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Man Found Dead Inside Dump Truck Draped With Live Power Lines In Area Man Found Dead Inside Dump Truck Draped With Live Power Lines In Area
Man Found Dead Inside Dump Truck Draped With Live Power Lines In Area A 57-year-old man found dead inside a dump truck after officers responded to a call of downed power lines likely had a medical emergency, police said. The incident took place around 4:55 p.m., Wednesday, April 8, when Clarkstown Police responded to a medical emergency on Route 59 adjacent to the West Nyack Fire Department, in West Nyack, said Clarkstown Officer Norman Peters. The first patrol units on the scene found downed power lines across the body of a dump truck and the ground. The operator of the dump truck was unconscious and in contact with the truck when officers arrived, Peters sa…

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by Kathy Reakes
News
ID Released For Victim In Fatal Westchester Construction Accident ID Released For Victim In Fatal Westchester Construction Accident
ID Released For Victim In Fatal Westchester Construction Accident The identity has been released of the worker who was killed outside a building in Westchester after being electrocuted when his cherry picker struck power lines, police said. Alejandro Manuel Caisaguano Pellisa, 26, of the Bronx, was working at a construction site at 164 Union Ave. in New Rochelle when the incident happened at around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 12. Previous story: Worker On Lift Dies After Striking Power Lines In New Rochelle The New Rochelle police and fire departments responded. Subsequent investigation revealed that the worker, while in the cherry picker perfor…

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Worker On Lift Dies After Striking Power Lines In Westchester Worker On Lift Dies After Striking Power Lines In Westchester
Worker On Lift Dies After Striking Power Lines In Westchester Click here for an updated story: ID Released For Victim In Fatal Westchester Construction Accident A worker on a lift was killed outside a building in Westchester after being electrocuted when his cherry picker struck power lines, police said. The man, who was working at 164 Union Avenue in New Rochelle, was pronounced dead Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 12 after what is being investigated as possible electrocution, Captain Cosmo Costa, commanding officer of the New Rochelle PD said.  The man was first announced as unconscious around 2:30 p.m. and later pronounced dead approx…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
Man, 39, Electrocuted While Removing Tree Leaves Behind Wife, Two Children Man, 39, Electrocuted While Removing Tree Leaves Behind Wife, Two Children
Man, 39, Electrocuted While Removing Tree Leaves Behind Wife, Two Children A 39-year-old man who was electrocuted while removing a tree after hitting a live power line earlier this week leaves behind a wife and two children. John B. Nuzzolo, of Newburgh, died Monday around 9:17 a.m.while removing the tree at 29 Maple Road, in Cornwall-on-Hudson. He was an employee of the MTA, and the Long Island Railroad, and was a former member of Local 38. Nuzzolo is survived by his wife Syndi and his two children Aryanna and John. He was predeceased by his parents John and Bernice. Visitation will be held at the Joseph F. Nardone Funeral Home, on Friday, Sept, 7, from 2 p.m. …

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by Kathy Reakes
Police & Fire
Man Electrocuted While Removing Tree In Hudson Valley Man Electrocuted While Removing Tree In Hudson Valley
Man Electrocuted While Removing Tree In Hudson Valley A 39-year-old man was killed while removing a tree in the Hudson Valley, according to police. John B. Nuzzolo of Newburgh, who was a sub-contractor for Simply Stump Grinding & Tree Removal, was working about 40-feet above the ground around 9:17 a.m. Monday to remove the tree at 29 Maple Road, said Cornwall-on-Hudson police. Nuzzolo then hit a live power line and was electrocuted and killed, police added. Town and village police responded, as well Storm King Fire Department, and Central Hudson Utilities.  Power was cut to more than 2,000 residents as power crews worked to clear branche…

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by Kathy Reakes