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PA man injured in Highland one-car traffic accident

BARRYVILLE, NY — Yulan firefighters and ambulance personnel are pictured July 25 as they worked to extricate a 26-year-old Greeley man from his car following a late-night, one-car accident on County Road 21.

Highland Constable Marc Anthony said Charles Jensen was apparently traveling at a high rate of speed at about 11:40 p.m., when he lost control of his westbound, 2000 Ford near the intersection of CR 21 and State Route 97. Jensen’s car wandered onto the shoulder for several hundred feet before striking the headwall of a culvert, which sent it spinning airborne, end-over-end. The car landed back on the highway.

Yulan firefighters removed the roof of the vehicle to extricate Jensen, who suffered neck and arm injuries. MobileMedic and Eldred American Legion Ambulance rescue personnel transported Jensen to Mongaup, where Lumberland firefighters prepared a landing site for a medivac helicopter from the Westchester Medical Center.

Jensen, who had been wearing a seatbelt, was reported to be recovering and in stable condition on Monday.

Anthony said vehicle and traffic tickets are pending.