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Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Two-Vehicle Crash In Area, Police Say Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Two-Vehicle Crash In Area, Police Say
Motorcyclist Airlifted To Hospital After Two-Vehicle Crash In Area, Police Say A motorcyclist was airlifted to an area hospital following a two-vehicle crash in the area. The crash took place in Orange County on Monday, Feb. 3 in the City of Newburgh at Broadway and Mill Street. Upon arrival, Newburgh officers found the motorcycle and its driver in the roadway,  said City of Newburgh Police Det. Lt. Joseph Burns. The victim was transported to  St. Luke’s Hospital before being flown to Westchester Medical, Burns said. The driver of the motor vehicle did not seek medical attention at the scene. The crash is under investigation. 
Father, Son Injured During Motorcycle Crash In Area Father, Son Injured During Motorcycle Crash In Area
Father, Son Injured During Motorcycle Crash In Area A father and son were injured while out for a motorcycle ride after the father lost control of the vehicle and slid off the highway, police say. The crash took place in Putnam County at around 2:30 p.m. Sunday, June 7, when James Fordham, 54, and his 12-year-old son, Dominick Fordham, were heading eastbound on Route 301 near Forest Court in Kent when a car stopped to make a right turn in front of the motorcycle, said Kent Police Chief Kevin R. Owens. Fordham attempted to stop but lost control and slid off the roadway and into a ditch and some trees, the chief said. The father was airlifted…
Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash
Funeral Services Scheduled For 30-Year-Old Killed In Two-Vehicle Northern Westchester Crash Funeral services are planned for a 30-year-old Putnam County native who died following a motorcycle crash in Northern Westchester. Matthew Hickey, of Verplanck, was killed while driving riding a 2016 Kawasaki motorcycle east on Kings Ferry Road in Montrose, a hamlet of Cortlandt, around 4:30 p.m. Thursday, June 27, during a crash with another vehicle, said New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks. The crash occurred when a  32-year-old Cortlandt woman, driving a 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee west on Kings Ferry Road, turned left onto Hunt Avenue, but she did not see Hickey, Hicks said. …