accidents
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Nov. 10, 2010 - 9:08 am
ATVs and shotguns can be a hazardous mix. When 36-year-old George M. Banks set out to hunt waterfowl with his two children on Monday in Esopus, he put one of his loaded shotguns on the back of his four-wheeler, where it got tangled up in some netting.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010 - 10:37 am
Two people were killed in a two-car accident on Rte. 23 in Davenport yesterday during the afternoon's sudden heavy snowstorm.
The State Police have released little information about the accident, and the names of the two victims are not known. The police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Nov. 1, 2010 - 10:12 am
A 24-year-old whose name is being withheld died around noon yesterday on the New York Thruway in the town of Catskill after his motorcycle slammed into a guardrail, State Police report. Here's the full press release:
On October 31, 2010 the New York... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Saturday, Oct. 23, 2010 - 12:11 pm
The Daily Mail has the details:
A 29-year-old Durham man died Wednesday night in an ATV accident on Cunningham Road, state police said Friday.
Earlier: Other recent ATV fatalities in the Catskills.
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Oct. 21, 2010 - 6:05 pm
"My Headlight After a Deer Encounter." Photo by Flickr user joanna8555.
Sometimes, the deer really are out to get you, the Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin reported on Sunday:
Solon "Stevie" Tsangaras was driving back from a music gig near the hamlet... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 11:36 pm
This just in from the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office: A motorcyclist driving on Rte. 10 in the town of Jefferson this afternoon struck a guardrail and was ejected into a 40-foot ravine. The driver was 47-year-old Maurizio Segatto of Schenectady. He was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 20, 2010 - 10:03 am
In the second Saugerties fatality this week, 56-year-old Edward M. Hayes was found dead in his driveway, pinned underneath his own car. According to a press release from the State Police, Hayes was found yesterday afternoon:
The New York State Police –... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2010 - 9:10 am
An unnamed woman died yesterday after crashing into a school bus van on Kings Highway around 3pm, the AP is reporting.
The Freeman has video and more details.
Update: The crash victim has been identified as 45-year-old Denise Ames of Saugerties.
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Oct. 18, 2010 - 1:44 pm
From the Ulster County Sheriff's Office today:
Deputies from the Ulster County Sheriff's Office report investigating a PIAA involving two motorcycles on Mohonk Rd in the Town of Marbletown on October 17th, 2010. A 2005 Harley Davidson operated by... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2010 - 7:42 pm
Sherry Bush, a 60-year-old nurse who worked for the ARC of Delaware County, was killed in March when a car travelling in the wrong lane on Rte. 10 in Hamden struck her car head-on.
Now, the driver of that car, Joshua T. Simpson of Masonville, has been... Read more
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