LEWISBORO, N.Y. - Hotter temps bring out more drivers – a phenomenon that often results in more infractions and collisions. July was no exception to this rule for the Lewisboro Police Department.
A traffic stop on July 1 for an expired Florida registration kicked off the month. The officer stopped the driver on Route 35 near Peaceable Street. The driver stated that she moved to Connecticut a month ago and had been unable to register the vehicle there yet. The officer also learned that the vehicle did not have valid insurance. The driver received three tickets: for an unregistered motor vehicle, for operating without insurance and for failure to change her address. The vehicle was impounded by Sal’s Towing.
On July 2, an accident took place when a northbound vehicle making a left turn onto Chapel Street from Mead Street struck a southbound vehicle turning right.
A series of accidents followed during the next week, beginning with an accident on July 7 when a vehicle ran off the road at the intersection of Route 35 and Boutonville Road. The car ended up in the bushes, hitting a stop sign in the process. Sal’s Towing extracted the vehicle.
On July 8 a fire truck was traveling south in a narrow portion of Mead Street and was sideswiped by a vehicle going in the opposite direction. Later that day in Goldens Bridge, the driver of a garbage truck pulled to the side of Route 22 to use his phone. When he reentered the roadway, the top of the truck got tangled in low-hanging wires causing a nearby utility pole to topple onto the truck’s hood.
There were two witnesses who confirmed that the wires were hanging very low; one witness said the pole itself was already bent. Because the vehicle’s windshield was shattered, it was towed by Lisi’s Towing. NYSEG was able to quickly raise the utility lines to open the roadway.
An accident involving injury took place on July 9 in Cross River when a driver lost control of her vehicle and went off Avery Road, north of Route 35. The car struck a dirt mound causing damage to the vehicle’s front bumper and undercarriage. In addition, the air bags deployed, causing the driver to experience head pain. The vehicle was towed by Sal’s to a body shop while the driver was brought to Northern Westchester Hospital for examination.
On July 10, a two-vehicle accident took place on Route 35 in Cross River. A vehicle traveling east on Route 35 signaled to make a right turn into her driveway, when a second vehicle sideswiped her car and knocked over her mailbox. The operator of the second vehicle said the car ahead of him had not used her turn signal and had instead veered left onto the median before turning right. That second driver then attempted to pass the car on the right but struck her mailbox and collided with the right side of her vehicle.
On July 12, a truck struck an electrical box in Katonah, knocking out power to two homes. The truck left the scene, and the plate number was unknown. The police officer on scene notified NYSEG, which reported the damage to be minor and restored power shortly thereafter.
A vehicle traveling west on Route 35 on July 14 struck a tree that had fallen into the roadway. The driver reported that glare from oncoming cars prevented him from seeing the tree.
On July 20, a vehicle turning right onto Glen Drive from Route 123 in South Salem was hit by a second vehicle that was also attempting to turn right. Both drivers declined medical attention, but their vehicles were towed by Sal’s to a body shop.
On July 21, a vehicle drove through a guardrail on a road in South Salem and ended up in the woods. The driver was outside the vehicle and said she felt fine but was nonetheless taken to Northern Westchester Medical Center for further evaluation.
Later that day, a vehicle passing over a hill on Route 123 in South Salem failed to see the car ahead and collided with that vehicle. The second vehicle had stopped in traffic and had his left turn signal on. That driver reported head and neck pain and was transported to Norwalk Hospital for evaluation.
Among other vehicle infractions, police impounded a dump truck during a commercial vehicle inspection in Goldens Bridge on July 18. The driver had no medical certificate, and the man was told he could not operate the vehicle without it. Police took the vehicle out of service because of a broken main leaf spring. The driver requested that it be towed by Rodriguez Towing.
A South Salem resident filed a trespassing complaint against a neighbor on July 4. The complainant said the neighbor repeatedly has operated an all-terrain vehicle (ATV) on six empty lots that she owns across the street from her home – despite the presence of “no trespassing” signs and surveillance cameras. She also said a worker on her land had been approached by the ATV operator in a threatening manner.
The ATV operator said he had shouted at the worker because he was operating noisy landscaping equipment at an early hour. Police advised him to stay off the property owner’s land.
Police handled a similar complaint in South Salem on July 9, this one involving multiple dirt bikes ridden by four youths. They were riding the bikes on Lake Path. One of the youths (and his parents) had received multiple warnings in the past about riding mopeds on public roads, and the responding officer impounded that young man’s moped. The other three young men received verbal warnings.
But the department’s month wasn’t all about vehicular mishaps:
On July 9 police assisted a man in South Salem who was lying in a grass triangle at a driveway entrance. The man had also refused assistance from EMS personnel. The responding officer detected a strong alcohol odor and saw a sealed beer can in the man’s pants pocket. The man proceeded to walk with his bicycle when a passer-by assisted him with a repair. The man rode his bike a distance and fell, hitting his head on his handlebars and causing a laceration above his left eyebrow. He passed in and out of consciousness and was transported to Westchester Medical Center for evaluation.
On July 15, police handled a landlord-tenant dispute at a two-family house. The property manager said the residence had recently been sold. He filed the complaint after he arrived on July 11 to do work related to the sale and found that the upstairs tenant was entering the downstairs apartment. He suspected the tenant had broken into the lower unit. The property manager was advised that the matter is civil in nature as the tenant believes he still has rights to occupy the entire residence, and thus he should initiate an eviction proceeding to have the tenant removed.
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