Crime & Safety

Oil Spill Closes Route 9 Between Welcher and Louisa

Peekskill city officials sent out an advisory at 4:43PM warning motorists to seek alternate routes because Route 9 is closed between Welcher Avenue and Louisa Street.

An overturned tractor trailer on US 9 northbound north of Welcher Avenue and a fuel spill have NY 9's right lane and shoulder of 2 lanes blocked.

It's been a clean-up day on Route 9 since a county waste-management tractor-trailer jacknifed and overturned at around 10 a.m., according to news reports. 

Learn more on News 12. 



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