Marlborough Accident Claims Life Of Local Resident

Highland - On December 2, 2012 at approximately 7:44 am, State Police from Highland responded to a two-car motor vehicle accident on State Route 9W in the Town of Marlborough.  

Preliminary investigation revealed that a 2009 Honda operated by Eugene Antwi, age 26, of Brooklyn, NY, was traveling northbound on State Route 9W when his vehicle entered the southbound lane and collided with a 1999 Ford that was traveling southbound.  The driver of the Honda and three occupants in his vehicle were transported to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie by ambulance for medical attention.  


Antwi and passengers Jeremy Ayala, age 21, Bronx, NY; Livingston Steele, age 22, Newark, NJ; and Ethelyn Daley, age 23, Bronx, NY were treated for non life-threatening injuries.  

The driver of the Ford, Donald P. Dawson, age 48, of Marlborough, NY was declared deceased at the scene.  The cause of the accident remains under investigation.  

State Police were assisted at the scene by the Town of Marlborough Police Department, Marlborough Fire Department, Milton Fire Department and Mobile Life ambulance. 

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