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TOWN OF NEWBURGH - Newburgh town police on Wednesday were investigating a multiple-vehicle crash that resulted in one fatality and several injuries, according to a news release from Lt. James Nenni.

Nenni said the accident occurred shortly before 1:40 p.m. on Route 9W, north of Lattintown Road, in the Middlehope section of the town.

Nenni said Wednesday evening that no further information would be released about the identities of those involved in the crash pending notifications.

About 5 p.m., a Town of Newburgh police dispatcher said that stretch of Route 9W near Lattintown Road was still closed. Police did not have a time frame for when the road would reopen, but Nenni said it would be several hours.