On November 9, 2021 at approximately 11:25 pm Town of Fishkill Police Officers were dispatched by Dutchess County 911 for a report of a male struck by a train at the Hartshook platform in Dutchess Junction. Officers arrived and Sergeant Farrell located the subject approximately 100 feet west of Route 9D laying alongside the railroad tracks. It was quickly determined the man had in fact been struck by a train and was seriously injured.
Upon assessing the man’s condition it was determined he was bleeding profusely from a leg amputation just below the knee. Officer Kevin Martyn quickly applied a tourniquet and direct pressure. Officers then assisted EMS in getting the patient boarded and off the railroad tracks to an ambulance awaiting transfer by Statflight to Westchester County Medical Center. Officer Martyn’s immediate actions surely contributed saving the man’s life.