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Suicidal Man Holding Onto Walkway Over Hudson Railing Pulled To Safety Suicidal Man Holding Onto Walkway Over Hudson Railing Pulled To Safety
Suicidal Man Holding Onto Walkway Over Hudson Railing Pulled To Safety In a dramatic rescue, a distraught man who had climbed over the Walkway Over the Hudson and was dangling over the water clinging to a railing was pulled to safety by City of Poughkeepsie police, and a firefighter. The incident unfolded around 3:40 p.m. Tuesday when City 911 received a call reporting a suicidal male on the walkway, at approximately mid-span, said City of Poughkeepsie Police Det. Lt. Matt Clark.  A check of the walkway camera’s confirmed a man had climbed over the railing on the south side of the walkway, he said. A park employee and several officers began talking to the man…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Details Emerge In Crash That Caused Hours-Long Route 9 Closure Details Emerge In Crash That Caused Hours-Long Route 9 Closure
Details Emerge In Crash That Caused Hours-Long Route 9 Closure The Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department released information on Monday on the two-car crash that led to the closure of a stretch of Route 9 in the area of Sharon Drive on Sunday. Preliminary investigation reveals that, at around 5:37 p.m., a 2006 Dodge Durango, operated by a 42-year-old man from the City of Poughkeepsie, traveling northbound on Route 9, struck a center guard rail/median causing the vehicle to overturn and subsequently struck a 2002 Kia Sedona, operated by a 62-year-old female from the City of Poughkeepsie, also traveling north on Route 9. Both operators were transported …

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by Daily Voice