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Stay Out Stay Alive Fatal Accident Summaries
for 2008


May 11, 2008

The body of an 18-year-old New York man was found in water at the base of a large quarry cliff.

The victim was camping nearby with friends on the cliffs at the Holcim Cement property in Catskill.

The young man was last seen about 2:30 a.m. and his body was found in 25 feet of water about 10:00 a.m. the next day.




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