POUGHKEEPSIE – Multiple police agencies have responded to a multi-car accident that includes a gunshot victim and a stabbing victim on Maple Street (westbound 44/55 arterial) in the City of Poughkeepsie. The incident occurred at approximately 3:10 p.m. on Sunday.
Three vehicles were disabled on the roadway. Two appear to have struck each other adjacent to Jewett Avenue where they both came to a rest. The third vehicle, a BMX sedan, was in the center lane of Maple Street, facing the wrong direction, a few feet away from the other two vehicles.
City of Poughkeepsie firefighters and EMS personnel were forced to stage away from the scene until police were able to secure the area. Once they rolled in, firefighters and ambulance personnel treated two victims; one victim with a gunshot wound and one with multiple stab wounds and a bleeding head injury. The stabbing victim was unable to breathe without assistance. Both victims were transported to a local hospital for further treatment.
The City of Poughkeepsie police, with the assistance of Town of Poughkeepsie police officers and Dutchess County Sheriff’s deputies secured several witnesses and transported or escorted them to police headquarters to be interviewed.
Police supervisors at the scene requested detectives be called in and report to the scene.
Maple Street was closed to traffic between Corlies and Pershing Avenues at 3:11 p.m. and reopened at 4:52 p.m.
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