Wrong-Way Crash on I-87 Results in Injuries, Arrest

A 29-year-old South Carolina man was arrested on Driving While Intoxicated and related charges early Saturday in connection with a multi-vehicle wrong-way accident on I-87 in Yonkers.

Details of the 12:17 a.m. crash, and the exact number of vehicles involved, were not disclosed, but according to state police several people in those vehicles were treated at an area hospital for non-life threatening injuries.

Saturday’s wrong-way crash is the latest in a rash of such accidents in the Hudson Valley over the past couple of years, some of which are listed in the links below.

Also on Patch:

• Another Wrong-Way Driver: Police Say Drunk Man Slammed Head-On into Car on Bronx River Parkway
• Driver Arrested in Connection with Wrong-Way Crash that Killed Police Detective
• Wrong-way NY Thruway Driver Who Caused August Double Fatal was Drunk
• Wrong-Way Driver Arrested on DWI Charge on Saw Mill in Hastings
• Head-on-Collision in Westchester Leaves One Dead
• Thruway Collision Leaves Rockland Woman, 76, Dead

Arrested Saturday was Abednego J. McNamee of Sumpter, S. Car., who police said was intoxicated and in possession of a small amount of marijuana.

He was charged with the following:

• Driving While Intoxicated, Misdemeanor
• Reckless Endangerment 2nd, Class A Misdemeanor
• Aggravated Unlicensed Operation 3rd Degree, Misdemeanor
• Unlawful Possession of Marijuana

McNamee was held pending arraignment at the City of Yonkers Court.

Photo: Abednego J. McNamee. Photo credit: NYS Police

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