NEWBURGH – A man poured gasoline over his entire body and then set himself on fire early Sunday morning.
Newburgh City Police said that just before 4 a.m., the man, whose name they did not make public, purchased a pre-paid amount of gas from the Shell station at 405 Broadway then doused his body and set himself on fire. Bystanders attempted to put the fire out with snow.
City Police and Mobile Life Support Services responded to the scene. The man was taken to St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital before being transferred to Westchester Medical Center where he was listed in critical condition.
Anyone with information about the incident is asked to call Newburgh City Police at 845-561-3131.
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