Crime & Safety
Connecticut Man Charged With Manslaughter In Wrong-Way Hutch Crash
Westchester County police say the Bridgeport man was intoxicated when he crashed head-on into a car on the parkway, killing the driver.
RYE, NY — The Westchester County Police Department says that the wrong-way driver in Sunday’s fatal collision on the Hutchinson River Parkway has been charged with second degree vehicular manslaughter and driving while intoxicated.
48-year-old Jose Espinal, of Bridgeport, was booked on those charges at WCPD headquarters in Hawthorne Sunday night. He was arraigned on Monday in Rye Town Court and remanded to the Westchester County Jail.
Espinal is accused of being intoxicated while driving his Toyota Highlander southbound in the northbound lanes of the Hutchinson River Parkway shortly after 5 a.m. He crashed head-on into a Toyota Camry that was traveling north, killing the driver and causing the Camry to catch fire.
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The collision took place about a half-mile south of King Street in Rye Brook. Police say it is unclear where Espinal entered the parkway in the wrong direction.
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The identity of the victim is pending confirmation by the Westchester Medical Examiner’s Office.
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