State Police are investigating a fatal crash on State Route 17 in...

On August 10, 2024, at approximately 7:50 p.m., a Trooper responded to State Route 17 in the town of Wallkill westbound near exit 122 for a report of a single vehicle crash.

Upon arrival, the trooper observed a 2020 Chevrolet SUV crashed into the center median with the operator, identified as Arthur Anderson. Age 53 from Middletown, NY unconscious and entrapped in the vehicle. Wallkill EMS and Mechanicstown Fire Department extricated Anderson from the vehicle, and he was transported to Garnet Medical Center in Wallkill where he was pronounced deceased.

This investigation is ongoing.