On Tuesday, November 1, police announced that an accident which caused the deaths of an elderly couple from Tarrytown was alcohol-related.

The accident happened on Friday, October 28, at 2.15 p.m. and according to Greenburgh police it happened on Route 100A in the Hartsdale section of Greenburgh.

A 2009 Chrysler Town & Country being driven by 43 year old Michele Bonet, of White Plains collided head on with a Lexus E35 driven by 80 year old Carmelo Sbezzi, of Tarrytown with his 82 year old wife Henrietta, in the passenger seat in the vehicle.

The three involved were taken to the Westchester County Medical Center in Valhalla where Henrietta died. A short while later, her husband, Carmelo, was also pronounced dead.

Bonet survived and was arraigned in the hospital over the weekend, with a felony hearing for first degree manslaughter due to alleged alcohol use is scheduled on November 15 in Greenburgh Town Court.

The accident is still under investigation.

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On Sunday morning, October 9, a young man was killed by a drunk driver on Westchester Avenue, White Plains.

According to police, at around 5 a.m., 24 year old Emma Fox, of Rye was driving her 2012 Nissan Sentra on Westchester Avenue under the Anderson Hill Road overpass, when she struck something, but continued to drive for a few more blocks before calling police.

When police arrived they discovered that she had hit and killed 21 year old Robby Schartner who had been crossing the road and he was declared dead at the scene. He was a lacrosse player with Manhattanville College.

Fox was given a breathalyzer test and found to be over the legal limit and she was later arraigned on charges of vehicular homicide and driving while intoxicated. Her blood alcohol level was 0.21 and the legal limit is .08%.

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Following a horrific accident on the Taconic State Parkway a man has been charged with criminally negligent homicide.

The accident happened around 3 p.m. on August 15 when 34 year old Nerim Sinanovic was driving his SUV just to the north of Baldwin Road in Yorktown. He took his hands off the steering wheel and turned around using his knees to steer. The car veered right so his wife grabbed the steering wheel and the car went airborne over the median landing on top of two southbound vehicles, a 2001 Toyota and a 2015 Ford.

All three people in the Toyoata were killed, two within hours and one died a month later.

Sinanovic’s daughters, 2 and 1, were both in child seats but were ejected from the vehicle. The 2-year-old, Leona, was pronounced dead at the scene.

Following the crash, toxicology showed that Sinanovic had a high level of Xanax in his system and he has now been arraigned on four counts of criminally negligent homicide, one count of reckless driving, and speeding. If convicted he faces two to four years in a state prison.

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On Saturday, July 9, a drunken tow truck operator was arrested having rammed a Connecticut State Police Cruiser on the Interstate.

According to authorities, White Plains police were in pursuit of a Bob’s Towing truck being driven by 21 year old Jheison Callecastro, which was traveling northbound on 1 95. The police said they believed that the truck was responsible for a pedestrian hit and run. White Plains police communicated with Connecticut State police who positioned themselves on the I 95 with stop sticks but that did not stop the truck and it continued northbound.

Finally the truck exited the highway at exit 14 and reentered the I 95 but this time going southbound.

Troopers then set up more stop sticks at exit 8 southbound, and exit 4, and each time one tire on the truck deflated. Callecastro however continued and then rammed an unoccupied police cruiser at exit 3, at which time the tow truck burst into flames.

He was taken into custody and charged with multiple crimes including criminal attempt/assault on a police officer, assault with a motor vehicle, criminal mischief, engaging in a pursuit, reckless driving and DWI for alcohol.

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On Friday, September 25, a White Plains firefighter was sentenced to state prison.

The accident he was involved with took place last November when 34 year old firefighter Erik Refvik, was drunk as well as high and was driving at 65 mph in his Chevrolet Tahoe the wrong way down South Lexington Avenue in White Plains. He collided head on into a Honda Civic being driven by 49 year old Edgar Lopez, who was stopped at a red light.

Lopez was critically injured and his passenger, his ex wife, 47 year old Reyda La Madrid, of Harrison was killed. Refvik then reversed his SUV and hit a building.

According to witnesses, Refvik had been drinking at several bars on in downtown White Plains on that day and experts said his blood alcohol content was nearly three times the legal limit. In addition he had cocaine, clonazepam and bath salts in his system.

He pleaded guilty to several charges including aggravated homicide and manslaughter, vehicular assault, drunk driving and possession of drugs and was sentenced to five to 15 years in state prison.

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On Monday, May 11, a school bus driver was driving drunk.

According to state police, 56 year old Mary Coletti, who was driving for the Lakeland School District, was taking 35 high school students to Walter Panas High School at around 7 a.m. She then sideswiped a telephone pole and a subsequent breathalyzer test showed that she had a 0.13% blood alcohol content which is 0.05 percentage points higher than the legal threshold for drunken driving.

A few of the students suffered minor injuries but no one was seriously hurt.

Coletti’s bus driver’s license was revoked and there was a new bus driver driving the students in the afternoon.

The school district said that they place the very highest priority on the safety and security of the students and said they would also be conducting their own investigation. They confirmed that they have rigorous safety programs for their drivers as well as regular drug and alcohol testing.

Coletti, of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y., now faces felony driving while intoxicated charges under Leandra’s Law, which is a 2009 New York state law that penalizes those who drive drunk with children on board.

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A Harrison man who was critically injured in a crash in November last year is now suing a White Plains restaurant saying they served alcohol to the man who caused the collision, knowing that he was already intoxicated.

The complaint states that 49 year old Edgar Lopez was injured in the accident when city Firefighter Erik Refvik became drunk at Brother Jimmy’s BBQ,on Mamoroneck Avenue and that the crash, in which Lopez ex wife, 47 year old Reyda LaMadrid was killed, was directly caused because of this.

Refvik had taken cocaine, sedatives and bath salts and went on a 12 hour drinking binge at five different establishments on Mamoroneck Avenue, the last of which was Brother Jimmy’s. He was driving the wrong way on South Lexington Avenue at 4.30 in the morning and smashed into Lopez’ vehicle at 65 mph, in a 30 mph zone with a blood alcohol level nearly three times more than the legal limit. He was arraigned last month on 11 counts including aggravated homicide, aggravated manslaughter, vehicular assault, drunk driving and drug possession.

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