Seasonal & Holidays
Remember Larisa And Don't Drive Drunk: Rockland County Sheriff
Memorial Day weekend traffic should be light because of the coronavirus outbreak, but you still have a responsibility to others, Falco said.
While traffic on the roadways is expected to be lighter than normal this Memorial Day weekend due to the COVID-19 restrictions still in place in New York State, impaired driving is still dangerous.
County Sheriff Louis Falco and a New City resident whose daughter was killed by a drunk driver over the Memorial Day holiday weekend met Friday to urged Rockland residents to not get behind the wheel if they have been drinking.
Larisa Alexandra Karassik died May 23, 2015 in a car accident upstate that also seriously injured her father, Bruce.
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"My 13-year-old daughter, Larisa, went out for ice cream with her best friend and father. It was a beautiful, sunny afternoon, and the start of the long holiday weekend to be spent at our farm house in upstate New York. Larisa would never return home. She was killed by a drunk driver," Anastasia Karassik said.
Sheriff Falco said, “Your safety and the safety of those around you are at stake when you drive
while impaired. All of us want to make it home safely, so don’t jeopardize that by drinking and
driving."
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