Late Night Crash Temporarily Shuts Down Busy New Windsor Roads

News broke late on the night of August 27 regarding a separate pair of incidents that led to the temporary shutdown of two major roads in the town of New Windsor. While the roads were reopened before Monday morning commuters began their day, one incident resulted in a town of New Windsor Police Officer being sent to the hospital.

Current Details Regarding New Windsor Road Closure Incidents

First and foremost, it must be stated that this incident is still under investigation which means there is a good chance more information and details could be released in the coming days.

The incident or incidents in question occurred last night around 8 p.m. Reports state that a New Windsor Police Officer was on the scene between Route 207 and Route 300 near the Flannery Animal Hospital. The scene at that time was another car accident that had recently occurred where an SUV had gone off the road on Route 207.

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It was around this time as the officer was dealing with the first incident that the second incident occurred. Another vehicle managed to strike the responding officer and afterward fled the scene.

According to News12, reports go on to say that other police officers later arrived on the scene to begin an official investigation. Police officers a short time later were also able to locate the second vehicle, the one which struck the officer a short time later. The driver of the car, a female, was taken into custody for questioning.

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Status of Investigation and Officer on Scene

As previously stated the incident is currently still under investigation by the New Windsor Police. In addition, New York State Police are also investigating the incident.

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Residents of the town of New Windsor (myself included) received an alert via text message from the town regarding the accident and subsequent road closure. The initial message with the announcement of the closure came just before 11:30 p.m. Roughly 40 minutes later, the second message came with information that the busy road had been reopened.

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Currently, it has not been openly stated what the potential severity of or condition of the officer struck at the scene is currently in. The same can also be said for the driver of the SUV which went off-road, whom the officer that was struck was attending to before the second incident occurred.

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We will continue to do our best to provide updates for this story if or when new information becomes available.

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The Borscht Belt Museum will open in Ulster County,NY. This allows for the history of the Borscht Belt to carry on in the Hudson Valley.

While celebrities in the past visited the Borscht Belt region, there will be more involved in the community when this museum opens in 2025.

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According to Yahoo News,

Fran Drescher isn't the only celebrity who will be in the Catskills.

"The museum’s list of advisory board members includes Fran Drescher, Harvey Fierstein, Judd Hirsch, Robert Klein and Richard Lewis — a fitting cast for a place where some of the nation’s top comedians got their start."

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"For generations of Jews in the New York metropolitan area, there was no doubt about the location of those “mountains.” Less than 100 miles from the cramped, sweltering tenements of Manhattan’s Lower East Side was a lush patchwork of forests, farms and bustling rural towns that hosted a summertime population of nearly a million urban strivers hungry for the clean air, fresh food and familiar camaraderie that even a garment worker or cab driver could afford."

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"From the turn of the 20th century to the 1970s, more than 1,000 hotels, bungalow colonies, summer camps and boarding houses dotted the Catskill Mountains of southern New York. At first they came by train, and later, by bus and car along The Quickway, now known as Route 17."

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When I entered the museum, I was greeted by a volunteer. I was able to walk around and see memorabilia from the different resorts of the Borscht Belt region and community.

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