{"id":297134,"date":"2026-07-15T22:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297134\/"},"modified":"2026-07-15T22:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-07-15T22:54:55","slug":"driver-charged-in-fiery-plattsburgh-crash-involving-state-troopers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/297134\/","title":{"rendered":"Driver charged in fiery Plattsburgh crash involving state troopers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) &#8211; A Saranac woman failed a field sobriety test and has been charged in a Tuesday morning Plattsburgh crash that sent two New York state troopers to the hospital.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Two New York state troopers were involved in a fiery crash\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784156095_384_UZGW4ME555C5LPRBCRXQFEMVWM.jpeg\" width=\"980\" height=\"616\" \/>Two New York state troopers were involved in a fiery crash(wcax)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators said 41-year-old Michelle Donah hit one of the trooper vehicles, causing a chain reaction. It happened at the intersection of Rand Hill Road and Route 374 in Plattsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The troopers have been identified as Jacob Casey of Plattsburgh and Jakai Townsend of Lewis. Both were taken to the hospital and treated for non-life-threatening injuries.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Fiery crash of New York State trooper vehicle at the intersection of Rand Hill Road and Route 374\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/1784156095_733_RNT72VTGPND7DPANQLM4GUNLBQ.jpeg\" width=\"980\" height=\"1064\" \/>Fiery crash of New York State trooper vehicle at the intersection of Rand Hill Road and Route 374(wcax)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators determined that the two trooper vehicles had slowed for a car to turn when a third vehicle driven by Donah hit one of the troopers from behind.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Following a thorough investigation, troopers determined that Donah showed signs of impairment and administered a field sobriety test, which she failed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Donah was charged with driving while impaired by drugs and alcohol. She was released and will have a court hearing at a later date. <\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCAX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) &#8211; A Saranac woman failed a field sobriety test and has been charged in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295571,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[2214,112636,9,11,10,49,51,50,6363,104,530,12055,1631],"class_list":["post-297134","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-crash","tag-fiery","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-new-york-state","tag-new-york-state-headlines","tag-new-york-state-news","tag-plattsburgh","tag-police","tag-state","tag-troopers","tag-wcax"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297134"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297134\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}