Infant Suffers Life-threatening Injures in New Paltz Accident

A serious one-car accident in New Paltz, NY sent three people to the hospital including a four-month-old girl.

According to a press release from the New Paltz Police Department, two adults and a four-month-old infant were rushed to the hospital on Monday after the car they were in left an Ulster County road and crashed into a tree.

Serious Car Accident in New Paltz, New York

Police said that at approximately 10:12 a.m. Monday (October 28th) they were called to respond to a reported serious car accident with life-threatening injuries involving one vehicle that left the roadway and struck a tree on Libertyville road in New Paltz. As they arrived on the scene and began their investigation it revealed that the driver of a 2007 Saturn was traveling northbound on Libertyville road when it attempted to pass another vehicle in a no-passing zone which led to the crash.

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Police said that as the 26-year-old woman's vehicle went to reenter the correct northbound lane, it left the roadway and struck a tree head-on.

Toddler Suffers Life-Threating Injuries

The unidentified driver and a 26-year-old male passenger both sustained serious injuries and were transported to Vassar Hospital in Poughkeepsie, NY by the New Paltz Rescue Squad to receive treatment for their injuries. The four-month-old infant passenger sustained life-threatening injuries and was airlifted to Mid Hudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie and then to Westchester Medical Center in Valhalla.

The accident is under investigation, and New Paltz Police is asking anyone who might have been in the area around the time and may have witnessed the crash to call them at 845-255-1357.