YORKTOWN, N.Y. — An intersection previously flagged as dangerous was the site of a rollover accident that sent a driver to the hospital earlier this month.
The Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Yorktown EMS responded to a reported vehicle rollover at the intersection of London Road and Quinlan Street on Feb. 15. In a Facebook post, the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department stated that firefighters arrived at the scene and found a multi-vehicle crash, with one vehicle overturned.
“YHFD volunteers secured both vehicles, mitigated a fuel spill, and stood by for the tow to remove the vehicles and for an additional ambulance to arrive on scene.”
According to YHFD, more than a dozen first responders were called to the scene; three victims were transported to a local trauma center by the Yorktown Volunteer Ambulance Corps and Empress Emergency Medical Services. Details about their injuries have not been released.
At the Jan. 14 Town Board meeting, Highway Superintendent Dave Paganelli called the intersection of London Road and Quinlan Street “problematic” and stated that the Highway Department is conducting an active traffic study and enforcement at the location.
As previously reported in Yorktown News, Paganelli has advocated for a four-way stop sign at the London Road/Quinlan Street intersection, which currently has stop signs on London but not on Quinlan. He has also urged the town to consider four-way stop signs at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Hanover Street, citing the high number of accidents at both locations.
The Yorktown Town Board, during its meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 18 voted to install stop signs at five intersections. Residents were vocal about their support for the addition at the intersection of Underhill Avenue and Hanover Street.
The addition of stop signs were approved for the following locations:
Vape shops, water meters, and rates were back on the agenda at the Feb. 18 board meeting.
The board is cracking down on so-called vape shops, which many in the community have accused of targeting children, and in cases, selling illegal drugs. A proposed local law aims to curb the sale of tobacco and vapor-related products, while also limiting the concentration of tobacco retail dealers in town going forward.
A public hearing was held on the matter and subsequently closed during its Feb. 18 meeting, but the board postponed voting on the law until its meeting on March 4. The board decided to incorporate a suggestion from the county to include “senior citizen housing developments and medical buildings” in the list of locations that must be at least 1,500 feet away from vape or smoke shops.
Yorktown residents are likely to face higher water rates if a proposal from the water department is approved on March 4. Water Superintendent Paul Vasillo said the rate increase is due to Northern Westchester Joint Water Works raising their rates to the town. The board opened and closed a public hearing and delayed voting to adopt the law, along with changes to the Master Fee Schedule, until March 4 because it needed to tweak some language in the law such as the omission of the phrase “quarterly billing,” as water bills are sent to residents three times a year.
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