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22-Year-Old Killed In Orange County Crash 22-Year-Old Killed In Orange County Crash
22-Year-Old Killed In Orange County Crash A 22-year-old man was killed and a woman injured followed a crash in the region. The collision occurred in Orange County around 10:50 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 16, in Warwick near Pulaski Highway, according to Warwick Police Chief John Rader. The first officers to arrive at the scene began life-saving measures on the man from the village of Florida, Rader said. He was transported to St. Anthony's Hospital in Warwick, where he later died from his injuries. Police have not released the man's identity.  Warwick EMS took a 22-year-old woman who was a passenger in the vehicle to Garnet Health …
1 Killed, Another Injured After Being Hit While Crossing Rockland County Roadway 1 Killed, Another Injured After Being Hit While Crossing Rockland County Roadway
1 Killed, Another Injured After Being Hit While Crossing Rockland County Roadway One man was killed and another seriously wounded after being hit by two vehicles while crossing a Hudson Valley roadway. The incident occurred in Rockland County at 6 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, at the intersection of W. Maple Avenue and Kings Point in Ramapo. Related: Crash Update: Police ID Man Struck, Killed By Vehicle While Crossing Hudson Valley Roadway According to Ramapo Police Sgt. Michael Anton, a preliminary investigation revealed that two pedestrians were crossing W. Maple Ave westbound at the street corner when a vehicle traveling northbound struck both. One…
Teen Killed, 3 Critically Injured In Orange County Crash Teen Killed, 3 Critically Injured In Orange County Crash
Teen Killed, 3 Critically Injured In Orange County Crash A teen was killed, and three others were critically injured in a single-vehicle crash in the region. ID Released For HS Student Killed In Hudson Valley Crash That Left 3 Others Critically Injured The collision occurred in Orange County at 6:10 p.m. Monday, Nov. 4, near 581 Midland Lakes Road in Wallkill. According to Wallkill Police Deputy Chief Antonino Spano, when officers responded, they found a vehicle off the roadway into a telephone pole and three occupants inside the car, as well as a victim on the roadway. The vehicle's driver, an 18-year-old Wallkill resident, was suf…
Person Killed After Being Struck By Vehicle On Hudson Valley Roadway Person Killed After Being Struck By Vehicle On Hudson Valley Roadway
Person Killed After Being Struck By Vehicle On Hudson Valley Roadway A man was hit and killed by a Jeep as he crossed a busy roadway in the region. The incident occurred in Dutchess County around 6:45 p.m. on Monday, Oct. 21, on Violet Avenue in Hyde Park. According to Hyde Park Police Chief Robert Benson, Lawrence Williams, age 76, of Hyde Park, was crossing Violet Avenue from the Sunoco Gas Station to his residence at the Hyde Park Assisted Living when he was struck by a 2005 Jeep Grand Cherokee driven by a 41-year-old Hude Park woman. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Jeep was not injured, he added. During an investigation, witnesse…
Double-Fatal House Fi2 Killed, Including 1-Year-Old Girl, After House Fire Breaks Out In Region Double-Fatal House Fi2 Killed, Including 1-Year-Old Girl, After House Fire Breaks Out In Region
Double-Fatal House Fi2 Killed, Including 1-Year-Old Girl, After House Fire Breaks Out In Region A mother and her 1-year-old daughter were killed in a large house fire in the region that left another child and a man were seriously injured. The blaze broke out in Dutchess County in the town of Clinton at 10:40 p.m. on Sunday, Oct. 13. According to New York State Police Trooper AJ Hicks, troopers responded to a residential house fire with the East Clinton Fire Department on Clinton Hollow Road in the town of Clinton. Troopers and first responders found the caller outside the residence, who stated two children and their mother were inside the house on the second floor, Hicks said. Hicks…
1 Killed In Wrong-Way Hudson Valley Crash 1 Killed In Wrong-Way Hudson Valley Crash
1 Killed In Wrong-Way Hudson Valley Crash One person was killed in a wrong-way crash in Westchester. Click here for a new, updated story: Allegedly Drunk Wrong-Way Driver Charged In Fatal Westchester Crash It happened just after 5 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 8 on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook, about a half mile south of King Street. Westchester County Police received several 911 calls reporting that a vehicle traveling southbound in the northbound lanes of travel had collided with another car.  Arriving officers found that one of the vehicles was fully engulfed in flames.  The driver of that car was pron…
Motorist Killed After Crash Following Police Pursuit In Hudson Valley Motorist Killed After Crash Following Police Pursuit In Hudson Valley
Motorist Killed After Crash Following Police Pursuit In Hudson Valley A man was killed after being ejected from a vehicle he was driving during a crash with an SUV in the Hudson Valley. The collision occurred in Orange County around 9:50 p.m., Thursday, Aug. 8, at East Main Street and Orange Street in Port Jervis. Port Jervis Police Chief William Worden stated that a Deerpark Police officer tried to stop a motorcycle traveling southbound on Route 209 near the Port Jervis City line. However, the driver quickly accelerated away from the officer, reaching a very high rate of speed. Worden said the Town of Deerpark officer radioed the incident and attempted to c…
Hudson Valley Man Dies From Severe Burns After Battling Barn Fire Hudson Valley Man Dies From Severe Burns After Battling Barn Fire
Hudson Valley Man Dies From Severe Burns After Battling Barn Fire A 47-year-old Hudson Valley man died from severe burns after battling a barn fire. The incident occurred in Orange County around 11:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 23, in Pine Island on Amity Road. According to Warwick Police Chief John Rader, police officers,  the Pine Island Fire Department, and EMS responded to a report of a structure fire. Rader said arriving officers found a fully involved barn fire and a man who was severely burned. The victim, a Pine Island resident, was pronounced dead at the scene, Rader said. The victim's name has not been released. The fire department extinguishe…
Man, Woman Killed In Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash, Driver Caught, Police Say Man, Woman Killed In Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash, Driver Caught, Police Say
Man, Woman Killed In Hit-Run Hudson Valley Crash, Driver Caught, Police Say A man and a woman were struck and killed by a hit-and-run driver while attempting to cross a busy roadway in the region. The crash occurred in Ulster County around 9:30 p.m., Saturday, March 1 in the town of Marlboro. According to Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that Donna Cristallo, age 72, was pushing Stephen Celuch, age 75, both of Kingston, in his wheelchair attempting to cross Route 9W.  As they entered the southbound lane of traffic, a vehicle traveling south, later identified as a 2020 Kia Forte, struck them both, Nev…
1 Killed In Single-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash 1 Killed In Single-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash
1 Killed In Single-Vehicle Hudson Valley Crash One person was killed and another was seriously injured during a single-vehicle crash in the Hudson Valley. The collision occurred around 10:50 a.m., Tuesday, Feb. 20 in Orange County near exit 39 on the eastbound side of I-84 in the town of Newburgh. According to Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police, a preliminary investigation revealed that a Nissan Rogue struck the guide rail and flipped into the center median.  The driver of the vehicle was pronounced dead at the scene. The passenger was transported to Montefiore St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh in s…
Update: Man Killed By Train In Northern Westchester Was Beloved Author Of 2 Novels Update: Man Killed By Train In Northern Westchester Was Beloved Author Of 2 Novels
Update: Man Killed By Train In Northern Westchester Was Beloved Author Of 2 Novels A beloved author of two novels who was fatally struck by a Metro-North train in Northern Westchester is being remembered for his talent and passion for his craft.  Chappaqua resident David Burr Gerrard died on Friday, Dec. 8 at the age of 42 after being struck by a Harlem Line train at Chappaqua station at around 9 a.m., according to an MTA spokesperson.  Earlier Report - ID Released For Chappaqua Resident Struck, Killed By Metro-North Train Gerrard had been a successful author who wrote two novels, "Short Century" and "The Epiphany Machine," according to his website.  Born in Queens in 1…
Fatal Crash: Northern Westchester Man ID'd After Slamming Into Toll Plaza Barrier Fatal Crash: Northern Westchester Man ID'd After Slamming Into Toll Plaza Barrier
Fatal Crash: Northern Westchester Man ID'd After Slamming Into Toll Plaza Barrier A Northern Westchester man died in a fiery crash that closed the New Jersey Turnpike Saturday morning, July 22, police said. Henry Subin, age 77, of Katonah, was heading north in a Jeep Grand Cherokee when he struck the concrete barrier of the toll plaza, overturned, and became fully engulfed in flames around 9:45 a.m. in Carneys Point Township, located in southwestern New Jersey in Salem County. The crash, near milepost 2.4 on the northbound side, closed toll lanes for four hours.  Subin was killed as a result. The crash remains under investigation.
Man Dies After Falling Attempting To Retrieve Downed Drone In Hudson Valley, Police Say Man Dies After Falling Attempting To Retrieve Downed Drone In Hudson Valley, Police Say
Man Dies After Falling Attempting To Retrieve Downed Drone In Hudson Valley, Police Say A man from the area was killed after reaching for a downed drone and falling more than 250 feet in the Hudson Valley.  The incident took place in Orange County in Deerpark around 7:30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 5, said Trooper Steven Nevel. State police responded to the Hawk’s Nest in the town of Deerpark after the victim, identified as Sullivan County resident Binh Ledinh, age 42, of Lumberland, was reported missing by his wife, Nevel said. An investigation revealed that Ledinh was flying a drone on State Route 97/ Hawk’s Nest in the early hours. At approximately 7:32 a.m. the drone cras…
Police ID Father, Children Involved In Double-Fatal Westchester Crash Police ID Father, Children Involved In Double-Fatal Westchester Crash
Police ID Father, Children Involved In Double-Fatal Westchester Crash Police have identified the father who was killed in a double-fatal crash in Westchester that left one of his twin sons dead and two other children critically injured. At approximately 1:30 a.m. on Sunday, Oct. 3 in New Rochelle, at Pelhamdale Avenue at the intersection with the Hutchinson River Parkway northbound exit ramp, Long Island resident Troy Carter, of Hempstead, lost control and struck a brick retaining wall on the parkway, police said. Original Story - Father, Son Killed After Car Crashes Into Retaining Wall In Westchester, Police Say New Rochelle Police Capt. J. …
Police ID Victims In Double-Fatal Hudson Valley Crash Police ID Victims In Double-Fatal Hudson Valley Crash
Police ID Victims In Double-Fatal Hudson Valley Crash State Police have released the identities of two Hudson Valley residents who were killed during a two-vehicle crash that also injured six others.  Orange County residents Nelson Vivarcampoverde, age 48, and passenger Maria Abrigo, age 36, both from Middletown, were killed around 7 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4, following the crash on Route 17 in Wallkill, said Trooper Steven Nevel. The crash involved a 2005 Ford Escape operated by Orange County resident Anthony K. Jones, age 24, of Walden, and a 2004 Toyota Sienna, operated by Vivarcampoverde. See Earlier Story: Double-Fatal Crash A…
Double-Fatal Crash Also Injures Seven In Hudson Valley Double-Fatal Crash Also Injures Seven In Hudson Valley
Double-Fatal Crash Also Injures Seven In Hudson Valley New York State Police are asking the public for help with dashcam video or witnesses to a fatal Hudson Valley crash that reportedly killed two and injured seven.  It happened around 7:10 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 4 in Orange County in the town of Wallkill, said Trooper Steven Nevel. The crash involved two vehicles, a Ford Escape and a Toyota Sienna, traveling eastbound on Route 17 near exit 119 and the Sands Road overpass, according to Nevel. Limited information is available at this time regarding the circumstances of the crash and those that were killed as the investigation continues.&nb…
Man Struck, Killed By Jeep Outside His Lakefront Area Home In Hit-Run Crash Man Struck, Killed By Jeep Outside His Lakefront Area Home In Hit-Run Crash
Man Struck, Killed By Jeep Outside His Lakefront Area Home In Hit-Run Crash Click here for an updated story: Arrest Made In Fatal Hit-Run At Lakefront Home In Area; ID Released For Victim A 61-year-old man walking outside his lakefront home in the area was killed after being struck by a vehicle in a hit-and-run crash. It happened Friday, June 25 at approximately 8:07 p.m. in Mahopac on South Lake Boulevard (Route 6N) near Hilltop Street. Town of Carmel Police were alerted by Putnam County 911 of the crash with injuries, reported as a hit-and-run with a pedestrian struck in the roadway on South Lake Boulevard in Mahopac, said Carmel PD …
Investigation Continues Into Fatal Crash That Led To Two Road Closures In Area Investigation Continues Into Fatal Crash That Led To Two Road Closures In Area
Investigation Continues Into Fatal Crash That Led To Two Road Closures In Area Police are continuing to investigate a single-vehicle fatal crash that caused the closure of two roadways in the area. Routes 59 and 304 in Nanuet in Rockland County have both reopened following the crash that took place around 3:45 a.m., Sunday, June 14, said Clarkstown Police Detective Norm Peters. Earlier report - Man Dies After Vehicle Falls Off Overpass In West Nyack When officers responded to the crash on Route 59, near the Route 304 overpass they found one vehicle overturned near the median in the eastbound lanes with one occupant still inside, Peters said.  It i…
Northern Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania Northern Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania
Northern Westchester Man Airlifted After Head-On Crash Kills Three In Pennsylvania Three people died and a Northern Westchester man was airlifted to a nearby hospital after a head-on motor-vehicle collision in Pennsylvania. The crash happened in Haycock Township, located in Bucks County, around 11:40 p.m. Friday, June 4, Pennsylvania State Police said. Initial reports say the two vehicles involved, each carrying two people, caught fire after crashing. The driver of a Chevrolet Equinox, a 26-year-old man from Ossining, was airlifted with serious injuries. His passenger, a 24-year-old woman from Rockaway, New Jersey, died. The two occupants of the Lexus ES 330 b…
Man Charged For Hit-Run NY Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father Man Charged For Hit-Run NY Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father
Man Charged For Hit-Run NY Crash That Killed Nicki Minaj's Father A man has been charged in connection to a hit-and-run crash that resulted in the death of the father of singer/model Nicki Minaj. While walking in the roadway in Mineola on Roslyn Road at the intersection of Raff Avenue on Friday, Feb. 12, at 6:15 p.m., Robert Maraj was hit by a northbound vehicle that left the scene of the crash, Nassau County Police said.  Earlier report - ID Released For Man Who Has Died After Being Struck By Vehicle At Long Island Intersection Maraj, age 64, of Mineola, was transported to an area hospital. On Sunday, Feb. 14, succumbed to his injuri…
Hit-Run Driver Who Struck, Killed Man Walking To Mailbox Remains At Large Hit-Run Driver Who Struck, Killed Man Walking To Mailbox Remains At Large
Hit-Run Driver Who Struck, Killed Man Walking To Mailbox Remains At Large Nearly seven years later, the driver involved in a hit-and-run that killed an 86-year-old man in the area remains elusive to New York State Police investigators. New York State Police in Orange County received a call at approximately 5 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 26, 2013, for a pedestrian who had been seriously injured on Country Road 1 while walking to his mailbox in Westtown. Upon arrival, troopers found local resident Donald Wester in serious condition after being struck by a passing motorist who fled the scene. Wester was airlifted to Westchester County Medical Center for treatment on head tr…
ID Released For 30-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Hit By Two Vehicles On I-87 ID Released For 30-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Hit By Two Vehicles On I-87
ID Released For 30-Year-Old Man Killed After Being Hit By Two Vehicles On I-87 A 30-year-old man killed after being hit by two vehicles on I-87 has been identified. Orange County resident Anthony Shipman III, of New Windsor, was found dead on the highway around 1:20 a.m., Sunday, March 8, after New York State Police responded to a call of a person sitting on the guide rail on the northbound side of the highway in the town of Newburgh, said state police. An investigation at the scene found that David R. Kurtz, 48, of Walden, was driving his 2020 Chevy Blazer northbound when he struck Shipman, who was in the roadway for an unknown reason.   Shipman was then s…
UPDATE: Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies UPDATE: Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies
Update: Pedestrian, 55, Struck At NJ/NY Border Dies A 55-year-old pedestrian who was struck Friday night at the Rockland County border in Montvale died of her injuries, authorities confirmed. Responders found the Montvale resident in cardiac arrest, bleeding from a traumatic head wound, in the northbound lane of Chestnut Ridge Road a little more than 50 yards from the border, Police Chief Joseph Sanfilippo said. She'd been struck in the southbound lane by a 2016 Chevy Malibu driven by a 63-year-old Garfield man shortly before 8:30 p.m., the chief said. The area is a dark stretch of road with no sidewalks. Montvale police and Tri-Boro EMTs …
Person Found Dead In Driver's Seat After Fiery Route 9W Crash, Police Say Person Found Dead In Driver's Seat After Fiery Route 9W Crash, Police Say
Person Found Dead In Driver's Seat After Fiery Route 9W Crash, Police Say One person was killed following a single-vehicle crash and fire on a section of Route 9W. It happened in Orange County around 12:38 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 12, on the southbound side in Cornwall, said Cornwall Police Chief Todd Hazard. When officers arrived on the scene they found the vehicle fully engulfed in fire, the chief said. The fire was extinguished by the Cornwall Fire Department and the single occupant was found dead in the driver's seat, Hazard said. A preliminary investigation found that the vehicle went off the roadway, crashed into a tree and became engulfed in flames. The na…
Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Wrong-Way NJ Crash Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Wrong-Way NJ Crash
Warwick Driver, 24, Killed In Wrong-Way NJ Crash A 24-year-old Warwick woman was killed when her car veered across the double-yellow line and slammed head-on into a minivan just across the New Jersey border early Tuesday, authorities said. The driver of the northbound 2011 Volkswagen Routan -- a 42-year-old Springfield, MA man -- and four of his passengers were taken to local hospitals with moderate injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, Oakland Police Lt. Christian Eldridge said after the 8:18 a.m. crash. It was initially unclear why the deceased driver’s 2001 Toyota Corolla ended up in the oncoming lane. An investigation was…