At approximately 9:23 p.m. on March 1, the state police responded to 1347 State Route 9W in the Town of Marlboro for a report of a hit-and-run collision involving two pedestrians from Kingston.
According to police, Donna Cristallo, 72, was pushing Stephen Celuch, 75, in his wheelchair attempting to cross Route 9W. As they entered the southbound lane of traffic, a vehicle traveling south struck them.
Celuch was pronounced dead at the scene. Cristallo was transported to St. Luke’s Hospital, where she was later pronounced deceased.
The vehicle in question was subsequently stopped by the Newburgh town police on North Plank Road.
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