TOWN OF WALLKILL – One person was killed and another injured in the Town of Wallkill late Sunday afternoon.

The two people were transported to Garnet Health Medical Center in Wallkill where one was pronounced dead and the other was being treated for a serious leg injury.

The accident occurred on Schutt Road Extension in the Mechanicstown section of Wallkill.

A state police fatal accident reconstruction team was investigating along with town police.

TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – A pedestrian, reported to be a man, was struck by a vehicle on Sunday morning on Route 44 near Cherry Hill Drive (Adams Fairacre Farms), causing the roadway to be closed for several hours while the Town of Poughkeepsie Police investigated the accident.

The pedestrian was struck around 7:30 a.m., according to a Mid-Hudson News source who was near the scene before first responders arrived.  “There were people gathering around the guy who was lying on the road,” the source said.  “A vehicle that appeared to be involved in the accident was stopped a short distance away.”

Route 44 was reopened to traffic at approximately 12:45 p.m.

At 1:44 p.m., a Town of Poughkeepsie Police Department official told Mid-Hudson News that the 7:30 a.m. accident involved a pedestrian who sustained serious physical injuries after a collision with a car.

The police indicated they would be releasing additional information.

MONTICELLO – The Village of Monticello is the self-proclaimed “Bagel Capital” and each August, thousands of people flock to the downtown to enjoy the annual Bagel Festival.

Held this Sunday, it included perhaps a throwback to the tie-dye t-shirts of the 1960s with Monticello Bagel Bakery owner Craig Fleischman introducing the tie-dye bagel with a “shmir” of cream cheese.

Fleischman said the attendance keeps growing year after year.

“The first one, very successful, with a few thousand people, which we really weren’t expecting. Then it got bigger and bigger every year. You can see what’s going on today,” he said.

At its peak, Fleischman said an estimated 10,000 came to the Monticello festival.

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POUGHKEEPSIE – A Poughkeepsie food pantry is running out of food and is seeking donations while the executive director continues to lobby local, county, and state officials for additional funding to help meet the increased demand for food.

Dutchess Outreach Executive Director Renee Fillette told Mid-Hudson News that their pantry is running out of both non-perishable and perishable food and has been forced to cut back on the number of clients being served.

“These empty shelves are unprecedented, and we need help from our community and local government to put food back on the table,” Fillette said.  The leader of Dutchess Outreach brought the crisis to the attention of Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado who was at the Family Partnership Center in Poughkeepsie on Friday.  “I told Lieutenant Governor Delgado that we are in need of additional funding so we can continue to serve our clients who are struggling as I briefly explained the food crisis we are experiencing.”

Dutchess Outreach, located at the Family Partnership Center on North Hamilton Street, has had nearly 10,000 households utilize its pantry this year. The higher demand is a result of an increased number of senior citizens seeking assistance.

“In addition to our homeless community members, we are also seeing very many families who are employed but cannot keep up with the rising costs of food,” said Fillette. “Food prices have increased by 10.4 percent according to the most recent Consumer Price Index report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Wages have not risen at the same rate, so when people don’t have food to eat, Dutchess Outreach is here for them, but we need funding to purchase food to distribute.”

WAPPINGER – Two Bronx men were arrested on Saturday in connection with a grand larceny investigation from the Key Bank branch in Fishkill.

State Police and the Village of Fishkill Police arrested Destiny Smith, 28, of the Bronx for conspiracy, reckless endangerment, and fleeing an officer in a motor vehicle, all misdemeanors, and Jomo Cole, 30, also from the Bronx, conspiracy as a misdemeanor.

At approximately 4:25 p.m., the Village of Fishkill Police pursued a vehicle northbound on State Route 9 from the village in connection with a grand larceny investigation from Key Bank.  The fleeing vehicle, a 2017 BMW 330i, struck a small school bus on Route 9 in the Town of Wappinger and came to rest in a ditch.  All occupants of the car and the bus were treated at local area hospitals for minor injuries and released.

The driver, Destiny Smith, and her passenger, Jomo Cole, were issued appearance tickets returnable to the Town of Wappinger Court.

This investigation is continuing.

(Video: Mark Lieb, Rockland Video Productions)