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Slow-Moving Transformer Move To Snarl Traffic In Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, LaGrange
Drivers in Dutchess County are being urged to avoid several major roads Wednesday evening, July 9, as a massive transformer is moved through the area, causing significant delays.
The transport, which began at 5:30 p.m. on Wednesday, July 9, will move through Hyde Park, Pleasant Valley, and LaGrange, according to New York State Police.
The slow-moving operation is expected to impact the following routes:
Route 9G;
Crumb Elbow Road;
Netherwood Road;
Salt Point Turnpike;
West Road;
Routes 44 and 55 into LaGrange.
Because of the transformer’s size, utility crews will need to lift …
Westminster, DC Drivers Killed In Wrong-Way Crash On I-495 In Fairfax County: State Police
A Maryland woman and a DC man are dead after a wrong-way crash on the Capital Beltway in Northern Virginia, Virginia State Police announced.
Tremayne Gross, 24, of Washington, DC, and Meghan Elizabeth Mathis, 32, of Westminster, were both killed in a head-on crash early Sunday morning, July 6, on I-495 in Fairfax County, according to state police.
Investigators said the crash happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. in the northbound Express Lanes near mile marker 48.
Gross was driving a 2017 Ford Edge southbound in the northbound lanes when he slammed into Mathis’ 2004 Jeep Patriot, police said. …