Police: Wild Melee In Poughkeepsie Ends With 2 Arrests, Several Injuries

By CBS New York Team

August 22, 2023

POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. -- Police say one man is in critical condition after a violent chain of events in Dutchess County over the weekend.

Investigators said it began near Pershing Avenue Park in Poughkeepsie on Sunday afternoon. Two vehicles driving at a high rate of speed and going the wrong way hit a third car. Two people were injured.

Police then say a brawl broke out on Maple Street. Several people were assaulted, including one man who was stabbed with a knife and beaten with a bat.

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