More than two-and-a-half months since she was identified as the driver in a Marlborough hit-and-run that killed two Kingston resident, 25-year-old Angela Jennie Fischl of Newburgh was arrested.
Fischl was arrested by the New York State Police’s Troop F in the afternoon of Friday, May 17 and charged with two felony counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death. The charges can carry a maximum of between 2 1/3-to-7 years in prison. Fischl is currently being held without bail at the Ulster County Jail.
In the evening of Friday, March 1 in Marlborough, 72-year-old Donna Cristallo was allegedly pushing 75-year-old Stephen Celuch across Route 9W in his wheelchair. The pair were struck by a 2020 Kia Forte state police confirmed was driven by Fischl.
Fischl allegedly fled the scene and was stopped by Town of Newburgh Police on North Plank Road, roughly seven miles south of the accident.
According to police, Celuch was pronounced dead at the scene, and Cristallo died later that day at St. Luke’s Hospital in Newburgh.
Fischl’s arrest was the latest in a series of tragic hit-and-run deaths in the area since the beginning of 2024.