COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-16-19
IT WAS A DANGEROUS WEEKEND ON GREENE
COUNTY ROADS, WITH NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS
KEEPING FIRE AND RESCUE CREWS BUSY.
HELICOPTERS WERE ORDERED AFTER TWO
ACCIDENTS, ON ROUTE 145 IN DURHAM,
WHERE A MAN ON A BICYCLE WAS STRUCK BY
A CAR, AND ON THE LANE IN THE TOWN
OF COXSACKIE, WHERE A 10 YEAR OLD BOY
CRASHED HIS ATV.
THERE WERE THREE MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENTS,
ON ROUTE 23 IN CAIRO, AND TWO ON
ROUTE 145 AT BLACKTHORNE RESORT.
ANOTHER ACCIDENT SATURDAY IN CAIRO,
INJURED THREE ON ROUTE 32.
FIRE DESTROYED A GARAGE IN NEW
BALTIMORE SATURDAY NIGHT. FIRE COMPANIES
FROM GREENE AND ALBANY COUNTIES WERE
CALLED TO 963 ROUTE 144 AROUND 11:15.
THE BUILDING WAS FULLY INVOLVED UPON
ARRIVAL. THE FIRE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE
STARTED IN SOME MULCH.
A 54 YEAR OLD MAN WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL SUNDAY, AFTER FALLING FROM
A LADDER IN COPAKE. THE MAN HAD HEAD
AND BACK INJURIES, IN THE FALL ON
NORTH MOUNTAIN ROAD.
A BROOKLYN MAN FACES CHARGES, FROM AN
INCIDENT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE TOWN
OF DURHAM, BACK IN AUGUST. STATE POLICE
CHARGED 21 YEAR OLD YOEL ZAGAR WITH
AGGRAVATED CRUELTY TO ANIMALS, ASSAULT,
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF A CONTROLLED
SUBSTANCE, AND CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF
A WEAPON. HE WAS RELEASED PENDING A
COURT APPEARANCE.
A 17 YEAR OLD RESIDENT AT THE BERKSHIRE
FARM CENTER IN CANAAN WAS ARRESTED AFTER
A FIRE CALL THERE FRIDAY. HE WAS CHARGED
BY STATE POLICE WITH CRIMINAL MISCHIEF,
AND FALSELY REPORTING AN INCIDENT, BOTH
FELONIES. CANAAN FIREFIGHTERS REQUESTED
POLICE TO THE SCENE, AFTER A FIRE ALARM
WAS PULLED.
IT WAS A VEHICLE FIRE THAT BROUGHT
AUSTERLITZ FIREFIGHTERS TO 386 FOG
HILL ROAD SATURDAY EVENING. THE CALL
CAME IN AROUND 6:45.