Press Release:
On Sunday, at approximately 8:40 p.m., New York State Police Troopers from SP Wappinger were dispatched by Duthchess County 911 for the report of a motor vehicle accident in which a vehicle struck pedestrians on Route 52, near Old Glenham Road, in the Town of Fishkill. Initial investigation revealed that the driver, a 53-year-old Fishkill resident, was driving a 2003 GMC Yukon, westbound on Route 52, in the center/turn lane of the three-lane road. The vehicle's operator failed to observe a mother and her four children attempting to cross the road from the north shoulder and struck them. The mother Zuleyma Lopez, 28, and her child Abel E. Torres-Lopez, 1, were declared deceased at the scene. The three remaining children were transported to Westchester Medical Center. The cause of the accident is under investigation.
