{"id":139027,"date":"2026-07-14T14:06:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:06:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/ny-police-car-catches-fire-troopers-injured-in-3-car-collision-139027"},"modified":"2026-07-14T14:06:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T18:06:29","slug":"ny-police-car-catches-fire-troopers-injured-in-3-car-collision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cablemanpro.com\/wallstreetpr\/ny-police-car-catches-fire-troopers-injured-in-3-car-collision-139027","title":{"rendered":"NY police car catches fire, troopers injured in 3-car collision"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Towering flames and thick black smoke swallowed a <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/northeast\/new-york\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">New York<\/a> State Police cruiser after a chain-reaction crash on a rural highway Tuesday morning, leaving two troopers injured, according to authorities, as dramatic photos captured the fiery aftermath.<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened just after 7 a.m. on State Route 374 in the town of Plattsburgh. New York <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/crime\/police-and-law-enforcement\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">State Police<\/a> said two marked Dodge Charger patrol cars were heading west when traffic slowed near an intersection for a vehicle preparing to turn.<\/p>\n<p>Investigators said a 2018 Jeep Cherokee driven by 41-year-old Michelle L. Donah, of Saranac, didn&#8217;t slow down in time and slammed into the rear of one patrol car, pushing it into the second cruiser.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/politics\/ice-agents-pause-arrest-operation-save-woman-rollover-crash\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>SEE IT: ICE AGENTS PAUSE ARREST OPERATION TO SAVE WOMAN IN ROLLOVER CRASH<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The impact <a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/category\/fires\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">sparked a fire<\/a> that engulfed one of the patrol vehicles. Dramatic photos from the scene show flames shooting high above the cruiser as thick black smoke poured into the sky. Local fire departments quickly put out the blaze.<\/p>\n<p>Troopers Jacob R. Casey, of the Plattsburgh barracks, and Jakai E. Townsend, of the Lewis barracks, were taken to Champlain Valley Physicians Hospital with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/health\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">non-life-threatening injuries<\/a>, police said.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/foxnews.com\/us\/illegal-immigrant-truck-driver-charged-death-trooper-who-moved-home-care-mom-cancer\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT TRUCK DRIVER CHARGED IN DEATH OF TROOPER WHO MOVED HOME TO CARE FOR MOM WITH CANCER<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Donah was evaluated at the scene but declined additional medical treatment after signing a refusal, according to police.<\/p>\n<p>The crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ny-police-car-catches-fire-troopers-injured-3-car-collision\">Source &#8211; https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/ny-police-car-catches-fire-troopers-injured-3-car-collision <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Towering flames and thick black smoke swallowed a New York State Police cruiser after a chain-reaction crash on a rural highway Tuesday morning, leaving two [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"twitter_2902945987_2902945987":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[16563],"tags":[],"stock_ticker":[],"class_list":["post-139027","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-market-news","entry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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