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Jury Rejects Claim Police Caused 23-Year-Old's Death During Chase In Capital Region Jury Rejects Claim Police Caused 23-Year-Old's Death During Chase In Capital Region
Jury Rejects Claim Police Caused 23-Year-Old's Death During Chase In Capital Region A police department is off the hook for civil damages in the death of a 23-year-old man who died following a late-night foot chase in the region. Jurors in Saratoga County sided with the City of Saratoga Springs Tuesday, Oct. 17, after a two-week trial in the wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of Darryl Mount. The young man was left in a coma after falling from scaffolding while running from Saratoga Springs Police officers at around 3 a.m. Aug. 31, 2013. He died from his injuries nine months later, in May 2014. Officers pursued Mount after he allegedly assaulted his girlfriend …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Teen Who Nearly Died Urges Area Residents To Get Flu Shots Teen Who Nearly Died Urges Area Residents To Get Flu Shots
Teen Who Nearly Died Urges Area Residents To Get Flu Shots This year’s flu season is in its infancy, but one Hudson Valley teenager is encouraging area residents to get their flu shots after she nearly died from flu-related symptoms. Last year, 13-year-old Rebecca Berak, of Poughkeepsie, tested positive for influenza and within hours of her diagnosis, her fever spiked to 106-degrees. Her influenza led to necrotizing pneumonia, throwing her body into sudden shock, acute respiratory failure and kidney failure.  With uncertainty about whether she would survive, Berak spent weeks on a ventilator and in a medically induced coma in Maria Fareri Chi…

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by Zak Failla