Yonkerstimes.com learns that O’Rourke was the woman struck by out of control car on N. Broadway June 11
Chris Kenny O’Rourke -Rest in Peace, photo by Donna Davis
Yonkerstimes.com has learned that the 70-year old woman struck by an out of control car on North Broadway on June 11 was our friend, Chris Kenny O’Rourke. O’Rourke was a mainstay in many Yonkers traditions, including the St. Patrick’s Day Parade and the Yonkers Historical Society. Our prayers go out to her family and more on this story in the days to come.
Yonkers Police are presently investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident in the area of 693 North Broadway. Preliminary information is that a sedan traveling northbound on North Broadway struck a 70-year-old female pedestrian on the sidewalk, killing her. The vehicle then jumped a retaining wall and struck an occupied home; the occupants of the home suffered minor injuries.
The driver and sole occupant of the vehicle, a 54-year-old resident of White Plains, was taken to a local area hospital with non-life-threatening blunt force injuries. Police have initiated both criminal and accident investigations. North Broadway will be closed to vehicular traffic for the next several hours. Additional information may be released as it becomes available.
The City of Yonkers and Yonkers Police Department offer their sincere condolences to the family of the victim. The accident happened around 7pm on June 11. Family members in the home at the time of the crash were not seriously injured.
The driver of the vehicle has not yet been charged; a toxicology test has not yet been released. Published reports claim that first responders said she was in an altered mental state.
