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The driver of an oil delivery truck was taken to Westchester Medical Center yesterday morning after he was pinned beneath his own truck in Pomona. Town Police chief John Gould says the unidentified driver had reportedly just completed an oil delivery around 9:30 Thursday morning, and while securing the oil hose at the rear of the truck, which was parked on a hill on Buckingham Court, the truck began to roll backward. The truck rolled over the driver and down an embankment. The truck driver was conscious but suffered multiple injuries. No word on his condition at this time. The incident is under investigation by the Department of Transportation, the Haverstraw Detective Division, and the Town of Ramapo Accident Reconstruction team.

Haverstraw Man Gets Prison After Sex Conviction
A Haverstraw man is heading to state prison after he was convicted over the summer of sexual misconduct involving a child. Rockland County District Attorney Tom Walsh says 47 year-old Elmer Sandoval was sentenced yesterday to six years in state prison after he was convicted in August of one count of “Course of Sexual Conduct Against a Child.” Walsh says Sandoval subjected the girl to unwanted sexual contact starting in 2016 when she was just nine years old. Walsh says the victim came forward and reported the incidents last year when she was 16. In addition to the six years behind bars, Rockland County Court Judge Anne Bianchi gave him ten years of post-release supervision. He’s also required to register as a Sex Offender.

A Paterson, New Jersey, man was killed late Tuesday night after getting involved in a minor car accident on the Thruway. New York State Police say 55 year-old Saul Clark had gotten out of his car to inspect for damage when he was involved in a collision with another car between exits 12 and 13 in West Nyack on I-87 southbound. He was then struck by a 2018 Ford SUV driven by 30 year-old Jasmin McCoy of Nyack. Clark was declared dead at the scene. This investigation is ongoing, and police ask anyone with information to contact them at 845-344-5300.

A Stony Point man has been arrested and accused of strangling and beating his girlfriend last week. Stony Point Public Information Officer Lieutenant Daniel Schoales says 19 year-old Thomas Peragine is charged with Criminal Obstruction of Breathing, Assault, and Harassment stemming from an incident on Sunday, October 20th. Schoales says Stony Point Police officers conducted a welfare check a few days after the Haverstraw Police Department had reported another earlier incident. Schoales says Peragine got into an argument with his girlfriend, struck her several times with closed fists, and placed his hands around her neck making it difficult for her to breathe, resulting in several visible injuries. Peragine was arraigned in Stony Point Justice Court, sent to the Rockland County Jail on $2,500 bail and he is due back in court November 12th.

A large brush fire over the weekend in Harriman State Park continued into Monday morning. Fire companies from Rockland, Orange and Bergen Counties were needed to extinguish flare-ups and for added containment efforts, and smoke conditions could be seen throughout the area. Ramapo supervisor Michael Specht told “The Morning Show” yesterday the smell of smoke came all the way down to Suffern…

Conditions continue to be favorable for brush fires, and if you’re outdoors, Rockland’s Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear says, you have to be careful…

A fire in Dutchess County also scorched acres of a mountainside in Pawling over the weekend, which again re-ignited Monday morning.

Without much significant rain lately the chance for brushfires is on the rise here in the Northeast. On Friday’s “Who Wants to be a Volunteer” program, Director of Fire and Emergency Services Chris Kear said it might be tempting to burn leaves or wood in a backyard firepit, but it can quickly get out of hand, as it almost did in Nanuet last week…

Meanwhile, New York’s governor Friday announced $25 million in grants to help fund the state’s volunteer firefighters. Governor Kathy Hochul says the money will help improve facilities and response capabilities of volunteer firefighting agencies around the state…

The money came from a Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services grant program. Unfortunately, the forecast for this week doesn’t include any rain, so the conditions continue to be favorable for brush fires.