accidents
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Feb. 6, 2012 - 3:06 pm
The Daily Mail reports that 54-year-old Staten Island resident Matthew Falco died in a skiing accident on Windham Mountain on Saturday morning:
Matthew Falco, 54, was skiing the Upper Warpath trail, listed as an intermediate level trail, according to... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 3, 2012 - 10:17 am
21-year-old Daniel Hughes of Highland was killed yesterday in a one-car accident on Route 9W in Esopus.
Mid-Hudson News reports that Hughes was the son of an Ulster County sheriff's deputy.
A press release from the New York State Police:
State Police at... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jan. 19, 2012 - 9:28 am
A tragic accident claimed the life of a Hunter Mountain employee on the mountain yesterday morning: 41-year-old Brian Mattice of Gilboa.
Police say Mattice slipped on ice and fell down a steep slope while working with snow-making equipment, and died on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 18, 2012 - 1:55 pm
CBS Channel 6 reports that a construction rig tipped over at the Gilboa Dam this morning, injuring a worker.
A statement via email from Michael Saucier, spokesman for the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, which owns and operates the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 5:46 pm
Earlier today, several accidents on an icy stretch of Route 17 in Roscoe shut down the road in both directions. NY-Alert is now reporting that the road has been cleared.
WBNG reported about an hour ago that about 40 vehicles were involved in crashes on... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2012 - 2:10 pm
UPDATE: The road has now been cleared.
Route 17 is currently closed in both directions near Exit 92 on Route 17, due to multiple road accidents.
From NY-Alert:
State Highway 17 is closed in both directions (East & West bound) in the area of the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jan. 9, 2012 - 6:31 pm
80-year-old Verna Hess of Callicoon died Sunday morning when her car hit a utility pole on Route 52 in White Sulphur Springs, the Times Herald-Record reports.
[Sullivan County sheriff's] deputies found Verna Hess inside of a 1991 Buick Century. The White... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Dec. 27, 2011 - 3:00 pm
A truck driver drove 40 feet off the New York State Thurway in Rosendale this morning and was flown to Westchester Medical Center with serious leg and chest injuries, according to a New York State Police press release.
Sixty-two-year-old Ralph Rickert, of... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 12, 2011 - 8:52 am
In today's Daily Star: A fire at a home on Marvin Avenue in Walton on Friday night has left a family of four homeless. No one was hurt in the blaze:
At the time of the fire, some family members were sleeping, while others were awake, he said.
One, a... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Dec. 5, 2011 - 9:16 am
Video: A news clip from WNYT 13, which reported on Saturday's fire.
An electrical fire at a house in Greenville on Saturday, December 3 killed 17-year-old Vincent Greco, a Coxsackie resident and student at Greenville High, the Daily Mail reports.
Greco... Read more
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