Hudson Valley Man Dies After Falling Into Freezing Water in Storm
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On Monday around 5:30 p.m., Sergeant James Bodisch and Trooper Ryan Stutz of the New York State Police responded to Reservoir Road in the town of Goshen for a report of a snowmobile accident with injuries.
Upon arrival, they observed an individual in the woods. He was later identified as 55-year-old Richard Stetson rom Goshen. Troopers immediately assessed the situation and with the assistance of EMS personnel, provided first aid and placed Stetson on a backboard and transported him to a waiting ambulance.
Snowmobile accident on Goshen Reservoir leaves one man dead, a second hospitalized
Goshen. State police from the Middletown and Monroe barracks as well as officers from the Village and Town of Goshen police departments assisted local fire and EMS at the scene of a fatal snowmobile accident. | 02 Feb 2021 | 11:36 Rescuers used a Troop F snowmobile unit to transport the second of two men whose snowmobile broke through the ice on the Goshen Reservoir to an ambulance which then took him to Garnet Medical Center in the Town of Wallkill. Photo provided by the New York State Police. The red dot shows the location where State Troopers located Richard Stetson Monday evening following a report of a snowmobile accident in the Goshen Reservoir. Map courtesy of New York State Police.
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One man was killed and another injured after a snowmobile smashed through the ice and fell into the water of an area reservoir.
Shortly after the incident took place around 5:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 1, in Orange County, Sergeant James Bodisch and Trooper Ryan Stutz responded to Reservoir Road in the town of Goshen for a report of a snowmobile accident with injuries, said Trooper Steven Nevel.
Upon arrival, Bodisch and Stutz found an individual in the woods. He was later identified as Richard Stetson, age 55, of Goshen.
Troopers immediately assessed the situation and with the assistance of EMS personnel, provided first aid and placed Stetson on a backboard, and transported him to a waiting ambulance, Nevel said.
Snowmobile through the ice: Orange County man dies, fellow rider survives
Updated Feb 02, 2021;
An Orange County man died in a snowmobile accident Monday after the sled he and another man were riding on broke through the ice on a local reservoir, according to State Police.
At about 5:30 p.m, State Police Sgt. James Bodisch and Trooper Ryan Stutz responded to Reservoir Road in the Town of Goshen for a report of a snowmobile accident with injuries.
When they arrived, they observed an individual in the woods. He was later identified as Richard Stetson, 55, of Goshen. Troopers assessed the situation and with the assistance of EMS personnel, provided first aid and placed Stetson on a backboard and transported him to a waiting ambulance.