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Man Who Stopped For School Bus Hit, Killed By Car In Region, Police Say
A man who stopped for a school bus was hit from behind by another vehicle and killed.
Dennis A. Bickham, age 59, was killed around 6:30 a.m., Tuesday, Oct. 19 in Orange County, on Route 42 in Sparrowbush.
According to Trooper Steven Nevel, Bickham was traveling south on Route 42, on a 2013 Honda PCX-125 scooter when he stopped for the school bus.
While stopped, he was struck from behind by a 2011 Dodge Avenger.
Bickham, of Monticello, in Sullivan County, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The operator of the Dodge Avenger, Denise L. Donovan, age 63, of the town of Fores…
State Police Identify Man Killed In Taconic Parkway Crash
New York State Police have identified a man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash in the area.
It happened around 9:35 a.m., Tuesday, Sept. 7, on a busy stretch of the Taconic State Parkway in Putnam County.
According to Trooper AJ Hicks, officers were dispatched to the area of mile marker 30.7 southbound on the parkway in Putnam Valley just south of Exit 31A for a report of a car off the roadway.
An investigation found the 1995 Toyota Tacoma, operated Douglas W. Day, age 55, of New York City, was traveling southbound, left the roadway for unknown reasons, an…
Head-On Crash Kills Hudson Valley Man
A man was killed in a two-vehicle head-on collision on a busy Hudson Valley roadway.
The crash, which took place in Orange County on Route 17 in the town of Tuxedo, happened around 4 a.m., Wednesday, July 28, between a 2017 International box truck and a 2015 Nissan Sentra, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
According to a preliminary investigation, the box truck, driven by Rockland County resident Eluzer Silber, age 31, of Monsey, was traveling north on Route 17 in the town of Tuxedo, when it collided head-on with the Sentra driven by Michael Wyka, age 63, from the town of Monroe.
When t…
