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Ambulance With Patient Crashes, Catches Fire In Capital Region Ambulance With Patient Crashes, Catches Fire In Capital Region
Ambulance With Patient Crashes, Catches Fire In Capital Region An ambulance driver and a paramedic were hospitalized following a fiery crash in the Capital Region Monday morning, Jan. 23. State Police in Saratoga County were called at around 7:45 a.m. with reports that an ambulance had collided with a box truck on State Route 9 in Malta, Trooper Stephanie O’Neil told Daily Voice. The crash happened near Malta Avenue, not far from the Locust Grove Motel. At the time, Malta-Stillwater EMS was transporting a patient to Saratoga Hospital. A preliminary investigation found that the box truck made an illegal U-turn and the ambulance was unable to stop due …

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Bad To Worse: Stranded Driver Gets Help, Then Handcuffs From Troopers In Capital Region Bad To Worse: Stranded Driver Gets Help, Then Handcuffs From Troopers In Capital Region
Bad To Worse: Stranded Driver Gets Help, Then Handcuffs From Troopers In Capital Region A broken down car was just the beginning for a Capital Region man whose Christmas went from bad to worse and ended with him in handcuffs. State Police in Saratoga County were called shortly before 8 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 25, with reports of a disabled vehicle on State Route 9 in the town of Moreau. The driver, 38-year-old Daniel Derusha, of Schenectady, told troopers he was driving when the vehicle ran out of gas. Police determined that the vehicle had been reported stolen from Schenectady more than a week prior, on Friday, Dec. 16. Troopers seized the vehicle and arrested Derusha for thi…

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by Michael Mashburn
Police & Fire
Drunk Driver Nabbed After Striking Stopped Car, Fleeing In Capital Region, Police Say Drunk Driver Nabbed After Striking Stopped Car, Fleeing In Capital Region, Police Say
Drunk Driver Nabbed After Striking Stopped Car, Fleeing In Capital Region, Police Say A Capital Region man is facing charges after allegedly driving drunk and hitting a stopped vehicle before fleeing the scene, authorities said. State police in Saratoga County were called at around 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 1, with reports of a two-car crash in Corinth on Stark Road. Investigators determined that a vehicle with two people inside was stopped on the shoulder when 52-year-old Matthew Kingsley, of Corinth, struck the car head on and then fled the scene, police said. There were no reports of injuries in the crash. Troopers located Kingsley and his vehicle a short time later, a…

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by Michael Mashburn