Crime & Safety
Woman Rear-Ends Trooper Car On Cuomo Bridge, Gets Arrested: Police
Police said the woman was driving drunk when she slammed into the parked trooper vehicle.
TARRYTOWN, NY — A Tuckahoe woman was accused of drunken driving after she rear-ended a state police trooper car on the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge Wednesday.
The New York State Police said, around 9 p.m. Wednesday, a trooper running stationary radar on the southbound shoulder of the bridge in a marked police car was struck from behind by a car driven by Linda M. Kramer, 50, of Tuckahoe.
An investigation found the woman was intoxicated by alcohol and was place under arrest and charged with driving while intoxicated.
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Police said the trooper was taken to Montefiore Nyack Hospital, where he was treated for injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
Kramer was taken to the Tarrytown barracks, where she refused a chemical test. She was processed and released to a sober third party.
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Kramer is due to appear in the Greenburgh Town Court Nov. 18.
Police said the trooper has since been released from the hospital and is recovering at home.
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