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Updated 03/23/2008 02:34 PM

Car accident in Catskills leaves one dead

By: Web Staff

GREENE COUNTY, N.Y. -- Catskill Police have confirmed that Joseph Ghaag of Tannersville was the man who died in a car accident Friday night.

State Police say it happened on Route 23 in the Greene County town of South Cairo. They say the car veered off the road and struck a tree.

Police say it is unknown why he went off the road the way he did. They do not believe alcohol was a factor.