COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 4-1-19
THE DRIVER OF A TRACTOR TRAILER
HAULING MAIL WAS KILLED SUNDAY MORNING,
AFTER HIS TRUCK REAR-ENDED ANOTHER
TRACTOR TRAILER ON THE THRUWAY
IN CATSKILL, AND CAUGHT FIRE. THE CRASH
WAS JUST AFTER 5:30 IN THE NORTHBOUND
LANES. THE OTHER DRIVER WAS TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL. STATE POLICE ARE
INVESTIGATING.
FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS WERE ON THE
SCENE OF A ONE CAR ACCIDENT LAST
NIGHT IN PURLING. ONE PERSON WAS
TRAPPED, WHEN A CAR ROLLED OVER ON
MOUNTAIN AVENUE NEAR THE BAVARIAN
MANOR.
TWO PEOPLE WERE TAKEN TO ALBANY
MED SATURDAY MORNING, AFTER A CAR
STRUCK A TREE ON ROUTE 9H IN WEST
GHENT. THE CRASH WAS JUST AFTER
9:30 AT OLD POST ROAD.
ROUTE 9J IN STUYVESANT WAS CLOSED
FOR SEVERAL HOURS SATURDAY AFTERNOON,
WHEN A MINI VAN BROUGHT DOWN A
UTILITY POLE AND WIRES. THE ACCIDENT
HAPPENED AROUND 4.
A 64 YEAR OLD MAN WAS RESCUED
SATURDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER BREAKING
HIS LEG WHILE HIKING IN GREENE
COUNTY. RESCUE CREWS LOCATED THE
MAN, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF UP
THE HUCKLEBERRY POINT TRAIL IN
TANNERSVILLE.
AN ATHENS MAN WAS CHARGED WITH
FORCIBLE TOUCHING BY STATE POLICE,
FROM AN INCIDENT REPORTED MARCH
25TH. 22 YEAR OLD ANTONIO FUENTES
WAS GIVEN APPEARANCE TICKETS FOR
TOWN COURT.
GREENE COUNTY FIREFIGHTERS WERE
ON THE SCENE OF THREE VEHICLE
FIRES OVER THE WEEKEND. THEY WERE
ON ROUTE 9W IN COXSACKIE, ROUTE
23 IN WINDHAM, AND SCHOHARIE
TURNPIKE IN CAIRO.
THE RIP VAN WINKLE BRIDGE IS
REMINDING MOTORISTS THAT THEY
WILL CLOSE THE BRIDGE TO TRAFFIC
FOR 10 MINUTES, BEGINNING AT 10
THIS MORNING.