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Authorities say a former Rochester police officer injured on the job as a rookie 13 years ago has died in a two-car collision while being rushed to a hospital.
Police in the suburban town of Greece tell local media that 43-year-old Felicia Gilchrist had a medical emergency late Tuesday night and was being driven to the hospital by her father when his car collided with another at an intersection.
She was later pronounced dead at Unity Hospital in Greece.
New York state police say a man has died after crashing his boat on Lake George.
Troopers said Saturday that John Michaels of Bolton Landing was driving the 21-foot Steiger when it hit rocks and trees along the shoreline.
The wreck happened at about 10 p.m. Friday.
Police say the 57-year-old suffered massive trauma. He was the only person on the boat.
Troopers say Michaels was pronounced dead at a nearby hospital.
State police say they're investigating the death of a 24-year-old man who was hit by a train in a rural western New York town.
Troopers say the accident occurred around 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the town of Burns, located in northeastern Allegany County 50 miles south of Rochester.
Police have identified the victim as Aaron Tucker of Swain, near the accident scene.
Tucker was pronounced dead at the scene by the county coroner. His body was sent to the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office in Rochester for an autopsy.
No other details have been released.
A Duke Center, Pa., man died in WCA Hospital in Jamestown after his boat capsized on Chautauqua Lake near Bemus Point a day earlier.
Robert W. Knell Sr., 69, of Duke Center, who died Saturday, was fishing on Friday afternoon with his friend when their 14-foot boat capsized because of weather conditions.
An officer with the Jamestown-based New York State Police said the boat that Knell and Roy Barclay, 65, of Derrick City, Pa., were in, capsized due to high winds and heavy rain.
9-year-old Brooklyn, N.Y., girl leaving church on Sunday was killed in a three-car crash, The Daily News reports.
Fourth-grader Rebecca Ramnarine died at Brookdale University Hospital shortly after the late-afternoon accident, the news site notes. The driver who caused the crash is also the suspect in a hit-and-run collision that occurred before the accident that killed Rebecca.
Police on Long Island say a motorcyclist was killed and his wife was seriously injured when his speeding motorcycle hit a guardrail.
The accident happened shortly after 1 a.m. Saturday in Holbrook.
Suffolk County police say 36-year-old James Burvenich was driving a 2004 Honda motorcycle at a high rate of speed when he lost control on a curve and hit a guardrail. Burvenich was pronounced dead at Stony Brook University Hospital. His 33-year-old wife, LeeAnn, who was a passenger, is in serious condition at the hospital. Both husband and wife were wearing helmets.