COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 10-14-19
FOUR PEOPLE WERE TREATED FOR CARBON
MONOXIDE POISONING, FROM A HOME IN
COPAKE SUNDAY MORNING. COPAKE FIRE AND
RESCUE WERE CALLED TO THE HOME ON
WASHINGTON ROAD JUST AFTER 7:30.
FIREFIGHTERS REPORTED VERY HIGH LEVELS
OF C.O. IN THE BUILDING. A WOMAN WAS
AIRLIFTED TO WESTCHESTER MEDICAL
CENTER, TWO OTHERS WERE TAKEN BY
AMBULANCE, AND A FOURTH PATIENT WAS
BROUGHT TO COLUMBIA MEMORIAL. THE
TOWN BUILDING INSPECTOR WAS CALLED
TO THE SCENE.
A SERIOUS ACCIDENT EARLY THIS MORNING
ON THE THRUWAY HAS LEFT A FOUR YEAR
OLD BOY INJURED. CATSKILL FIRE AND
AMBULANCE RESPONDED TO THE NORTHBOUND
LANES JUST AFTER 3AM, WHEN A VEHICLE
ROLLED OVER. REPORTS SAID THE BOY WAS
EJECTED, AND WAS AIRLIFTED TO ALBANY
MED.
ONE PERSON WAS TAKEN TO ALBANY MED
SUNDAY, AFTER A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
IN GERMANTOWN. THE CRASH WAS JUST
AFTER 2, IN FRONT OF THE LIBRARY
ON PALATINE PARK ROAD.
POLICE WERE LOOKING FOR THE DRIVER
OF A CAR, THAT STRUCK A MAN IN
WINDHAM SUNDAY, AND FLED THE SCENE.
IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 3:30 ON
MILL STREET. THE 72 YEAR OLD MAN WAS
CONSCIOUS AND BREATHING AFTER THE
ACCIDENT.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND
THAT BROUGHT AN EMERGENCY RESPONSE,
WERE ON ROUTE 23 IN DURHAM WHERE A
MOTORCYCLE CRASHED, AND ROUTE 32 IN
CAIRO WHERE FOUR PEOPLE WERE INJURED
SATURDAY.
AN EAST DURHAM MAN WAS CHARGED WITH
DWI SATURDAY MORNING, AFTER HIS PICKUP
COLLIDED WITH A TRACTOR TRAILER IN
SAUGERTIES. 23 YEAR OLD ROBERT PROVOST
WAS CHARGED WITH DWI. THE CRASH WAS
ON ROUTE 32.
A CATSKILL MAN FACES CHARGES FROM A
DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN KINDERHOOK. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAYS
41 YEAR OLD JAEL DOWNES CHOKED AND
PUNCHED A WOMAN AT HER RESIDENCE, AND
DAMAGED HER CELL PHONE. HE HAS A
SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCE NEXT WEEK.