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Though the COVID-19 pandemic dominated the airwaves most of the year, there were some other significant developments in 2020. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne highlights a few of them in an abbreviated year in review.
2020 began with finding ways to help the Rockand County community of Monsey following a December 28, 2019 machete attack during a Hannukah celebration at a rabbi’s home. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo was in Rockland mid-January to announce funding for security infrastructure.
“I want everyone to know that we have learned from Monsey a painful lesson; we’ve learned from what’s going on; and we will respond and we will react and we will do everything in our power on every level to make sure this horrific act doesn’t happen again,” Cuomo says.
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New York State Police have identified a man who was killed after being hit by a tractor-trailer on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge as they search for the vehicle and driver involved.
The incident took place around 11:27 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 27, after Stephen Tomlins, 41, of Beacon, was seen by the New York State Bridge Authority by bridge security cameras walking on the southern span of the bridge, said Trooper AJ Hicks.
Troopers responded to the scene to find Tomlins dead, Hicks said.
At this time only still frames from bridge camera footage are available. The included images show the possible vehicles involved in this crash.
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Around midnight on Sunday, New York State Police from the East Fishkill and Wappinger barracks began an investigation into a fatal motor vehicle and pedestrian crash on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge.
On Sunday, Dec. 27, around 11:27 p.m., New York State Police were notified by the New York State Bridge Authority that a pedestrian was seen on bridge security cameras walking on the southern span of the bridge.
Troopers responded to the scene, but unfortunately found 41-year-old Stephen Tomlins of Beacon deceased, according to New York State Police. It remains unclear why Tomlins was walking on the Newburgh-Beacon Bridge late at night.
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