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32-Year-Old Woman Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Palisades Center Mall 32-Year-Old Woman Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Palisades Center Mall
32-Year-Old Woman Jumps To Death From Upper Floor Of Palisades Center Mall A woman jumped to her death from an upper floor inside a busy Hudson Valley mall. Related: Hundreds Petition For Safety Barriers At Hudson Valley Mall To Prevent Suicides The incident occurred in Rockland County around 2:45 p.m., Sunday, Aug. 18, at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack. According to Det. Norm Peters of the Clarkstown Police officers responded to the mall after receiving reports that someone had jumped from an interior floor. Arriving officers found the 32-year-old woman, from Rockland County, on the ground and administered CPR before she was transported to …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Erratic Bergen County Driver, 24, Caused Wreck That Left Woman Dead In NY: Police Erratic Bergen County Driver, 24, Caused Wreck That Left Woman Dead In NY: Police
Erratic Bergen County Driver, 24, Caused Wreck That Left Woman Dead In NY: Police A 24-year-old erratic driver from New Jersey is facing charges out of Rockland County, NY for a crash that left one woman dead this week, authorities said. Corey Womack, of Englewood, was heading west on Route 59 in a gray Audi A6 when he struck a Ford Edge near Broome Boulevard around 7:15 p.m. Tuesday, May 30 in Clarkstown, Det. Norm Peters said. Witnesses reported seeing a gray Audi being operated erratically while traveling westbound on Route 59 from Waldron Avenue, Peters said. The impact sent both vehicles over the curb and into the Hub Shopping Center, where they came to&n…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Vehicular Homicide: Rocklander Charged In 2021 Hit-Run That Killed Driver, 77, On GSP In Bergen Vehicular Homicide: Rocklander Charged In 2021 Hit-Run That Killed Driver, 77, On GSP In Bergen
Vehicular Homicide: Rocklander Charged In 2021 Hit-Run That Killed Driver, 77, On GSP In Bergen UPDATE: New Jersey State Police have arrested a Rockland County man who they said was responsible for a hit-and-run crash that killed a 77-year-old motorist on the Garden State Parkway a year and a half ago. Christopher Forrest, 26, was charged with vehicular homicide and leaving the scene of a crash resulting in the death of Dutchess County, NY, resident Howard Perlman on June 17, 2021, according to records obtained by Daily Voice. Forrest, of Spring Valley, was recklessly driving a BMW that clipped Perlman's Toyota Venza in the area of milepost 172.3 in Montvale shortly after 7 p.m., Stat…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Young PA Dad, NY EMT Both Killed In Wrong-Way Palisades Parkway Crash Young PA Dad, NY EMT Both Killed In Wrong-Way Palisades Parkway Crash
Young PA Dad, NY EMT Both Killed In Wrong-Way Palisades Parkway Crash Profound grief replaced shock as word spread that a Pennsylvania man had been killed in a head-on crash in New York State this past weekend. Brendan Seabrook, who'd just turned 27 and had a young daughter in grade school, was driving north on the Palisades Interstate Parkway about 10 miles north of New Jersey, authorities said, when an oncoming SUV slammed into his 2016 Toyota Avalon at 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6. Seabrook, who was a member of Local 60 of the Laborers' International Union of North America and recently lived in Monroe, NY, was extricated by Nanuet firefighters and taken to Mo…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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UPDATE: Drivers Killed In Palisades Interstate Parkway Head-On Crash Identified UPDATE: Drivers Killed In Palisades Interstate Parkway Head-On Crash Identified
Update: Drivers Killed In Palisades Interstate Parkway Head-On Crash Identified Authorities identified both drivers who were killed in a head-on crash over the weekend on the Palisades Interstate Parkway just north of the New Jersey border, responders said. Aristan Garandeau, 22, of Croton-on-Hudson was pronounced dead at the scene after driving his 2017 Subaru Impreza south in the parkway's northbound lanes and hitting a 2016 Toyota Avalon head-on in the passing lane between exits 9 and 10 in Rockland at 2:40 a.m. Sunday, Feb. 6, New York State Police said. Brendan Seabrook, a 27-year-old resident of Wilkes Barre, PA, was pronounced dead at Montefiore Nyack Hospital …

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist
Destructive Rockland Shopping Center Fire Continues Burning For Hours, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist
Elusive Hours-Long Fire Severely Damages Rockland Shopping Center, Bergen Companies Assist UPDATE: Six firefighters were hospitalized with minor injuries Sunday in a stubborn hours-long blaze that broke out in a basement gun range, spread through a Rockland County shopping center and continued burning late into the night, authorities said. Firefighters from Mahwah, Montvale, Oradell and River Vale were among more than 100 from Rockland, Westchester and Bergen counties either at the Pearl River scene or in coverage through the afternoon and into the evening. The sneaky blaze began shortly before noon in the long-gun range at the Rockland Indoor Shooting Education Center -- common…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House
Sister From Dominican Order, 81, Cited After Crashing Car Into Franklin Lakes House UPDATE: An 81-year-old member of the Dominican Sisters who was behind the wheel of a ministry-owned car that ripped a hole in the side of a Franklin Lakes home on Christmas morning received a careless driving summons, authorities said. Sister Margaret McPartland of Rockland County mistakenly put the car into reverse instead of drive, sending it careening across Pueblo Drive, over a lawn and through an attached garage of the single-family house, borough police Capt. John Bakelaar said. Although not seriously injured, Sister McPartland was hospitalized as a precaution, responders said. "Crew…

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by Jerry DeMarco