1 Dead, 1 Seriously Injured in Head-On Crash Near Post Office

A Hudson Valley man was killed, a woman seriously injured after a head-on crash near a local post office.

On Wednesday around 11:30 p.m., the New Windsor Police Department responded to Route 207 in the area of the Rock Tavern Post Office for a head-on motor vehicle accident with entrapment.

Upon arrival, New Windsor police learned a 1993 pickup truck, driven by 67-year-old Gerald Dembeck of Cambell Hall, crossed into the eastbound lanes while heading west and hit a 2012 Toyota Camry driven by 52-year-old Eileen Brooks of New Windsor, police say.

Dembeck was pronounced dead at the scene.

Brooks was airlifted to Westchester Medical Center for the injuries she sustained throughout her whole body, according to New Windsor police.

New Windsor Ambulance responded to the scene as well as Vails Gate Fire Department, Maybrook Fire Department and Washingtonville Fire Department.