accidents
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Apr. 21, 2011 - 8:54 pm
Two employees of the Sullivan County town of Neversink resigned this week in the wake of an incident on Monday in which a handgun was allegedly fired in the town hall.
According to several sources that declined to give their names on the record, town code... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Apr. 16, 2011 - 8:31 pm
A trailer containing three horses slid off the road and partially overturned on Rte. 28 in Andes this afternoon, leading to a dramatic equine rescue by the Andes Fire Department, state troopers, a Delhi veterinarian, and multiple volunteers who rushed to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Apr. 13, 2011 - 9:49 am
The Daily Star has the story:
A 27-year-old East Branch man died Monday evening when he lost control of his motorcycle, state police in Binghamton said.
Tony C. Eggler, 27, was driving west shortly after 8 p.m. on state Route 206, just east of Ackerman... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Apr. 12, 2011 - 2:40 pm
According to an alert from Delaware County Emergency Management, State Highway 206 in Walton was shut down earlier today after a natural gas line break, and was re-opened around 12:45 pm.
The Walton Reporter writes on their Facebook wall that they've... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Apr. 11, 2011 - 3:23 pm
On Saturday, the Daily Freeman ran a story good enough to appear in a fine satirical publication like The Onion. The headline itself is a gem: "Cat wasn't burned alive, New Paltz police say."
As you may have guessed, this is a follow-up story to a story... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Apr. 7, 2011 - 12:30 pm
An ambulance rushing to a medical emergency on Rte. 9W this morning in the Town of Ulster attempted to turn against a light and collided with two cars, according to the Daily Freeman:
The accident occurred at 10:09 a.m. at the intersection of Ulster... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Saturday, Apr. 2, 2011 - 9:40 pm
A New Jersey man was killed yesterday when his car, which was stopped in the northbound passing lane on the New York State Thruway, was struck from behind. From the New York State Police:
State Police responded to a two vehicle collision that occurred at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Mar. 30, 2011 - 3:49 pm
This just in from the Delaware County Sheriff's Office: A Seaford man drove into a creek in Hamden and flipped his car, after failing to stop at an intersection. Here's the press release:
On 3/19/2011 Delaware County Sheriff's Deputies investigated a one... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Mar. 29, 2011 - 11:00 am
The Daily Freeman is reporting that a car ran head-on into a tractor-trailer on Rte. 28 yesterday afternoon in the town of Ulster. The paper reports that a 65-year-old man heading westbound drifted into the oncoming lane and caused the accident. The man... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Feb. 28, 2011 - 11:03 am
On Saturday, a 1969 vintage military jet flown by 38-year-old Michael Faraldi of Germantown inexplicably crashed into the Hudson River just north of the Kingston-Rhinecliff Bridge, according to New York State Police and multiple press reports.
Faraldi... Read more
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