Yorktown Heights Fire and EMS Rapidly Mobilize for High-Impact Parkway Pedestrian Incident

Yorktown, NY - Emergency responders from the Yorktown Heights Volunteer Fire Department and Yorktown EMS operated along the Taconic State Parkway Friday afternoon following a critical incident involving a pedestrian struck by a vehicle.

The collision was dispatched at 2:33 p.m. on Friday, October 16, 2026, along the northbound lanes of the Taconic State Parkway near the Exit 16 interchange. Chief Officers (Cars 2531, 2532, and 2533) responded alongside Rescue 16 and Engines 271, 272, and 274 to provide immediate scene protection, traffic management, and patient care support.

Yorktown EMS personnel rapidly treated and stabilized one patient at the scene before initiating urgent emergency transport to a regional trauma center for advanced medical care.

Fire crews established a safety perimeter around the crash corridor to protect operating personnel before formally transferring the scene to the New York State Police for collision reconstruction and investigation.