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Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Run Over By Vehicle Outside Area Convenience Store Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Run Over By Vehicle Outside Area Convenience Store
Good Samaritans Rescue Woman Run Over By Vehicle Outside Area Convenience Store The quick actions of two Good Samaritans are credited with rescuing a woman who was run over by a vehicle outside a convenience store in the Hudson Valley. The incident happened in Dutchess County on Friday, Feb. 10 at approximately 2:20 p.m. in the parking lot of the Extra Mart located at 2 West Market St. in the village of Red Hook. An investigation determined that the 76-year-old Red Hook woman was walking through the parking lot when a 2017 Buick being operated by a 90-year-old Red Hook man attempted to back out of a parking space and struck her.  This caused the woman to fal…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Esopus Woman Falls 50 Feet To Her Death While Doing Yardwork, Police Say Esopus Woman Falls 50 Feet To Her Death While Doing Yardwork, Police Say
Esopus Woman Falls 50 Feet To Her Death While Doing Yardwork, Police Say An 83-year-old woman from the region was killed after falling 50 feet fell down an embankment while doing yardwork. The accident took place in Ulster County in the Town of Esopus around 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday, May 31. The woman was found when deputies responded to a home on New Salem Road for the report of an elderly woman who had fallen down an embankment, said Lt. Jospeh Sciutto, of the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. The woman's identity is not being released by the Sheriff's Office. The woman was located at the bottom of the embankment near the edge of the Rondout Creek and wa…

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by Kathy Reakes