accidents
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Sep. 24, 2010 - 10:14 am
The Shawangunk Journal interviewed the family of Ryan Panchak, the 29-year-old who drowned in the Esopus while fishing a week ago. Panchak was the father of a one-year-old son:
Panchak was a 1999 graduate of Kingston High School and had a baby son, Jacob... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 21, 2010 - 11:21 am
A 29-year-old named Ryan Panchak was found dead in the waters of the Esopus Creek on Friday in the Ulster County town of Marbletown, and yesterday, the State Police announced that the cause of his death was drowning. But, according to the press release,... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 4:34 pm
Schoharie County resident Adolph Schrull Jr. died Friday when the tractor he was using to drag a hay rake out of a field flipped onto him, CBS 6 reports:
According to State Police, Adolph Schrull, Jr., of Worcester, N.Y., was attempting with a friend to... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Monday, Sep. 20, 2010 - 11:48 am
On Saturday night, New York State Police arrested 30-year-old Michael Cappiello for a strange accident in Spring Glen in Wawarsing that involved a pickup truck, alcohol, and three teenagers.
In a press release, the State Police charge that Cappiello was... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Sunday, Sep. 19, 2010 - 8:49 am
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A fire broke out yesterday afternoon at an East Durham resort that is hosting an enormous motorcycle rally this weekend, report the Daily Freeman, the Times Union, the Daily Mail, and a host of television stations. ... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010 - 4:27 pm
The Daily Mail has an excellent story about a lawsuit that was filed last week by the victim of July's monkey attack at the Kaaterskill Bed and Breakfast in Catskill. The case is amazing. It involves an American-dream-living and beauty-parlor-owning... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010 - 12:54 pm
A man was airlifted to Albany Medical Center after being electrocuted at the Jewish BoyZone summer camp in the town of Jefferson last Thursday, according to officials at the Stamford Fire Department, the Schoharie County Sheriff's Office, and BoyZone's... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Sep. 8, 2010 - 9:56 am
A garage on Berme Road in Ellenville was destroyed in an accidental fire yesterday, taking owner Joe Smith's six uninsured vintage cars with it. From the Times Herald-Record:
Harrison Cherry was changing his buddy's fuel pump in the 4,800-square-foot... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Tuesday, Sep. 7, 2010 - 5:00 pm
A crash involving multiple motorcycles and a car killed 40-year-old Mark S. Mackay yesterday afternoon near Minnewaska State Park, according to the Ulster County Sheriff's Office. The Times Herald-Record has the story
The sheriff's office said there were... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Monday, Sep. 6, 2010 - 3:48 pm
As if we hadn't had enough mysterious propane leaks around here lately: In the wee hours of Saturday, in the middle of a sold-out Labor Day weekend at Mohonk Mountain House, the hotel's gatehouse blew up. It's a miracle nobody was hurt, the Freeman... Read more
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