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Man Killed In Single-Car Crash In Area, Police Say
Police are investigating after a man died following a single-car crash in the area.
Dutchess County resident Avinash Harrindranauth, age 28, was killed around 6:30 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 12, in the town of Union Vale on Verbank Club Road, police said.
According to Captain John Watterson, of the Dutchess County Sheriff's Office, a preliminary investigation shows that a 2021 Audi Q5 operated by Harrindranauth, of Union Vale, crashed when he failed to negotiate a hillcrest and slight curve in the roadway and traveled off the roadway and hit a tree.
Harrindranauth, who …
Storms With 70 Mph Wind Gusts, Hail, Knock Out Power In Rockland, Orange Counties
Utility crews in the area worked through the night to restore power to thousands who were left in the dark during the latest round of storms, which sent trees and power lines flying.
With wind gusts approaching 75 mph and 1.5-inch hail reported in parts of the region, nearly 25,000 Orange & Rockland and Central Hudson customers were reporting outages late on Tuesday, July 6, as crews scrambled to make repairs across the state.
As of 9:30 a.m. on Wednesday, July 7, Central Hudson was still working to repair 223 active outages in the region, including 415 in Orange County. Orange & Ro…
IDs Released For Two Killed, Four Injured In Plane Crash Into House Near Area Airport
The identities of the two people killed and four injured when a small plane crashed into a two-story home near a public-access airport in the area have been released.
The crash happened in Dutchess County just after 4 p.m. Saturday afternoon, Aug. 17 on South Smith Road in Union Vale, just south of Sky Acres Airport and east of the Taconic State Parkway.
The two who died were the pilot of the Cessna 303, identified as Francisco Knipping-Diaz, 61, of Woodmere in Nassau County, and a man who was in the house at the time, Gerard Bocker, 61, who has been tentativel…
