On Friday July 12 at 3:58 p.m., the New Windsor Police Department responded to a reported head-on motor vehicle accident with entrapment on Temple Hill Rd. Upon arrival, officers located three vehicles in the roadway. Two of the vehicles had heavy front-end damage and the operators were pinned in the vehicles. The third vehicle had less serious damage to its rear driver side and its occupants were out of the vehicle.

The entrapped occupants of the vehicles were extricated by personnel from the Vails Gate Fire Department. They were treated on scene by Paramedics and EMTs from New Windsor EMS. They were transported by New Windsor EMS to Montefiore St. Luke’s Cornwall Hospital in Newburgh, for treatment of their injuries. The injuries are serious but did not appear to be life-threatening.

The New Windsor Police Department’s Accident Reconstruction Unit was called to the scene for further investigation. A preliminary investigation revealed that a white Mercedes Benz sedan, operated by a 46-year-old female from Rock Tavern, was traveling southbound on Temple Hill Rd. and was involved in a sideswipe collision with a white Hyundai sedan, occupied by a 20-year-old female driver from Walden and a 21-year-old passenger from Pine Bush. The Mercedes Benz continued into the northbound lane and collided head-on with a gray Nissan Rogue, operated by a 66-year-old female from New Windsor. The cause of the accident remains under investigation.

New Windsor Police Detectives ask anyone who may have witnessed the accident to please call them at (845) 565-7000.