On Wednesday, January 24 at around 1:15 p.m. deputies responded to Route 208 between the area of Hawk Drive and Cross Creek Road for the report of a dead person found on the side of the road.
When deputies arrived, they located the victim about 20 feet from the road in a wooded area. He was identified as Raymond Rattray, 22, of New York City.
Through investigation it was determined that on January 23 at about 5:10 p.m., he was walking home from class on Route 208 on the shoulder of the south bound lane and was struck by a dark colored sedan traveling south.
The vehicle fled the scene, but sustained damage to the front-end on the passenger side.
The Ulster County Sheriff’s Office is being assisted with this investigation by the State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit, State Police BCI, the Ulster County District Attorney’s Office, SUNY New Paltz Police and the Town of New Paltz Police Department.
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