COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 9-30-19
A FATHER AND SON WERE LISTED IN CRITICAL
CONDITION AFTER THEY WERE RUN OVER BY
A TRACTOR SATURDAY AFTERNOON IN CLAVERACK.
THE COLUMBIA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE
REPORTS BERNARD AND JAY JUTKOFSKY BOTH
HAVE INTERNAL INJURIES. THEY WERE AIRLIFTED
FROM THE FARM ON ROUTE 23-B.
CREWS FIGHTING THE FOREST FIRE IN GREENE
COUNTY REPORTED IT OUT ON SATURDAY.
FIREFIGHTERS FROM CAIRO, ROUND TOP, AND
HENSONVILLE FOUGHT THE BLAZE IN DANGEROUS
TERRAIN, ALONG WITH FOREST RANGERS AND
POLICE. THE FIRE WAS ON BLACKHEAD
MOUNTAIN.
QUICK ACTION BY FIREFIGHTERS, CONTAINED A
FIRE TO THE STOVE AT A HOME IN GHENT
LAST NIGHT. MULTIPLE COMPANIES RESPONDED
TO THE HOME ON ROUTE 66 JUST AFTER 7.
TWO PEOPLE WERE INJURED, ONE SERIOUSLY,
AFTER THREE CARS COLLIDED SATURDAY IN
CAIRO. THE CRASH WAS ON ROUTE 32 AT
SILVER SPUR ROAD. ONE PERSON WAS EJECTED
FROM THE VEHICLE.
A 60 YEAR OLD MAN WAS INJURED IN A
MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT SATURDAY IN
DURHAM. IT HAPPENED AROUND 7:45 ON
ROUTE 23.
KISKATOM FIRE AND CATSKILL AMBULANCE
RESPONDED TO A ONCE CAR ACCIDENT
SATURDAY EVENING ON ROUTE 32. THE
DRIVER WAS TREATED FOR INJURIES
AFTER COLLIDING WITH A BEAR, IN AN
AREA SOUTH OF CAIRO JUNCTION ROAD.
OTHER ACCIDENTS OVER THE WEEKEND,
WERE ON COUNTY ROUTE 9 IN NEW LEBANON
AND ON ROUTE 9 IN KINDERHOOK.
STATE POLICE CONTINUE THEIR SEARCH
FOR A 16 YEAR OLD, WHO WENT MISSING
FROM BERKSHIRE FARM CENTER IN
CANAAN. THEY SAY, JOSE SMITH HAS
NOT BEEN SEEN FOR OVER A WEEK, AND
MAY BE IN THE NEW YORK CITY AREA.
CATSKILL FIREFIGHTERS WERE CALLED
TO ROUTE 23B, IN THE AREA OF ROUTE
23 SUNDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER A CALLED
REPORTED A LARGE AMOUNT OF DIESEL
FUEL IN THE ROADWAY. FIREMEN ASKED
FOR CREWS TO COME CLEAN IT UP. IT
WAS JUST AFTER 5.