Crime & Safety
New Hyde Park Woman Accused of Negligence in Motorcycle Death
Anne Lyons enters not guilty plea in August death of motorcyclist in Vermont.
A New Hyde Park woman is being accused of the misdemeanor death of a motorcyclist which occurred in Vermont this past August.
On Oct. 29, Anne Lyons, 78, entered a plea of not guilty in Orleans Superior Court to a charge of careless or negligent operation of a vehicle. She is accused of causing the death of Daniel Sanderson, 37, on Route 5A in Westmore, VT on Aug. 30.
According to Associated Press reports published in the Rutland Herald: “Lyons told state police she was traveling north the night of Aug. 30 when she slowed down and then stopped to make a left turn.”
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Lyons also said that Sanderson was traveling south and slowed down before she turned.
Daryl Daigneault of Amesbury, MA, a witness who was traveling behind Lyons at the time of the accident, reported to police that Lyons “turned suddenly, leaving Sanderson nowhere to go but into her vehicle.”
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