Wrong-Way Driver Slams Head-On Into State Trooper On Route 6 In Cortlandt

A New York State Police trooper was involved in a head-on collision in Peekskill Monday night when a driver strayed through a double yellow and struck an officer traveling from the Cortlandt barracks. Police confirmed that shortly after 6:15 p.m. on Monday night, a trooper was traveling westbound on Bear Mountain Bridge Road, when a driver in a Nissan sedan "failed to keep right and crossed into the westbound lane," where he struck the trooper head-on.