TOWN OF NEWBURGH – Town police are investigating a Thursday accident involving a car that struck children near 7 Starrow Drive at approximately 6:52 pm. Town of Newburgh EMS requested medevac helicopters to transport the injured children.
All three children who were struck by the Jeep Wrangler were taken to Westchester Medical Center. Two of the children are listed as being in “critical but stable” condition. The third child sustained minor injuries.
Town of Newburgh Police Lieutenant Adam Zellberger did not release the name of the 52-year-old man from Newburgh who was driving the Jeep at the time of the accident.
Starrow Drive was closed while the New York State Police Accident Reconstruction Team arrived to assist the Town of Newburgh police with the investigation.
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