Wrong-Way Driver Seriously Injures CT Woman

MOUNT PLEASANT, NY — A woman from Connecticut was seriously injured Tuesday when a wrong-way driver collided with her car on the Saw Mill River Parkway in Mount Pleasant. Westchester County police said the incident happened around 10:30 p.m. on the northbound Saw Mill just north of Marble Avenue.

Police said Anthony Rodriguez, 42, of Yonkers, was traveling along Grant Street in Pleasantville in his 2019 Honda Pilot when he turned left to proceed south on the Saw Mill.

He apparently made the left turn too soon, police said, and headed south in the northbound lanes of travel.

Rodriguez collided with a 2008 Volkswagen GTI being driven by Shaniqwa Dickerson, 32, of Danbury, Connecticut. Her car was also struck by another vehicle that was traveling behind hers in the northbound lanes.

Dickerson suffered serious injuries and was taken to the Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla by the Pleasantville Volunteer Ambulance Corps. She was in critical but stable condition Wednesday morning, police said.

Rodriguez and the three occupants of the third vehicle were not seriously injured.

The northbound lanes between Marble Avenue in Thornwood and Grant Street in Pleasantville were closed for more than four hours because of the accident.

Westchester County police said the accident remains under investigation. No charges have been filed against the Rodriguez at this time pending the completion of the investigation.

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