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HELPLINE
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Police Save Distraught Teen From Walkway Over Hudson In Poughkeepsie
A 16-year-old was safely rescued from the Walkway Over the Hudson in Dutchess County on Wednesday afternoon, July 2, after climbing over the railing, police said. The incident happened around 3:41 p.m. on July 2, when New York State Parks staff contacted City of Poughkeepsie 911 to report a suicidal person on the bridge, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department said on Thursday, July 3. Responding officers arrived at the mid-span of the Walkway Over the Hudson and found a distraught 16-year-old who had climbed over the railing. Officers quickly began speaking with the teen and…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
Unresponsive Man Pulled From Hudson River, Hospitalized In Poughkeepsie
A man was pulled from the Hudson River and saved by first responders after jumping off a dock in Dutchess County, police said. The incident happened around 4:13 p.m. on Monday, March 24, when City of Poughkeepsie 911 received a report of a suicidal man who had jumped into the river from the dock at Waryas Park, the City of Poughkeepsie Police Department reported on Tuesday, March 25. Patrol units responded and found the man unresponsive and partially submerged in the water near the Mid-Hudson Bridge. City firefighters arrived in Marine One and were able to bring the man to shore, according…
Poughkeepsie, NY
Police & Fire
'Suicidal' Man Rescued From Bridge In Hudson Valley, Police Say
A reportedly suicidal man was saved from jumping from a Hudson Valley bridge by officers who used their crisis intervention training to coax the man from the railing. The incident took place in the City of Poughkeepsie at the Mid-Hudson Bridge around 9 p.m., Sunday, May 29. Officers were notified by dispatch that a suicidal man was on the Mid Hudson Bridge, said the city of Poughkeepsie Police. The man was located standing on a rung of the railing by patrol units, police said Officers were able to utilize their crisis intervention training to promptly detain the man, they said. The man …
