Creamer construction vehicles along Rt. 17 in north Sloatsburg to the Tuxedo line, maneuvering big metals bodies in and around traffic lately. The subcontractor is busy installing an upgraded United Water New York water line along the corridor, from near Post Road in Sloatsburg to Tuxedo Manor Apartments.
Car, backhoe collide, woman seriously injured on Route 17 in Sloatsburg http://t.co/CeSbikF748 @Sloatsburgny pic.twitter.com/AoldsX6tt6
— James O’Rourke (@JORourkeT800) December 13, 2014
Fast-moving cars approach the slow-moving construction trucks, at times quickly darting around them for any number of road reasons. Narrows misses are enough to make one sit up and grip the wheel. The water line construction is scheduled to last into January, with the current Pine Grove Lakes sewer construction phase also scheduled to end in mid-January.
J. Fletcher Creamer & Son, Inc. out of Hackensack, N.J. is also contracted for Western Ramapo Sewer asphalt paving on much of the current Sloatsburg sewer projects.
United Water New York, with New York contractor J. Fletcher Creamer, is upgrading a water main along Rt. 17, from Post Road in Sloatsburg to Tuxedo Manor Apartments.
LoHud reportering team of James O’Rourke and photographer Peter Carr broke the bad news Friday that during high drive time at 5:40 p.m. a female driver traveling north near Sunnyside’s Bar and Grill collided with a Creamer backhoe bucket.
The driver and lone passenger of the SUV, reported to be Melissa Fierman from Tuxedo, sustained a serous head injury and was initially taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern — she was then transferred to Westchester Medical Center and listed in critical condition.
The Sloatsburg Fire Department responded to the incident.
Currently, Sloatsburg’s roads can get congested with all the construction, especially to the north of the village. Use caution.
Continue here to read LoHud‘s full report on the accident.
