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Firefighter Injured During Rockland County House Fire Firefighter Injured During Rockland County House Fire
Firefighter Injured During Rockland County House Fire A firefighter received burns and suffered from smoke inhalation while battling an area house fire. The fire took place in Rockland County around 9 p.m., Monday, Nov. 1, at 460 Storms Road in Valley Cottage. According to Detective Norm Peters, of the Clarkstown Police Department, said responding officers observed a heavy smoke condition coming from the basement and confirmed with the homeowner that the house was unoccupied.  Multiple fire companies responded to the scene to assist the Valley Cottage Fire Department in extinguishing the fire, Peters said. The house fire.Jennifer Donohue…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Man Driving Erratically Becomes Entrapped After Vehicle Overturns In Route 9W Crash, Police Say Man Driving Erratically Becomes Entrapped After Vehicle Overturns In Route 9W Crash, Police Say
Man Driving Erratically Becomes Entrapped After Vehicle Overturns In Route 9W Crash, Police Say A man driving erratically became entrapped after his vehicular overturned in a two-vehicle crash, police said. It happened at approximately 6:45 p.m. on Saturday, May 16 in Rockland County on Route 9W in the area of Barmore Hill in Valley Cottage, the Clarkstown Police Department said. A 911 call was made by a witness who reported being followed by a white Toyota in a southbound direction on Route 9W, and that the Toyota had crossed over into oncoming traffic and struck a Honda sedan traveling northbound, said Norman Peters, the Clarkstown PD's public information officer and recor…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Three Hospitalized After House Fire Breaks Out In Nyack Three Hospitalized After House Fire Breaks Out In Nyack
Three Hospitalized After House Fire Breaks Out In Nyack Three people were hospitalized following a house fire in Nyack, police say. Orangetown Police say they responded to a report of smoke in the building of 166 Cedar Hill Avenue in the Village of Nyack on Sunday, April 7 around 3:30 p.m. Upon arrival, officers reportedly observed a large volume of fire in the building. Nyack Fire Department responded alongside the Piermont and Valley Cottage Fire Departments to get the fire under control, police say. The West Nyack and Tarrytown Fire Departments also responded and conducted standby operations while the Nyack Fire Department was working on co…

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by Valerie Musson
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Haverstraw Woman Receives Multiple Injuries After Being Trapped In Crash Haverstraw Woman Receives Multiple Injuries After Being Trapped In Crash
Haverstraw Woman Receives Multiple Injuries After Being Trapped In Crash A Rockland woman received multiple injuries after being heavily trapped inside a vehicle following a one-vehicle crash. Clarkstown Police responded to the crash around 4 a.m. Sunday after receiving word that a tree had struck a tree on Route 9W in Valley Cottage, the Clarkstown Police said. According to police the car exited the roadway and struck a tree. The car was occupied by a male driver and a 23-year-old female passenger from Haverstraw, Clarkstown police said. The woman suffered multiple leg fractures and was transported to Nyack Hospital. The male driver was not injured. A wom…

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by Kathy Reakes