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Wappinger One-Car Fatality Under Investigation

Published: 10/3/2024

For More Information Contact:

Captain John Watterson 845-486-3860

The Dutchess County Sheriff’s Office reports the investigation into a one-car fatal crash which occurred in the Town of Wappinger at approximately 6:20 pm on 10/2/24. 

On the above date and time Deputies responded to All Angels Hill Rd near Dugan La for a report of a serious crash. Preliminary investigation has revealed that a 2007 Infiniti sedan with five (5) occupants was traveling southbound on All Angels Hill Rd when the operator lost control of the vehicle, at which time it left the roadway and struck a utility pole. Yanique M. Jackson (age 23 of Poughkeepsie), who was the rear passenger-side occupant, was transported to Mid-Hudson Regional Hospital with life-threatening injuries and then later pronounced dead at the hospital. The other occupants were transported to area hospitals with what are believed to be non-life-threatening injuries.    

At this time unsafe speed is believed to be a factor in the crash, and the investigation is continuing by the Sheriff's Office’s Detective Bureau and Crash Investigation Unit.

Anyone who may have witnessed the crash or the moments leading up to it are asked to contact the Sheriff’s Office’s Detective Bureau at 845-486-3820. The Sheriff’s Office can also be contacted via the tipline at 845-605-2583 or dcsotips@gmail.com, and all information will be kept confidential. 

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted at the scene by the Dutchess County Department of Emergency Response, New York State Police, Village of Wappingers Falls Police, New Hackensack Fire Department, Hughsonville Fire Department, East Fishkill Fire Department, and Empress Ambulance. 

More information may be released at a later time as it becomes available.