COLUMBIA-GREENE COUNTY NEWS 11-25-19
AREA ROADS BECAME DANGEROUS SUNDAY
AFTERNOON, WHEN TEMPERATURES FELL BELOW
32, AND RAIN CHANGED TO SNOW AND
ICE. SEVERAL DOZEN ACCIDENTS KEPT CREWS
BUSY ACROSS GREENE AND COLUMBIA COUNTIES.
THREE CHILDREN WERE TAKEN TO COLUMBIA
MEMORIAL, AFTER THEIR PICKUP LEFT MIDDLE
ROAD IN GREENPORT, AND STRUCK A TREE.
PART OF THE TACONIC PARKWAY IN CLAVERACK
WAS CLOSED FOR A PERIOD, AFTER DRIVING
CONDITIONS MADE THE ROAD IMPASSABLE.
THERE WERE TWO ACCIDENTS ON ROUTE 22
IN COPAKE, ANOTHER TWO ON THE BERKSHIRE
SPUR IN CANAAN, ON ROUTE 42 IN LEXINGTON,
AND ROUTE 23 IN CRARYVILLE.
A 25 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS CHECKED OUT FOR
POSSIBLE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING
SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN COXSACKIE. THE WOMAN
REPORTED A POSSIBLE GAS LEAK AT HER
HOME ON ROUTE 9W.
A 20 YEAR OLD WOMAN WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL YESTERDAY AFTERNOON, AFTER AN
ACCIDENT IN WINDHAM. THE WOMAN WAS REPORTED
TO HAVE PASSED OUT AND STRUCK HER HEAD.
IT HAPPENED JUST BEFORE 12:30 AT A HOME
ON COUNTY ROUTE 40.
A CAIRO MAN IS FACING FELONY DRUG
CHARGES FROM A TRAFFIC STOP ON ROUTE 23
IN CATSKILL. 39 YEAR OLD RONNY TAYLOR
WAS CHARGED BY STATE POLICE WITH
CRIMINAL POSSESSION OF NARCOTICS AND
HELD, PENDING A COURT APPEARANCE.
SAD NEWS CAME OUT OVER THE WEEKEND,
THAT A LONG TIME TV NEWSMAN HAS PASSED
AWAY. ED DAGUE SPENT MOST OF HIS CAREER
AT CHANNELS 13 AND 6. A RARE FORM OF
ARTHRITIS FORCED HIM TO RETIRE IN 2003.
HE WAS 76.