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Speeding Driver, 21, Killed In Fiery I-84 Crash, Police Say Speeding Driver, 21, Killed In Fiery I-84 Crash, Police Say
Speeding Driver, 21, Killed In Fiery I-84 Crash, Police Say A fiery crash on I-84 westbound in Orange County claimed the life of a 21-year-old Middletown man, authorities said. Melvin Moultrie was speeding in a 2017 Nissan Sentra when his vehicle veered off the roadway for unknown reasons, struck a tree, and became engulfed in flames just before 3 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 11, Trooper Jennifer Alvarez said. Firefighters from the Maybrook Fire Department and Mechanicstown Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the blaze.  Emergency crews extricated Moultrie from the vehicle, but he was pronounced dead at the scene. …

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by Kathy Reakes
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Hudson Valley Man Killed After Crashing SUV Into Guardrail Hudson Valley Man Killed After Crashing SUV Into Guardrail
Hudson Valley Man Killed After Crashing SUV Into Guardrail A Hudson Valley man was killed after crashing an SUV into the center median guardrail on Route 17. The incident occurred in Orange County at 7:50 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 10, on Route 17 westbound near Exit 122 in Wallkill. According to Trooper Steven Nevel of the New York State Police, arriving troopers found a 2020 Chevrolet SUV crashed into the center median with the driver, identified as Arthur Anderson, age 53, of Middletown, unconscious and entrapped in the vehicle.  Wallkill EMS and Mechanicstown Fire Department extricated Anderson from the vehicle, and he was transported to G…

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by Kathy Reakes