Route 44 closed for hours after pedestrian struck by vehicle

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(photo: Mark Lieb, Rockland Video Productions)

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – A pedestrian, reported to be a man, was struck by a vehicle on Sunday morning on Route 44 near Cherry Hill Drive (Adams Fairacre Farms), causing the roadway to be closed for several hours while the Town of Poughkeepsie Police investigated the accident.

The pedestrian was struck around 7:30 a.m., according to a Mid-Hudson News source who was near the scene before first responders arrived.  “There were people gathering around the guy who was lying on the road,” the source said.  “A vehicle that appeared to be involved in the accident was stopped a short distance away.”

Route 44 was reopened to traffic at approximately 12:45 p.m.

At 1:44 p.m., a Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department official told Mid-Hudson News that the 7:30 a.m. accident involved a pedestrian who sustained serious physical injuries after a collision with a car.

The police indicated they would be releasing additional information.




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