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'Taken Far Too Soon': NY Tour Guide, 19, Killed In Skiing Accident As Support Swells
Tributes are flooding in after a 19-year-old tour guide from New York was killed in a skiing accident.
Benjamin Frisch, of Richmondville in Schoharie County, died Sunday, Jan. 11, according to a fundraiser organized by Howe Caverns, where Frisch worked as a tour guide. Additional details about the accident were not immediately available.
“With broken hearts, we share the passing of Benjamin Frisch, who was taken from this world far too soon,” reads a GoFundMe, which aims to help Frisch’s mother and nine younger siblings.
“As the eldest son, Benjamin carried a deep sense of responsibility …
'Profoundly Sad Day': Retired Motorcycle Cop, Mentor Who Served For Decades In NY Dies
Police, city leaders, and community members gathered Tuesday, Jan. 13, to lay to rest a retired 33-year officer who served his Westchester County community and mentored the next generation for decades.
Retired White Plains Police Officer Kenneth “Kenny” Smith died on Sunday, Dec. 28, at the age of 73, according to his obituary.
Smith was honored during funeral services on Tuesday, marking what White Plains Public Safety described as a “profoundly sad day” for the department.
Born in Kingston, Jamaica, on Aug. 25, 1952, Smith immigrated to the United States as a child…
School Bus Driver Killed At NY District Facility Was Father, Artist, Gun Safety Advocate
New details have emerged about the life of Wayne Girard, a longtime school bus driver who was killed in a tragic incident at a Dutchess County school district’s transportation facility.
As previously reported by Daily Voice, Girard, 80, died after being seriously injured on Friday morning, Dec. 19, at the Arlington bus garage on Dutchess Turnpike as drivers were preparing to begin their routes. No students were involved, and district officials have not released further details about the incident.
Girard was struck by a bus at the facility, News12 reported.
Girard is now b…
