Woman Faces Charges In Two-Car Red Hook Accident That Injures Passenger

RED HOOK, N. Y. -- A 19-year-old Long Island woman is facing traffic charges following a two-car accident at the intersection of 9G and West Kerley Corners roads on Saturday, April 2, in Red Hook that left the woman's passenger with injuries, police said.

A Red Hook police officer witnessed a two-car accident Saturday at the intersection of 9G and West Kerley Corners roads in which a woman was injured.
Photo Credit: *Red Hook Police Department*

Tivoli firefighters and Northern Dutchess paramedics assisted Red Hook police at the scene of a two-car accident Saturday in Red Hook.
Photo Credit: *Red Hook Police Department*

Amy Maciaszek

04/04/2016 3:15 p.m.

Red Hook police said Cornelia Channing, 19, of Long Island, was traveling west from West Kerley Corners Road to Broadway when her 2010 Audi hit a 2011 Volkswagen driven by a 51-year-old Rhineback man. Both drivers were not injured, but Channing's passenger, a 20-year-old woman, was taken to Northern Dutchess hospital with injuries, police said.

The 5:50 p.m. accident was seen by a Red Hook police officer, police said. Police charged Channing with failure to yield and having an unregistered car, police said.

The accident caused heavy damage to both cars, so police were assisted at the scene by Tivoli Fire Department and Northern Dutchess paramedics, police said.

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