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Northern Westchester Man Injured In Two-Vehicle Crash Northern Westchester Man Injured In Two-Vehicle Crash
Northern Westchester Man Injured In Two-Vehicle Crash This story has been updated. Three people were injured during an early morning two-vehicle crash that required one to be extricated.  The crash took place around 12:20 a.m. Thursday in the area of the Duchess Restaurant on Mill Plain Road, said Danbury Fire Department Spokesman James Gagliardo. First arriving police units found three people injured with one victim entrapped in a vehicle, he said. Danbury Police said a preliminary investigation indicates that Juan Antonio Pacheo, 26, of Pound Ridge, was driving a Ford F250 when he hit a Mercedes-Benz C63 sedan driven by Catriona O'Hagan, 2…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area
Lightning Strike Hospitalizes Three In Area A lightning strike on Lake Mahopac sent three people out boating to the hospital and slightly injured another. The incident took place around 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 4 when Putnam County Sheriff's Sgt. Matthew Monroe of the department's Marine Patrol Unit responded to a report of an occupied disabled boat on Lake Mahopac, the department said. During heavy rain and frequent lightning strikes Monroe was able to locate the disabled vessel, near the northwest corner of the lake. The vessel was occupied by two men and two women, all ranging in age from 28-41, officials said. One male passenger t…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Alert Issued For Missing Woman Last Seen Traveling In Area Alert Issued For Missing Woman Last Seen Traveling In Area
Alert Issued For Missing Woman Last Seen Traveling In Area A woman last seen traveling on I-84 has gone missing and state police are asking the public's help in locating her. A Silver Alert has been issued by Connecticut State Police for 90-year-old Evelyn Sasko, who was last seen on Thursday, June 21 at approximately 10:20 p.m., after leaving Danbury Hospital and traveling I-84 eastbound. At approximately 2 a.m. Friday morning, police officers and troopers responded to a missing person report from Pomperaug Woods senior living community in Southbury. The driver Sasko was following from Danbury Hospital to Pomperaug Woods lost sight of Sasko’s veh…

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by Joe Lombardi
Obituaries
Victim Of Fatal Accident At Lake In Area Was Beloved Teacher Victim Of Fatal Accident At Lake In Area Was Beloved Teacher
Victim Of Fatal Accident At Lake In Area Was Beloved Teacher The victim of a fatal boating accident on Candlewood Lake in New Fairfield was a beloved middle school teacher and a single mother of two. Wanda Tirado, 38, of Waterbury, was fatally injured when she was swimming near Squantz Cove late Tuesday afternoon. A teacher at St. Mary"s School in Waterbury, Tirado taught both math and science, school officials said.  "Everyone who knew Ms. Tirado knows how much she loved her students and knows that she would have done anything for them," said the school officials in a statement. "We ask that you keep her daughters, Amanda and Da…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Sentenced For Fatal Morphine-Impaired Route 22 Crash Man Sentenced For Fatal Morphine-Impaired Route 22 Crash
Man Sentenced For Fatal Morphine-Impaired Route 22 Crash A 45-year-old Dutchess County man who was impaired by morphine when he crashed into another vehicle in 2015, killing a Kent woman, has been sentenced to one to three years in prison. Christopher Osborne Jr., 45, of Pawling, pleaded guilty in January to aggravated vehicular homicide for causing the crash that killed 63-year-old Jean Riccobon. Putnam County District Attorney Robert Tendy said the plea was with the consent and support of Mario Riccobon, the spouse of Jean Riccobon.  " In sentencing the defendant, the Court acknowledged the compassion of the decedent’s surviving spouse,&q…

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Truck Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Mahopac Truck Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Mahopac
Truck Driver Hospitalized After Rollover Crash In Mahopac The driver of a dump truck was hospitalized after a rollover crash that brought down a pole and power lines in Mahopac on Wednesday. The still-energized 13,000-volt wires above the wreck on Long Pond Road near Pleasant Road prevented first-responders from approaching or removing the loan driver from the truck, said Tom Beatty of the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department. By order of MVFD Chief Bill Nikisher, the road was closed to all traffic by Carmel Police, MVFD personnel and with the assistance of MFVFD Chief Brian Sacher. NYSEG crews soon removed power from that stretch of power lines, an…

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by Daily Voice
Business
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals
Health Quest, Western Connecticut Network Merge Seven Hospitals Two healthcare giants that serve residents in the Hudson Valley and Connecticut are about to join forces to create a health system that will form a huge system offering services from the Hudson River to Long Island. The merger of the Western Connecticut Health Network, based in Danbury, and Health Quest Systems, based in Lagrangeville in Dutchess County, will create a seven-hospital network serving 1.5 million people across the two states and include seven hospitals, with combined project revenues of $2.4 billion. Health Quest's affiliates are: Vassar Brothers Medical Center, Putnam Hospita…

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by Kathy Reakes