MONTICELLO NY (SULLIVAN) *FATAL MVA* ROUTE 17-B IFO FARSITE BUNGALOW
COLONY, OVERTURNED DUMP TRUCK VS. CAR, 4 FATALITIES O/S. SULLIVAN EMS
& FD OPER. MEDIVAC HAS BEEN REQUESTED BUT HAS NOW BEEN CANCELED NYSP
A.I. ENROUTE.
Mongaup Valley – Six young people, apparently from a local camp, were killed just before noon today, when their gray Toyota veered into the wrong lane on Route 17B and hit a green Sullivan County Department of Public Works truck, according to offcials at the scene.
The young people were pronounced dead at the scene by coroner Elton Harris. The DPW driver was taken to Catksill Regional Medical Center where he was being treated. His condition was not immediately available.
"The collision, which occured on a hill in front of the Marcy South power line between the Far Site and Be'er Hatorah bungalow colonies, was the third fatal accident in less than twoweek in Sullivan County, where the population triples in the summer. The total number of lives claimed is eight. The victims did not appear to be Hasidic.
Read more in tomorrow's edition of the Times Herald-Record.
נשלח ב-27/7/2005 22:28
Six killed in Sullivan County crash
Six people died today when their small car collided with a truck on Route 17B in Thompsonville.
The collision occurred between a Plymouth Neon sub-compact car and a Sullivan County Public Works dump truck, authorities told MidHudsonNews.com.
The accident occurred shortly after noon, about two miles west of Monticello.
Numerous police and EMS units were on the scene and State Police accident construction personnel were investigating. The Sullivan County Sheriff's Office is leading the investigation into the cause of the accident.
