Castleton Bridge MVA
On .April 5,2010, 06:01, a driver from Dansville called 911 to state she was disabled on the Castleton Bridge with a flat tire. The 911 operators started receiving calls, reporting a serious crash on the Castleton Bridge in the west bound lanes. The first arriving troopers found that a Ford F-250 pickup had slammed into the rear of the caller’s Mercedes. Inside the car were the caller, her 14-year-old daughter, a 10-year-old son, and the family dog. State Police started CPR on the driver and her daughter until EMS arrived on the scene. The driver and daughter were pronounced dead on the scene as well as the family pet, and her son was transported to the Albany Medical Center Hospital with serious injuries. The driver of the pickup, age 37, of South Berwick, Maine, and his passenger, age 35, of York, Maine, were transported to Albany Medical Center Hospital with non life threatening injuries. The mother and her daughter were not wearing seatbelts, but her son was wearing his seatbelt at the time of the crash. The deadly crash caused the west- bound lanes of the New York State Thruway (Berkshire Section) to be closed for seven hours as Troopers reconstructed the crash site. The crash pushed the Mercedes about 200 feet. State Police were assisted on the scene by Troop G. Forensic ID Unit, Coeymans Fire and EMS, Ravena Ambulance, Bethlehem Vol. Ambulance, Empire Ambulance, Albany County Paramedics, and the Schodack Landing Fire Department.
Fire News photos by Tom Heffernan, Sr.
one-car MVA
Recently, the Cronomer Valley Fire Department responded to a one-car MVA with ejection on Pressler Road in the northern part of their district. When units arrived, they discovered a car approximately 50 feet into the woods, upside down, with a semi-conscious male trapped underneath. Firefighters stabilized the vehicle and practically had to dig the victim out. Scene command was under the direction of Assistant Chief James Leghorn, and operations were directed by Assistant Chief Andy Degraw. Newburgh Ambulance personnel requested a launch of a helicopter, which brought Air 2 out of Wallkill to a landing zone one mile from the scene. The victim was flown to Westchester Medical Center with multiple injuries. Another male victim was treated at the crash site and transported to St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh for evaluation. The crash is being investigated by the Town of Newburgh Police.
Fire News photos by John Miller
commercial compactor fire
On April 21, 2010, the Hawthorne, Valhalla, and Thornwood volunteer fire departments extinguished a fire in a commercial compactor at a cookware company.
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