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Girl, 10, Gets Finger Stuck In HS Pool In Dutchess County: Firefighters Cut Section To Free Her Girl, 10, Gets Finger Stuck In HS Pool In Dutchess County: Firefighters Cut Section To Free Her
Girl, 10, Gets Finger Stuck In HS Pool In Dutchess County: Firefighters Cut Section To Free Her Emergency crews carried out a rescue at a Dutchess County high school after a child became trapped in part of the facility’s swimming pool.  The incident began a little after 4 p.m. on Tuesday, April 28, at Beacon High School on Matteawan Road, according to the City of Beacon Fire Department. Responders, including firefighters and Beacon Volunteer Ambulance personnel, arrived to find a 10-year-old girl with her finger lodged in a narrow opening, about half an inch wide, within a component of the Olympic-size pool.  Firefighters soon began an extended rescue operation to safely fr…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
3-Alarm Blaze Tears Through Condo Complex In Hudson Valley 3-Alarm Blaze Tears Through Condo Complex In Hudson Valley
3-Alarm Blaze Tears Through Condo Complex In Hudson Valley A third-alarm structure fire broke out at a condominium complex in Orange County, prompting a large firefighter response.  The blaze started at around 3 p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 1, at the Rolling Hills Condominium Complex on Tanager Road in South Blooming Grove, according to Blooming Grove Volunteer Ambulance.  First responders said the fire was later upgraded to a third-alarm structure fire as crews arrived on scene.   The blaze left over a dozen families displaced, News12 reported.  Ambulance crews remained at the scene throughout the response to help ensu…

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by Ben Crnic
Police & Fire
NY Block Party Ends In Multiple Hospitalizations, Chaos (DEVELOPING) NY Block Party Ends In Multiple Hospitalizations, Chaos (DEVELOPING)
NY Block Party Ends In Multiple Hospitalizations, Chaos (Developing) A neighborhood block party in the Hudson Valley ended with multiple people rushed to the hospital — at least two of them unconscious — just after midnight Sunday, Sept. 7, according to a preliminary account from Mark Lieb, of Rockland Video Productions. Police were called to Frank Street, off Joyce Way, in the Meadowbrook Estates development of New Windsor shortly after 12 a.m., Lieb said. The area is a community of large new homes. At the scene in New Windsor Mark Lieb/Rockland Video Productions When officers arrived, they found debris scattered along the road, folded tents and tables…

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by Cecilia Levine
News
Tree Falls On Cars On Route 9 In Hudson Valley, Injures 2 Tree Falls On Cars On Route 9 In Hudson Valley, Injures 2
Tree Falls On Cars On Route 9 In Hudson Valley, Injures 2 Two people were injured after a tree fell onto their vehicles during a crash on Route 9 in Westchester, fire officials said.  The incident occurred on Tuesday evening, May 27, on the northbound side of Route 9 in Croton-on-Hudson, when emergency responders were dispatched to a report of a motor vehicle accident involving a tree down on a vehicle, the village's fire department said on Thursday evening, May 29. The tree struck two vehicles, firefighters said, and both occupants sustained minor injuries. Multiple units responded to the scene, including several Croton fire units along wit…

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by Ben Crnic
News
Black Box Recovered From Philadelphia Learjet Crash (VIDEO) Black Box Recovered From Philadelphia Learjet Crash (VIDEO)
Black Box Recovered From Philadelphia Learjet Crash (Video) The black box from the Jet Rescue Air Ambulance that crashed in Northeast Philadelphia has been located, providing investigators with a key piece of evidence to determine the cause of the deadly crash, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) announced Sunday evening, Feb. 2. Black Box, Flight Data Components Recovered The cockpit voice recorder (CVR), commonly referred to as a black box, was found buried eight feet underground at the crash site, officials said. Investigators also recovered the plane’s enhanced ground proximity warning system (EGPWS), which may contain flight data cru…

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by Jillian Pikora
Police & Fire
Ambulance Constable Dies After Being Found By EMS Members In NY Building: Officials Ambulance Constable Dies After Being Found By EMS Members In NY Building: Officials
Ambulance Constable Dies After Being Found By EMS Members In NY Building: Officials A community of first responders mourning the loss of an ambulance constable who was discovered unresponsive at the Bethel Volunteer Ambulance Corps building, officials said. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office identified the victim as Douglas Ketcham. "Two of our EMS members recently returned from a call and discovered a Bethel Constable unresponsive inside our building, as if he had come seeking help," the Bethel Volunteer Ambulance Corp said in a statement on Monday, Jan. 13. Acting immediately, they called for assistance and began CPR, but tragically, their efforts could not save him, …

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
2 Cars Collide At Busy Hudson Valley Intersection 2 Cars Collide At Busy Hudson Valley Intersection
2 Cars Collide At Busy Hudson Valley Intersection Two vehicles were involved in a collision that blocked traffic at a busy Hudson Valley intersection. The crash happened in Putnam County on Tuesday, Dec. 17 just after 10 a.m., when two cars collided at the intersection of Route 6 and Jonathan Drive in Mahopac, according to the Mahopac Volunteer Fire Department. Following the incident, two people were taken by ambulance to be evaluated for injuries.  More information about the crash was not immediately available. 

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by Ben Crnic