Tag: Kingston Fire Department
PA Mom Dies Days After House Fire Leaves Her With Third-Degree Burns, Family Says
A disabled Luzerne County woman who was trapped inside her burning Kingston home earlier this week has died, officials and family members say.
Rebecca Kowalski, 52, of Kingston, was pronounced dead at 4:42 a.m. on Thursday, June 26, at Lehigh Valley Hospital Cedar Crest, the Luzerne County Coroner's Office said on Friday, June 27. She died from complications of thermal burns and smoke inhalation sustained in a house fire on the 50 block of Payne Avenue at approximately 6:44 a.m. on Tuesday, June 24.
Kowalski, who had no use of her legs, was alone when the fire spread through the living room…
Kingston Assisted Suicide Case: Arizona Resident Convicted Of Manslaughter
An out-of-state man has been convicted of manslaughter in connection with the assisted suicide death of a woman in a Hudson Valley hotel room.
Stephen Miller, age 85, of Tucson, Arizona, was sentenced to five years of probation on Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Ulster County Court in Kingston.
The conviction is in connection with the Thursday, Nov. 9, 2023, death of a woman found unresponsive by the cleaning staff at the Super 8 Motel in Kingston, said Ulster County District Attorney Emmanuel Nneji.
According to Nneji, the Kingston Police Department, Fire Department, and other emergency person…
Bicyclist Dies After Being Hit, Pinned Beneath Vehicle In Area, Police Say
A bicyclist was killed after being struck by and pinned underneath a vehicle in the area.
The incident took place around 8:10 p.m., Tuesday, July 20, when a 57-year-old Albany man, was riding southbound on Washington Avenue, heading toward Schwenk Drive, in Kingston, when he was hit by a vehicle, said authorities.
Responding officers attempted to extricate the man from underneath the vehicle but were unsuccessful, the Kingston Police said.
They then rendered first aid to the man until emergency medical responders from the Kingston Fire department and Mobile Life Support Services …
Hudson Valley Parents Charged After Infant Found Dead In Bathtub
A man and woman have been charged with criminally negligent homicide after a 6-month-old infant was found dead in a bathtub.
Ulster County residents Jordan E, Balcom, 29, and Ashante D. Inniss, 26, both of Kingston, were arrested around 6 p.m., Saturday, April 18, after Kingston Police responded to a home at 59 Gill St., for a report of a possible drowning, the department said.
Officers responded to along with the Kingston Fire Department and Mobile Life Ambulance. Once on-site, officers began CPR on the unresponsive child and the child was transported to Health Alliance Broadway campus whe…
