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By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015 - 4:31 pm
It's been a horrible week for car crashes in the Catskills, with three separate collisions in the region resulting in fatalities since Sunday.
A crash killed four people around noon in the Ulster County village of Saugerties on Wednesday, Aug. 26,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2015 - 2:12 pm
Above: A map of four recent crashes on Route 28.
Two serious car crashes occurred within hours of each other on Tuesday, Aug. 25 on a stretch of Route 28 in the Ulster County towns of Olive and Shandaken that has already seen multiple collisions this... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Aug. 13, 2015 - 9:47 am
Above: A house and propane tank (white, center of photo) that were hit by a BMW on Monday, Aug. 10. Image via Google Earth.
Eight fire companies responded to a home on Glenford Wittenberg Road in the Ulster County town of Hurley on Monday night after a... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Jul. 10, 2015 - 11:07 am
A 62-year-old man was killed after being hit by a car on Route 52 in the Sullivan County village of Jeffersonville on Wednesday, July 8, police say.
Daniel Doherty, who lived in Jeffersonville, entered Route 52 near Willy Ave. and was struck by a 2012... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2015 - 9:42 am
Above: An injured eagle was found on the side of Route 17 in Sullivan County on June 9 by a passing trucker. Photo via the New York State Police.
An injured male bald eagle found by the side of Route 17 in the Sullivan County town of Rockland was rescued... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Jun. 8, 2015 - 2:46 pm
A 71-year-old woman was killed and her husband was injured in a head-on collision with a 19-year-old Prattsville man who was arrested for driving while intoxicated in the Delaware County hamlet of Grand Gorge on Sunday, June 7, police say.
The crash... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 4:51 pm
A 32-year-old man died and his 12-year-old passenger was seriously injured after their motocycle crashed head-on into a car in the Greene County town of Athens on the morning of Saturday, May 23, according to a press release from the New York State Police... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 26, 2015 - 4:28 pm
A 36-year-old Long Island man died instantly after he crashed an ATV into a creek in the Delaware County town of Tompkins on Sunday night, May 24, police say.
Keith J. Stratton of Bellmore, New York had been at a family party on Apex Road that evening,... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, May. 22, 2015 - 7:25 pm
A 25-year-old Virginia woman died and her three passengers were injured when she crashed a car on I-88 in the Delaware County town of Sidney on Wednesday, May 20, police say.
Ericka Sa-Keema, of Lorton, Virginia, was driving a 2002 Ford east on the... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, May. 19, 2015 - 4:10 pm
Posted by Scott Trueblood on Thursday, March 26, 2015
Above: A photo of Scott Trueblood hang gliding, posted on his Facebook account.
A hang glider with a newly minted pilot's license died after crashing into a mountain in the Ulster County town... Read more



