Accident Report Detail

Accident Summary Nr: 162619.015 - Employee is killed in motor vehicle collision with tree

Accident Summary Nr: 162619.015 -- Report ID: 0253610 -- Event Date: 12/18/2023
Inspection Nr	Date Opened	SIC	NAICS	Establishment Name
1717765.015	12/19/2023		922120	East Fishkill Police Department

Abstract: At 6:00 p.m. on December 18, 2023, an employee working as a law enforcement officer for a city police department had responded to a pedestrian vs. motor vehicle collision outside the police station. The employee was driving his vehicle to follow the injured pedestrian to the hospital when he lost control and went off the roadway into a wooded area. A tree branch broke through the driver side window and struck the employee. The employee sustained blunt force trauma to his head and neck, a laceration on his neck and a basal skull fracture, which killed him. The narrative indicated that weather was a factor in the accident.

Keywords: Blunt force, Blunt force trauma, Collision, Driving, Emergency Response, Fracture, Head, Law Enforcement, Lost Control, Misjudgment, Misjudgment of Hazardous Situation, Motor Vehicle, Police, Skull, Struck Against, Struck By, Tree, Tree Branch, Weather

Employee Details
Employee #	Inspection Nr	Age	Sex	Degree of Injury	Nature of Injury	Occupation
1	1717765.015	47	M	Fatality		Law Enforcement: Police

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