FONDA – A state trooper,
who served in Troop F at the Town of Wallkill headquarters and Liberty
barracks, was killed in an auto accident Tuesday morning as he was turning
into the barracks in Fonda.
Superintendent George Beach II said Trooper Jeremy VanNostrand was reporting
to work in his personal vehicle at 7:45 a.m. He was stopped in traffic
waiting to turn into the station when he was rear-ended and pushed into
oncoming traffic.
He was transported to Albany Medical Center where he died.
VanNostrand joined the State Police in December 2012 and served for six
year including in the Hudson Valley’s Troop F on the west side of
the Hudson River.
Prior to serving in the State Police, VanNostrand was a corrections officer
for eight years with the state prison system.
He is survived by his wife, daughter, parents, a sister and brothers.
