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Man Killed In Single-Car Crash In Area, Police Say
Police are investigating after a man died following a single-car crash in the area.
Dutchess County resident Avinash Harrindranauth, age 28, was killed around 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, in the town of Union Vale on Verbank Club Road, police said.
According to Captain John Watterson, of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, a preliminary investigation shows that a 2021 Audi Q5 operated by Harrindranauth, of Union Vale, crashed when he failed to negotiate a hillcrest and slight curve in the roadway and traveled off the roadway and hit a tree.
Harrindranauth, who …
Pedestrian Seriously Injured After Being Struck By Vehicle In Area
A 37-year-old man was seriously injured after being struck by a vehicle while walking along a roadway.
Dutchess County resident Terrance J. Hector, 37, was struck around 7:45 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 20, in Wappinger on New Hamburg Road by a 2005 Hyundai Elantra, said Trooper AJ Hicks of the New York State Police.
When troopers arrived at the scene, they found Hector, a resident of Wappinger, in the roadway with serious injuries and transported him to Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital by EMStar, Hicks said.
An initial investigation revealed the Elantra was headed eastbound on New Hamburg Road i…
Paramedic Becomes Second Fatal Victim Of Crash At Area Airport
A second person involved in a single-engine plane crash earlier this month has died.
Raymond Ellery, 42, of Poughkeepsie, who was critically injured during the Friday, June 5 crash, at the Wurtsboro–Sullivan County Airport in the town of Mamakating, died on Saturday, June 13.
The second person on board, Eddy R. Santana, 41, of Wurtsboro, was found dead at the scene, according to state police.
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According to his obituary, Ellery served in the U.S. Army and was a paramedic for EMStar in Poughke…
Photos: House Fire Breaks Out Overnight In Area
Three people were hospitalized overnight when a fire broke out and tore through a Putnam County home, officials said.
Shortly after midnight on Tuesday, Feb. 18, first responders were dispatched to Oak Road West in Lake Secor, when a fire ravaged a one-story home, Jack Casey, spokesman for the Mahopac Falls Volunteer Fire Department, said.
Upon arrival, firefighters found the house fully engulfed in flames, with the residents outside the home.
Fire crews, who were hampered by low-hanging wires that required NYSEG ’s assistance, had the flames knocked down by approximately 2:30 a.m. on Tue…
Man Killed In Three-Vehicle Crash On Taconic Parkway
A Westchester County man was killed following a three-car crash on the Taconic State Parkway in East Fishkill.
William Faint, 62, of Yorktown, was killed around 6 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 8, after he pulled in front of two other vehicles on the parkway, said New York State Police Spokesman AJ Hicks.
According to Hicks, an initial investigation found that Faint was traveling east on Carpenter Road, in a 2006 Ford Taurus, when he attempted to cross the Taconic State Parkway, and failed to yield the right of way to two southbound vehicles, Hicks said.
A 2016 GMC Sierra, operated by Alan…
