Fatal Crash Involving Deer: 28-Year-Old ID'd As Victim In Hudson Valley

It happened around 6:50 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 5 in Orange County on Route 302 near the intersection with State Route 17K in the town of Crawford.

Stephen Montgomery, age 28, of Pine Bush was operating a 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle southbound when the deer crossed his path, causing the collision.

Montgomery’s motorcycle did continue down the roadway, striking a polyvinyl chloride pipe (PVC) pipe, the Crawford PD said.

Montgomery was transported by Pine Bush ambulance to Garnet Medical Center in Middletown where he died from his injuries. 

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