COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 8-22-19
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT CLOSED COUNTY ROUTE
7A IN COPAKE LAST NIGHT. TWO VEHICLES
COLLIDED HEAD-ON NEAR TWIN BRIDGES
ROAD. THERE WERE SEVERAL INJURIES,
INCLUDING A 7 YEAR OLD BOY, WHO WAS
AIRLIFTED TO ALBANY MED. WE EXPECT
TO LEARN MORE FROM STATE POLICE
TODAY.
HUDSON FIRE AND GREENPORT RESCUE
WERE ALSO ON THE SCENE OF A TWO CAR
ACCIDENT AT THE SAME TIME. THE
OCCUPANTS WERE CHECKED OUT FOR
MINOR INJURIES AT THE INTERSECTION
OF 6TH AND WASHINGTON STREETS.
POWER CREWS WERE KEPT BUSY AGAIN
WEDNESDAY, AFTER STRONG STORMS
KNOCKED OUT POWER IN COLUMBIA
COUNTY. BETWEEN NATIONAL GRID
AND NYSEG, THERE WERE OVER
3600 CUSTOMERS IN THE DARK.
THIS MORNING THERE WERE LESS
THAN 100.
FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED TO A
REPORTED STRUCTURE FIRE LAST
EVENING IN NEW LEBANON. THE CALL
CAME IN JUST BEFORE 7 AT 478
ROUTE 20.
THREE WOMEN FACE CHARGES, FROM
WHAT STATE POLICE SAY, WAS A
PLAN TO SELL PRESCRIPTION PILLS.
DANIKA DELUCIA OF VALATIE, DEBRA
TROMBLEY OF NASSAU, AND ELIZABETH
SHUHART OF SAND LAKE ALL HAVE
COURT APPEARANCES IN SCHODACK.
A LARCENY INVESTIGATION IN
RHINEBECK ENDED WITH THE ARREST OF
A LEEDS MAN. 36 YEAR OLD STEVEN
HICKS WAS CHARGED WITH GRAND LARCENY
AND IDENTITY THEFT, BOTH FELONIES.
STATE POLICE SAY THE INCIDENT
INVOLVED A CREDIT CARD.
THE ANNUAL COMMUNITY NIGHT OUT
TAKES PLACE TODAY AT RIVERFRONT
PARK IN HUDSON. THE FREE FAMILY EVENT,
RUN BY THE MENTAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION,
RUNS FROM 4 TO 7.