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Fallsburg, NY - Man Killed in Hit-N-Run
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Fallsburg, NY - A South Fallsburg man was killed in a hit and run accident on Route 42 just south of the hamlet.
Fallsburg police were called by a cyclist who was going to work.
The victim, a man in his 50s whose name has not been released, was killed instantly, Det.
Travis Hartman said.
The driver of the vehicle that hit him did not stop and left the scene.
Police were seeking leads on who might have hit the man.
It is unclear if the victim was walking on the road, Hartman say.
U/D: 12:49pm
Police have picked up the driver from the vehicle at Twin Oaks Bungalow Colony, who claims he didn’t know anything about the accident, and didn’t see or feel that he hit anything on the roadway.
U/D 4:58 PM
The Driver was released on $25,000 bond, and was asked to surrender his passport.
07-04-2008 - 2:18 PM
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07-04-2008 - 4:32 PM
07-04-2008 - 5:07 PM
AND TO ALL PLEASE USE REFLECTORS
MAY HASHEM HELP WE ALL STAY SAFE AND GEZUNT A WHOLE SUMMER
07-04-2008 - 5:08 PM
07-04-2008 - 7:52 PM
Knowing the driver and family.. This was a total accident, and never would he leave the accident if he had tjhe slightest knowledge what had just happend.. Please use reflecters, and use extra caution
07-04-2008 - 7:52 PM
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knowing someone does NOT mean a thing. Most people who leave the scene would never admit to it when asked beforehand if they would actually leave a scene. Peple do crazy things when they are in a pickle . I am not judging this person but my point is that knowing a person means ZILCH unless you were there and saw what he did its meaningless.
07-06-2008 - 12:14 AM
I'm in twin oaks right now and came up Friday morning and it was raining very hard. The roads were slick and eventhough it was overcast and on the darkish side it was not that dark where a driver would not be able to see someone on the side of the road.
There must be more to the story but everyone is asking about the damage to the car. Wouldn't the driver wonder how his car was so banged up after hitting nothing?!
07-06-2008 - 12:17 AM
Think of all the walking suburbians would do if they could do it safely. It would save the city millions in medical bills.
07-06-2008 - 1:15 AM
It's not the city, it's the country !!! The vast majority of the small population of folks that live there year round, drive. Just drive like a mentch and respect state law and don't drive like you're in boro park or williamsburg and all these unnecessary accidents can be avoided. Monsey used to be like country living not that long ago and the Brooklynites that moved up there destroyed it ; Traffic, noise, crowded side walks, ultra crowded clusters of homes that is like a ghetto- with beautiful grass and trees gone and replaced with huge homes( with illegal apartments) from all sides with a huge parking pad and no respect for zoning and building codes. WHEN NY CITY ( 5 boroughs ) residents travel or relocate to upstate or anywhere out of town you must learn to respect the people, laws and life styles that were there well before you arrived: not the other way around.
07-06-2008 - 3:03 AM
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07-06-2008 - 10:26 AM
What's wrong with you? Math not your strong point, eh? Of course if there are far more people, there are bound to be more accidents. We don't have "heimishe chayos." We have people that go upstate for two months and revitalize the area and spend a lot of hard-earned money there. We are responsible for people having jobs there. Obviously with the influx of so many more vehicles and people, especially those not used to curving roads and no sidewalks, there will proportionally more accidens. Of course everyone should drive slowly and be careful but don't rant about chayos and suing and chilul Hashem. You are way out of line.
07-06-2008 - 11:07 AM
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07-06-2008 - 1:04 PM
Let's all be reasonable and think carefully before judgeing others.
Visibility on those roads at night in rain is severly compromised. Anyone walking there at that hour is nuts.
07-06-2008 - 2:32 PM
otherwise anyway u slice it, its hit and run
07-06-2008 - 2:59 PM
07-06-2008 - 3:50 PM
2. As long as juries overwhelmingly side w/ the plaintiff in motor vehicle accident cases, no one is going to stop so that he can be sued. That's just the reality. And especially if the victim is killed r"l, nothing would be gained by stopping.
07-06-2008 - 4:32 PM
07-06-2008 - 6:16 PM
07-06-2008 - 7:12 PM
07-06-2008 - 11:27 PM
07-07-2008 - 12:30 AM
Unfortunately you do not understand our concerns at all. Of course we feel bad for the person who died and his family but the bottom line is--none of us know who he is. Did you ever hear reporters talking about hundreds or thousands of people who die or are injured in natural disasters or wars? It's a two-minute item in a news report. But if the wounded/killed is a reporter from that paper or station, or a celebrity that everyone knows, we are going to hear constant updates on his condition or the funeral arrangements. Why? Because the victim is KNOWN to the reporters or the public.
No one is whispering, let alone "shouting" anti semitism if a non-Jewish blog ignores a Jew being killed ch"v by a hit and run. No one would expect otherwise. It's just one more news item in a day, week, or month filled with such items.
However, this site is frequented by members of the Jewish community--a tight-knit community of people who know each other and feel for each other as brothers--as one body. If one of us is hurting, we are all hurting. That is why the comments reflect concern for the driver of the car--he is a member of the family.
6:16, I don't know if you are a member of the flock but if so, you and Fed Up are unfortunately feeling outside the family circle. We would welcome you back with open arms and if you rejoin your brethren (there are many kiruv organizations that would be happy to guide you), you would understand the pain that each one of us feels when another is hurt.
07-07-2008 - 1:38 AM
To 7:12, I couldn't agree with you more.
To people out there who think different, it was an unfortunate situation, he's a very fine boy, and just maybe he panicked?!
Our allegiance is to our own, and it is natural to feel his and his family's pain. To quote 7:12 "to expect anything else from any community would be ludicrous".
07-07-2008 - 6:12 AM
07-07-2008 - 9:19 AM
07-07-2008 - 10:16 AM
I live in Brooklyn and have on rare occasions hit something whilst driving at night; perhaps a cat running across or a stray dog, squirrel or whatever. I did not stop. There is no law that tells you to stop for that.
The law says that you must stop when involved in an accident (of course when hitting a person).
A driver does not neccessarily see the 'person' he hit when driving on a dark and rainy night on an unlit country road. The person could have stepped suddenly into his path on the side of the car as the driver was gazing forward. In that case the driver would be totally unaware of him.
If one feels a sudden bump it most like is caused by an animal or a large branch the fell off a tree or whatever. This happened to make often.
Any of you wiseguys who so easily convict that unfortunate driver would for sure not have stopped (unless - I hope - you knew that you hit a person). Talk is cheap and easy; but who gets out on a dark and rainy country road to inspect? In the dark on a country road you would not see a thing and perhaps cause another accident.
A person walking on a dark and wet road at a crazy hour is deranged or drunk and could have caused his own demise. I pity him.
07-07-2008 - 11:37 AM
Are you crazy?
Yes, not always does one realize that one hit a person. The victim is not always smack in front of your windshield in the middle of the road and waving his hand! If the car struck the victim at it's corner, the driver would barely feel the impact but the victim would be seriously hurt.
I happened to know this driver personally. He does not drink (maybe grapejuice for kiddush) and is a responsible driver and head of a family.
I think that you are under the influence, not him.
With such self-hating jews like you we don't need enemies. You probably are a proud member of the 'Bezelem' movement in Israel who are busy tracking the sins of the IDF. Hamas and Hezbollah would welcome you.
I suspect that you would have left the scene when hitting someone. You would for sure be under the influence.
07-07-2008 - 11:49 AM
2. As long as juries overwhelmingly side w/ the plaintiff in motor vehicle accident cases, no one is going to stop so that he can be sued. That's just the reality. And especially if the victim is killed r"l, nothing would be gained by stopping.
07-06-2008 - 4:32 PM
You are clearly un educated in law, and have no moral compass in your life.
If you hit someone and call the police you have the opportunity to save the life of a fellow human being, and may face a law suit from the victim, which your insurance company will take care of.
If you leave the scene of an accident you have someone elses blood on your hands, and if caught you can face serious jail time.
So if you KNOW that you hit sombody, do youself and your family a favor and pull over.
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