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Driver of car in train crash has criminal past

The driver of the car that was smashed by a Metro-North train after getting stuck on the tracks in Bedford Hills has a criminal past as a home health aide. Police say Joyce Opoku, 43, of New Windsor,

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Apr 29, 2016, 2:29 AM

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