An off-duty NYPD sergeant driving the incorrect means on the Taconic State Parkway fatally struck one other motorist in a head-on Westchester County crash late Thursday, in accordance with police.
Sgt. Tiffany Howell, 47 – an 18-year division veteran – was behind the wheel of a 2021 Infiniti heading south within the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway round 11:40 p.m. when she slammed straight right into a 2024 Toyota, in accordance with State Police.
The Toyota driver, 61-year-old Peekskill resident Manuel Boitel, was rushed to Westchester Medical Middle, the place he was pronounced lifeless, authorities stated.
Howell, who lives in Warwick, was taken to the identical hospital with non-life threatening accidents, cops stated.
Costs weren’t instantly filed.
Investigators are awaiting a toxicology report, regulation enforcement sources stated.
Howell has since been positioned on modified obligation, in accordance with the NYPD.
On-line information present that Howell joined the NYPD in January of 2008, reaching the rank of detective in 2021 and sergeant in 2022.
She was assigned to her newest submit, inside the Youth Methods Division, this previous July, in accordance with the information.
Howell was awarded for “wonderful coverage obligation” in each July and October of 2014, in accordance with the information.
