Crime & Safety
Police Identify Man Killed In Saturday New Rochelle Crash
The man attended Archbishop Stepinac High School and Iona College and was an IBM executive.
NEW ROCHELLE, NY — Police have identified the man killed Saturday in a fiery crash in New Rochelle. Robert Hopkins, 49, of New Rochelle, was a passenger in the vehicle when it hit a utility pole and caught fire.
Police said the 63-year-old male driver is in Jacobi Medical Center with critical injuries, the Journal News said, and has been charged the misdemeanor DWI.
The car was going north on Pinebrook Boulevard around 10 p.m. when it hit the pole between Forest Avenue and Beechmont Drive.
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