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Saugerties Woman Loses Control Of Car Lands In Plattekill Creek, Police Say Saugerties Woman Loses Control Of Car Lands In Plattekill Creek, Police Say
Saugerties Woman Loses Control Of Car Lands In Plattekill Creek, Police Say A Hudson Valley woman was rescued after she lost control of her car and landed in an area creek. Ulster County resident Marlene Sommers, age 60, of Saugerties, was rescued around 4 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 25 after driving her 2010 Subaru Outback into a creek, said Joseph Sinagra Chief of Saugerties Police.  According to Sinagra, officers responded to the area of 764 Glasco Turnpike for a call that Sommers had driven off the roadway and landed in Plattekill Creek. When police arrived they found Sommers had been able free herself from the vehicle and was out of the water, Sinagra sai…

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by Kathy Reakes
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Woman Pinned Under Live Power Line After Saugerties Crash Into Utility Pole Woman Pinned Under Live Power Line After Saugerties Crash Into Utility Pole
Woman Pinned Under Live Power Line After Saugerties Crash Into Utility Pole Residents were without power for more than three hours after a woman slammed into a utility pole in the area. The crash took place in Ulster County around 8:06 a.m., Friday, Oct. 23, when Tara Benn, 49, of Catskill, slammed into the pole in Saugerties, causing the vehicle to become binned under severed live power lines, said pole. When officers arrived they found Benn still in the vehicle under the live power lines, said Saugerties Police Chief Joseph A. Sinagra. Once the power had been cut, firefighters were able to free the Benn who then declined to be treated by paramedics at the scene…

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by Kathy Reakes