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Decomposed Body Found Inside Home In Hudson Valley Decomposed Body Found Inside Home In Hudson Valley
Decomposed Body Found Inside Home In Hudson Valley Police in the Hudson Valley are investigating after a decomposed body was found in the basement of a home. The incident took place in Rockland County on Sunday, March 19, when Clarkstown Police responded to a home at 45 Ruth Drive in New City for a welfare check. According to Clarkstown Detective Norm Peters, when officers arrived at the home they were met by family members who said they had discovered a strong odor coming from a room in the basement of the home. As officers entered the basement they were met by a strong odor and located human remains in a heavily decomposed stat…

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by Kathy Reakes
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26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area 26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area
26-Year-Old Killed After Mercedes-Benz Crashes Into Tractor-Trailer In Area One person was killed when a Mercedes-Benz crashed into a  tractor-trailer overnight in the area. The incident happened on Friday, Jan. 1 at approximately 2:30 a.m. in Rockland County on the southbound side of I-87 in Chestnut Ridge. A preliminary investigation determined that Dante M. Damanti, age 41, of Lebanon, Pennsylvania, located a disabled vehicle in the right southbound lane at mile marker 24.4, according to state police Damanti parked his 2018 Freightliner tractor-trailer in the right lane, behind the disabled vehicle, and set up orange hazard triangles while awaiting a tow t…

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by Joe Lombardi
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Man Struck By Tractor-Trailer In Fatal Rockland Crash Man Struck By Tractor-Trailer In Fatal Rockland Crash
Man Struck By Tractor-Trailer In Fatal Rockland Crash This story has been updated. A man was killed in a crash involving a tractor-trailer, state police said. The crash happened Saturday, June 6 in Rockland County at about 11:20 p.m. on I-87 in the village of Sloatsburg. An investigation at the scene revealed that Robert H. Harrington, 45, of Waltham, Massachusetts, was operating his 2019 Jeep southbound in the area of mile marker 33.1, when he struck a guardrail, according to police. Harrington was subsequently struck by the 2019 Freightliner tractor-trailer operated by Robin Carroll, 63, of Albany, police said. State Police corrected an …

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by Joe Lombardi
Police & Fire
Man Ejected From Jeep, Then Struck By Truck In Fatal Rockland Crash Man Ejected From Jeep, Then Struck By Truck In Fatal Rockland Crash
Man Ejected From Jeep, Then Struck By Truck In Fatal Rockland Crash A man was killed after being ejected during a crash and then getting hit by a tractor-trailer, state police said. The crash happened Saturday, June 6 in Rockland County at about 11:20 p.m. on I-87 in the village of Sloatsburg. An investigation at the scene revealed that Robert H. Harrington, 45, of Waltham, Massachusetts, was operating his 2019 Jeep southbound in the area of mile marker 33.1, when he struck a guardrail, according to police. Harrington became ejected into the roadway and was subsequently struck by the 2019 Freightliner tractor-trailer operated by Robin Carroll, 63, of Alba…

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by Joe Lombardi