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Newburgh
Motorcyclist killed on Route 17K
A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car at 7 a.m. yesterday, town police said.
Sgt. Lawrence Mermell said James H. Irving, 88, of New Windsor, was making a left-hand turn out of the Neptune Diner parking lot on Route 17K when his 1992 Chrysler New Yorker collided with a westbound 2005 Honda motorcycle.
The impact threw the motorcycle driver off his vehicle. Both men were treated at the scene by Mobile Life Support Services and the Town of Newburgh Volunteer Ambulance Corps and then transported to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital.
The motorcycle driver, whose name was not released pending notification of family members, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Irving was treated for minor injuries and released.
Mermel said Irving was ticketed for failure to yield the right of way. The investigation is continuing, he said.
Michael Randall
Isn't it great how you can take someone's life and get a BULLSHIT ticket, yet if you're speeding on a back road or doing a wheelie you might get every ticket in the world thrown at you? Is it not reckless driving when you enter an intersection without looking? Was this not criminally negligent homicide? Was this 88 year old man fit to drive? You get get a DWAI(driving while ability impaired) for anything that will impair your ability, and I highly doubt this man would pass any sort of test. Being old and too stupid to know you're not fit to drive is no excuse.
Unfortunately, this old man will probably get off with nothing more than a small fine. Taking someone's life is the absolute worst thing you can do, and this exact situation happens all too often.
Maybe if law enforcement officers would issue deserving tickets they wouldn't get such bad feedback.
Newburgh
Motorcyclist killed on Route 17K
A 21-year-old motorcyclist was killed in a collision with a car at 7 a.m. yesterday, town police said.
Sgt. Lawrence Mermell said James H. Irving, 88, of New Windsor, was making a left-hand turn out of the Neptune Diner parking lot on Route 17K when his 1992 Chrysler New Yorker collided with a westbound 2005 Honda motorcycle.
The impact threw the motorcycle driver off his vehicle. Both men were treated at the scene by Mobile Life Support Services and the Town of Newburgh Volunteer Ambulance Corps and then transported to the Newburgh campus of St. Luke's Cornwall Hospital.
The motorcycle driver, whose name was not released pending notification of family members, was pronounced dead at the hospital. Irving was treated for minor injuries and released.
Mermel said Irving was ticketed for failure to yield the right of way. The investigation is continuing, he said.
Michael Randall
Isn't it great how you can take someone's life and get a BULLSHIT ticket, yet if you're speeding on a back road or doing a wheelie you might get every ticket in the world thrown at you? Is it not reckless driving when you enter an intersection without looking? Was this not criminally negligent homicide? Was this 88 year old man fit to drive? You get get a DWAI(driving while ability impaired) for anything that will impair your ability, and I highly doubt this man would pass any sort of test. Being old and too stupid to know you're not fit to drive is no excuse.
Unfortunately, this old man will probably get off with nothing more than a small fine. Taking someone's life is the absolute worst thing you can do, and this exact situation happens all too often.
Maybe if law enforcement officers would issue deserving tickets they wouldn't get such bad feedback.