COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-9-19
A SCARY SITUATION SATURDAY AFTERNOON
AT GREENE CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, WHEN
A 28 YEAR OLD FEMALE OFFICER, WORKING
IN THE PACKAGE ROOM, SUDDENLY BECAME
SICK AND WAS HAVING TROUBLE BREATHING.
FIREFIGHTERS, PARAMEDICS, AND HAZ-MAT
TEAMS RESPONDED. WE'RE TOLD TWO
PATIENTS WERE TAKEN TO ALBANY MED.
STATE POLICE ARE INVESTIGATING.
A WYNANSKILL MAN WAS SENT TO THE GREENE
COUNTY JAIL ON FELONY DRUG CHARGES
AFTER A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 9W IN
NEW BALTIMORE. STATE POLICE SAY, 31
YEAR OLD JOHN HAFFNER WAS IN POSSESSION
OF COCAINE, PACKAGED FOR SALE.
TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO ALBANY MED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER THEIR VEHICLE
ROLLED OVER IN AUSTERLITZ. THE ACCIDENT
HAPPENED ON COUNTY ROUTE 9 JUST AFTER 5.
WINDHAM FIRE AND AMBULANCE WERE ALSO
ON THE SCENE OF A ROLLOVER ACCIDENT.
IT WAS SUNDAY MORNING ON ROUTE 23.
THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO GET OUT
BEFORE THEY ARRIVED.
TWO PEOPLE INJURED SUNDAY, IN A TWO
CAR ACCIDENT IN PALENVILLE. FIRE AND
RESCUE CREWS RESPONDED TO ROUTE 23A
JUST AFTER 4.
AN ACCIDENT SUNDAY NIGHT BROUGHT
STOCKPORT FIRE AND GREENPORT RESCUE
TO ROUTE 9, NORTH OF COUNTY ROUTE
25-B. THE CALL CAME IN JUST AFTER
8. STATE POLICE INVESTIGATED.
AN INJURED HUNTER WAS AIRLIFTED TO
ALBANY MED SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
ANCRAM FIRE AND COMMUNITY RESCUE
ASSISTED IN GETTING THE MAN OUT OF
THE WOODS ON STEWARTS ROAD. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
AND STATE POLICE WERE ON THE SCENE.
FIVE PEOPLE WERE RESCUED YESTERDAY,
AFTER THEIR BOAT BECAME DISABLED
ON THE HUDSON RIVER. CREWS RESPONDED
IN THE AREA OF THE RIP VAN WINKLE BRIDGE,
WHEN THE 27 FOOT A-LINER STRUCK AN
OBJECT BENEATH THE WATER, THAT LEFT
THEIR ENGINE DISABLED.