Crime & Safety

NY Troopers Target Speeders, Distracted Drivers Thursday

In all, 106 tickets were issued on I-684 and Route 9, one-third of which were for failure to move over.

SOMERS, NY — The New York State Police from the Somers barracks conducted a distracted driver detail on Interstate 684. Troopers from the Cortlandt barracks also conducted a speed enforcement detail Thursday on State Route 9 in Cortlandt.

During the Route 9 detail troopers issued 32 tickets, 26 of which were for speed violations, police said.

During the I-684 detail 74 tickets were issued: 34 of them were issued in violation of the move over law. One arrest was also made for Driving While Intoxicated.

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