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NEW WINDSOR – A Pine Bush man is charged with felony vehicular manslaughter in connection with a hit-and-run accident in New Windsor that killed a pedestrian.
Michael Rule, 33, was later stopped in his vehicle and charged with vehicular manslaughter and leaving the scene of a fatal accident and driving while intoxicated.
Town Police responded to a report of a pedestrian being struck on Temple Hill Road near the New Windsor Cantonment and Purple Heart Museum at around 6:21 p.m. They found the victim, identified as Luis DeJesus, 31, of New Windsor, unconscious on the side of the road.
Witnesses told police that DeJesus was walking northbound on the shoulder of the road when the vehicle, also going north, left the road and struck Rule without stopping. The vehicle description was broadcast to local police and Town of Newburgh officers spotted and pulled the car over.
Rule was arraigned and released after posting $10,000 bail.
