Traffic & Transit
Mount Pleasant Man Accused Of Driving Wrong Way On TSP
One man was sent to the hospital for treatment of injuries.
NEW CASTLE, NY — A Mount Pleasant man was arrested in relation to a wrong-way crash on the Taconic State Parkway Tuesday. State police charged Andrew S. Elias, 30, of Mount Pleasant, with second-degree reckless endangerment and reckless driving, misdemeanors.
Police said troopers were sent to the area of Exit 8 on the Taconic around 11:33 a.m. in the Town of New Castle for a collision caused by a wrong-way driver.
An investigation found Elias was driving his 2007 Mercedes-Benz C230 north in the southbound lanes of the parkway.
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He struck a southbound 2015 Honda CRV being driven by John J. Maxwell, 64, of Fishkill.
Maxwell was taken to Westchester Medical Center for minor injuries.
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Elias was issued an appearance ticket returnable to the Town of New Castle Court Feb. 22.
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