene, but police have not yet confirmed the extent of the injuries. The incident caused the road to close between Skyline Drive and Route 141 for an extended amount of time on Monday. This is …
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Blaze Destroys Car On Saw Mill River Parkway In Hawthorne
A car became completely engulfed in flames on a busy parkway in Northern Westchester. The incident happened on Sunday, March 3 at around 10:15 a.m., when a car fire began on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway in Hawthorne, according to the Hawthorne Fire Department. Arriving crews found the car overtaken by flames but were quickly able to extinguish them. A tow truck then eventually removed the charred wreckage. The response to the fire took around an hour. No injuries were reported.
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow
Police & Fire
Update: More Details Released About Fire At Phelps Hospital In Tarrytown
Firefighters have released more information about a fire that broke out at a hospital in Westchester. The blaze began on Thursday, Jan. 25 around 11:30 a.m., when a fire started inside an apartment on the second floor of staff housing on the Phelps Hospital campus in Tarrytown. Earlier Report - Fire Ignites At Phelps Hospital In Tarrytown: Developing Soon after the flames broke out, crews from several organizations raced to the scene, including the Sleepy Hollow, Hawthorne, Valhalla, and Millwood Fire Departments. After arriving at the scene, crews began putting out…
Tarrytown-SleepyHollow
Police & Fire
Fire Ignites At Phelps Hospital In Tarrytown: Developing
Firefighters had to race to a hospital in Westchester after a fire broke out on its campus. New, updated report - Update: More Details Released About Fire At Phelps Hospital In Tarrytown The incident began around 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25, when a fire broke out on the campus of Phelps Hospital in Tarrytown. The blaze prompted several mutual aid departments to help with the response, including the Hawthorne Fire Department, which worked at the scene for around an hour and a half until the fire was brought under control. More details about the fire have not yet …
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
Police & Fire
Heroes
: Bystanders Free Trapper Driver Who Crashed In Glen Rock After Falling Asleep
UPDATE: Bystanders helped free a 30-year-old driver after she fell asleep and her SUV slammed into a utility pole in Glen Rock, authorities said. The 2011 Kia Sportage split the pole into pieces, then rolled onto the driveway of a Lincoln Avenue residence between Greenway Road and Isabella Place shortly before 3 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 15, Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Good Samaritans helped open a hole in the windshield and, with the help of a blanket to cover some of the jagged edges, got the Hawthorne driver out as police pulled up. She was conscious and alert but wincing in p…
Mount Pleasant
Police & Fire
Fire At New York Medical College Housing In Valhalla Displaces Students
A college housing apartment in Northern Westchester was heavily damaged after a fire tore through it, adding smoke to already hazy skies caused by Canadian wildfires. The fire happened on Wednesday, June 7, when the Valhalla and Hawthorne Fire Departments responded to a fire at an apartment at New York Medical College on Old Farm Road. Once arriving, crews found that smoke was pouring out of the second floor of the building, and began work to extinguish the blaze. After making their way inside the apartment, which was filled with heavy flames, firefighters were able to ab…
Mount Pleasant
Obituaries
Lifelong Member Of Hawthorne Fire Department, Army Vet Dies
A community in Northern Westchester is mourning the loss of a lifelong firefighter who dedicated his life to public service. Hawthorne resident Robert McKechnie died on Tuesday, May 16 at the age of 86, according to his obituary. Born in 1937, McKechnie graduated from James Bryant High School in Queens and soon after graduation, went on begin a 40-year career at Pepsi. He also served his country in the US Army from 1960 to 1962, and married his wife, Joan, not long after in 1964. The couple first lived in Yonkers before moving to Hawthorne, where the…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
News
Sedan Smashes Into Glen Rock Storefront
A driver was OK after her sedan barreled into a Glen Rock storefront. The 2010 Subaru Legacy plowed into the downtown Heidt Agency insurance office on Rock Road just off Glen Avenue shortly after 11 a.m. Friday, March 11. The 61-year-old Glen Rock driver "mistook the accelerator for the brake," Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. Borough police were first on the scene, followed by firefighters from Glen Rock and Hawthorne. A Glen Rock building inspector also responded. No injuries were reported in the downtown Glen Rock mishap.Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE All Points Towing removed the…
Fair Lawn-Glen Rock
News
Neighboring Fire Companies Douse Pickup Truck Blaze Off Route 208
A pickup truck went up in flames in Glen Rock late Saturday morning. Glen Rock and Hawthorne firefighters teamed up to extinguish the fire off the corner of Grandview and Lincoln avenues near northbound Route 208 shortly after 11 a.m. "The owner of the vehicle, a 60-year-old Oakland man, stated he had been driving on Route 208 when another motorist alerted him that his vehicle was smoking," Glen Rock Police Chief Dean Ackermann said. "He pulled off the highway and brought the vehicle safely to a stop and exited before the fire spread to the passenger compartment." Hawthorne police assiste…
South Passaic
News
Family Of 5 Loses Everything In Fierce Hawthorne Fire
UPDATE: Two cats were killed and another was missing in a destructive fire that ravaged a Hawthorne home, authorities said. A family of five -- including three children -- got out OK after the fire erupted on Victor Place around 7 p.m. Sunday, they said. They were evaluated on-scene by EMS. At the scene of the Victor Place fire in Hawthorne.DAILY VOICE The blaze immediately went to a second alarm before heavy flames and problems with water pressure boosted it to three, Hawthorne Fire Chief Jerry Speranza said. The roof was opened and the fire was eventually placed under control after…
South Passaic
News
Firefighters Battle Hawthorne Blaze
UPDATE: Two cats were killed and another was missing in a destructive fire that ravaged a Hawthorne home, authorities said. A family of five -- including three children -- got out OK after the fire erupted on Victor Place around 7 p.m. Sunday, they said. They were evaluated on-scene by EMS. 76 Victor Place, HawthorneTom Tomesco The blaze immediately went to a second alarm before water problems and heavy flames boosted it to three, Hawthorne Fire Chief Jerry Speranza said. The roof was opened and the fire was eventually placed under control after about 90 minutes. Firefighters conti…
Somers
Police & Fire
Four Injured In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash, Police Say
Four people suffered injuries in a crash in Northern Westchester County. A car and van were involved in the crash at around 1:50 p.m. Monday, July 12 on Saw Mill River Road in Mount Pleasant, according to Mount Pleasant Police. There were two occupants of each vehicle, police confirmed. The Hawthorne Fire Department also responded to assist at the scene to help get the door of one of the vehicles open, said police. Police said the crash caused a backup on Route 9A, and the road was partially shut down for about 45 minutes.
South Passaic
News
Authorities: Empty Bed Of Roll-Off Truck Was Raised When It Hit RR Bridge In Hawthorne
UPDATE: A driver was hospitalized after the raised bed of his roll-off truck struck a railroad bridge and landed on its side Monday morning in Hawthorne, authorities said. The driver apparently had just delivered a trash container and drove off without lowering the bed before it struck the nearby Wagaraw Road bridge at Lincoln Street at 6:49 a.m., said Nancy Snyder, NJ Transit's chief media relations and communications officer. He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, she said, adding that he also received a sum…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Dump Truck With Trailer Barrels Down Embankment Into Hawthorne Home
A dump truck and equipment trailer owned by a Wayne landscaping company barreled down an embankment and crashed into a home in Hawthorne on Monday. The single-axle crew cab truck, owned by Canete Landscaping, was headed down Hillcrest Avenue around 5 p.m. when the driver said the brakes failed, responders said. After hitting a parked SUV, the truck careened down the embankment and into the rear closed-in porch of an Emeline Drive home. No injuries were reported. A heavy-duty tow truck was summoned to remove the wreckage. A building inspector responded to assess whether the home could c…
Somers
Police & Fire
Lightning Strike Cited In Fire At Business Complex In Westchester
An electrical fire at a business complex in Westchester is believed to have been started by a lightning strike. The fire began amid a round of severe storms around 7:15 p.m., Monday, July 22, at 777 Old Saw Mill River Road, in Hawthorne, where Regeneron Pharmaceuticals is located, said the Hawthorne Fire Department. Hawthorne responded along with Elmsford Fire Department for a fire next to the structure, Hawthrone Fire said. Shortly after dispatch, Car 2192 and 2111 were on scene updating the call as a working transformer fire attached to the building and requested Con Ed to the scene. Cr…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Pets Rescued From Hawthorne House Fire, Flames Climb From Basement To Roof
Two pets were rescued from a Friday night Hawthorne house fire that raced from the basement to the attic. No injuries were reported in the two-alarm blaze, which responders said broke out in a home at the corner of Maitland Avenue and May Street at 10 p.m. and quickly made its way to the third floor and into the attic, Hawthorne Fire Chief Joseph Speranza said. Firefighters had the main body knocked in a little over an hour and a half, keeping it from blowing through the roof, Speranza said. They were joined at the scene by police, the Hawthorne Volunteer Ambulance Corps and the Ladies Aux…
Somers
Police & Fire
Two Teens Seriously Injured In Head-On Crash With Bus In Westchester
Two teens are recovering from serious injuries following a head-on crash with a Westchester County Bee-Line bus on Route 141 in Hawthorne. The crash took place around 1:14 p.m., Tuesday, June 18, when a 2003 Toyota occupied by a 16-year-old male driver and a 16-year-old female passenger, was traveling northbound on Route 141 (Broadway) near Brighton Avenue when he lost control of the vehicle, crossed the double yellow line and struck a Westchester County Bee-Line bus head-on, said Mount Pleasant Police Capt. Michael Pierce. Pierce said both the driver and passenger sustained serious injurie…
Bronxville
Police & Fire
Child, Driver, Hospitalized As Crews Answer Back-To-Back Crashes In Westchester
Two were hospitalized with injuries in Westchester as first responders handled a pair of back-to-back rollover crashes in Mount Pleasant. Crews from the Hawthorne Fire Department kicked off their days at approximately 7:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 6, where there was a report of a rollover on the parkway near the Stevens Avenue exit in Valhalla. Upon arrival at the scene of the crash, police said that they found the driver, who was able to extricate himself from the vehicle without further incident. No injuries were reported. While clearing up the initial call, crews from Hawthorne and the Valh…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Seen
IT? Hit-Run Kia Leaves Paterson Responder's Family Of 9 Without Car
"We don't deserve this," Paterson's Jorge Ariel said after finding his SUV severely damaged, his neighbor's sedan smashed up -- and the hit-and-run driver's bumper left behind. "I'm really hurting right now," the father of seven said. "We work so hard in getting our stuff. We have kids we take out in that vehicle." Ariel -- a volunteer Hawthorne firefighter who works as a Paterson police aide and Passaic County constable -- has only liability insurance on his Honda Pilot and can't afford the necessary repairs, or a rental car. But he also has the bumper, the V…
South Passaic
Police & Fire
Photos
: Garbage Truck Slams Into Tree, Hawthorne Officer Rescues Driver
HAWTHORNE, N.J. -- A driver rescued by a Hawthorne police officer sustained serious injuries after his garbage truck lost its brakes and slammed into a tree in Goffle Brook Park on Tuesday. The truck was descending a steep hill on nearby MacFarlan Avenue before it suddenly careened into the park. An ambulance took the driver to St. Joseph's Regional Medical Center in Paterson. A paramedic team from St. Joseph's assisted Hawthorne EMTs. Hawthorne firefighters tended to a crash-related fluid leak and remained on standby at the scene until the vehicle was safely removed by a wrecker. Boyd…
