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Police & Fire
Video: Ramapo Motorist Escapes After Fire Breaks Out When Tree, Power Lines Come Down On Car Video: Ramapo Motorist Escapes After Fire Breaks Out When Tree, Power Lines Come Down On Car
Video: Ramapo Motorist Escapes After Fire Breaks Out When Tree, Power Lines Come Down On Car A car caught fire in Ramapo and the driver was able to escape serious harm when a Mouse Trap-esque situation played out and a utility pole landed on the vehicle. First responders were dispatched to a Union Road residence on Monday, April 15, when there was a report of a vehicle fire with a utility pole on fire. Police said that a tree was downed by the high winds, taking down power lines that caused a utility pole to break, landing on the car and sparking the fire. The driver was able to get out of the vehicle before it went up in flames, but suffered neck and back injuries and was transpo…

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by Zak Failla
Obituaries
O'Neill Coach, Teacher Killed When Car Crashes Into Pole O'Neill Coach, Teacher Killed When Car Crashes Into Pole
O'Neill Coach, Teacher Killed When Car Crashes Into Pole James I. O’Neill High School students and school employees are mourning the loss of a favorite teacher and coach who died Monday in an early morning car crash in the Town of Newburgh. Christopher Page, 27, an English teacher at the Highland Falls school for more than three years, was killed driving his 2015 Dodge Charger north on Route 300 around 6:45 a.m., when he failed to negotiate a curve and struck a utility police, according to Town of Newburgh Lt. James Nenni. O'Neil Principal Debbie Brand said in a statement that a crisis team was available to the school for as long as needed: "…

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by Kathy Reakes