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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