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By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2012 - 2:38 pm
Above: A Times Herald-Record newscast about an accident this morning, in which a pedestrian was struck and killed by a train in Kingston.
A Kingston man was struck by a train this morning around 8:30am, while walking on the CSX tracks near the... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Aug. 24, 2012 - 11:22 pm
The Daily Freeman reports that 80-year-old Dorothea Denman, former owner of the Olivebridge Florist, was struck by a car and killed Friday afternoon on Route 28 in Olive, near her home at 9 Sunkist Lane.
From the Freeman's story:
The accident, which... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2012 - 10:53 pm
A three-year-old boy who drowned at Taghkanic State Park in Columbia County on Tuesday afternoon was identified by state police today as Connor Bagley of Athens, according to several news accounts.
Fox 23 spoke to police and several witnesses at the scene... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 5, 2012 - 10:43 am
A New York City woman was killed on Tuesday evening when the SUV she was driving blew a tire and spun out of control. Four young passengers were injured, and a 12-year-old is in critical condition at Albany Medical Center.
According to a New York State... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jul. 3, 2012 - 9:56 am
Dylan Smith, a 14-year-old from South Fallsburg, drowned in a pond near the Neversink River on Monday afternoon. The Times Herald-Record reports:
Fallsburg Police say Dylan Smith was swimming in a small, man-made pond fed by a spring near Route 42.... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 26, 2012 - 10:51 pm
A motorcycle accident in East Kingston killed one person and injured two others early Monday morning. Today, the Kingston Police Department released the name of the victim who was killed: 30-year-old Brian Ferrari of Lake Katrine.
Nicholas Saveskie, 27,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Jun. 22, 2012 - 11:55 am
New Paltz police have released the name of a two-year-old girl whose death on Wednesday was ruled a homicide by blunt force trauma.
The Freeman reports that the victim was Asia Perez-Medina, and that she was staying with her aunt and uncle in New Paltz:
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By Andrew Wyrich on Thursday, Jun. 21, 2012 - 1:53 pm
The death of a 2-year-old girl on Wednesday is being investigated by New York police as a homicide, according to several news reports.
The New Paltz Police Department told The Daily Freeman that an autopsy by Dr. Michael Sikirica determined that the... Read more
By Andrew Wyrich on Tuesday, Jun. 19, 2012 - 2:24 pm
A prominent Manhattan real estate executive and his instructor died in a skydiving accident on Friday afternoon in the Ulster County town of Plattekill.
According to news accounts of the accident, David Winoker, a 49-year-old father of three, and his... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Jun. 18, 2012 - 10:38 am
Above: The Grist Mill Real Estate building at 265 Main Street in Saugerties, where a man fell to his death early Sunday morning. Image via Google Street Map.
On Sunday morning at 6:08am, 27-year-old Saugerties resident Donald E. Briggs was found... Read more
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