COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-24-19
A MAN WAS AIRLIFTED TO ALBANY MED
MONDAY MORNING, AFTER HIS BICYCLE
WAS STRUCK BY A PICKUP IN CLAVERACK.
THE ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON FISH AND
GAME ROAD JUST BEFORE 7:30. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
SAY'S THE MAN'S INJURIES WERE
LIFE THREATENING.
ON MONDAY AFTERNOON, ANOTHER MAN
WAS AIRLIFTED TO ALBANY MED, AFTER
HIS MOTORCYCLE COLLIDED WITH A
DUMP TRUCK IN CLAVERACK. THAT
ACCIDENT HAPPENED ON ROUTE 23. THE
DRIVER OF THE TRUCK WAS ALSO INJURED.
THERE WAS ALSO A CRASH YESTERDAY
IN DURHAM. A WOMAN WAS INJURED IN THE
TWO CAR ACCIDENT ON ROUTE 145 JUST
BEFORE 4.
A WOMAN IS UNDERGOING RABIES
TREATMENTS, AFTER SHE WAS BITTEN BY
A RABID FOX SATURDAY AT A LOCAL
BOAT CLUB. WE'RE TOLD, THE FOX CAME
OUT OF THE WOODS AT THE ROE-JAN CREEK
BOAT CLUB, AND ATTACKED THE WOMAN
DURING A PARTY. IT WAS SHOT AND KILLED
BY ANOTHER PERSON AT THE PARTY. THE
COLUMBIA COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT
CONFIRMED THE FOX TESTED POSITIVE FOR
RABIES.
A CATSKILL MAN FACES SEVERAL FELONY
DRUG CHARGES, AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED
ON A WARRANT. THE GREENE COUNTY D.A.'S
OFFICE SAYS 30 YEAR OLD SAMIR ALYGAD
WAS SELLING COCAINE IN THE VILLAGE.
HE WAS HELD ON 25,000 DOLLARS BAIL.
THE ARREST FOLLOWS A MULTI-AGENCY
INVESTIGATION.
A PHLMONT MAN WAS ARRESTED FOLLOWING
A DOMESTIC INCIDENT IN THE VILLAGE.
23 YEAR OLD CHRISTOPHER LOUISE WAS
CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH ASSAULT
AND CHILD ENDANGERMENT. HE HAS A
SCHEDULED COURT APPEARANCE.
A GHENT MAN IS ACCUSED OF VIOLATING
AN ORDER OF PROTECTION, ISSUED BY
COLUMBIA COUNTY SUPREME COURT.
53 YEAR OLD ALBERT DALTON WAS CHARGED
WITH CRIMINAL CONTEMPT BY COLUMBIA
COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES.