Monticello, NY - Car Chase Leads To Fiery Crash

Monticello, NY - Sheriff Officers attempted to stop an erratic driver on Route 17 near Monticello late at night, but the driver failed to pull over and led deputies on a chase eastbound into Rock Hill. A short time later the fleeing vehicle entered the Emerald Green subdivision, and lost control at the intersection of Straight Path Road and Lake Shore Drive East. The driver struck a box truck that was parked in a driveway at that location and his car burst into flames.

Deputy Sheriff Patricia Sherwood immediately pulled the front seat passenger from the burning vehicle. The driver attempted to flee on foot but was apprehended by sheriff’s deputies and officers from the Monticello police department.

The driver, Steven Marshall, 30, of Walker Valley, and the passenger Zoltan Mezei, 29, of Monsey, were transported to Catskill Regional Medical Center by Rock Hill Ambulance and treated for face and neck injuries, and then Marshall was sent to the Sullivan county jail without bail pending a court appearance in the Town of Thompson on June 15th.

Sheriff Michael Schiff said that deputies are still investigating the reason why Marshall attempted to flee. “We believe that Marshall and Mezei were involved in a larceny of gasoline and beer from a convenience store and possibly a burglary of a residence on Mt. Cliff Road in Woodbourne, earlier in the evening,” said Schiff. “We are working with the Town Fallsburg Police who are handling those two cases.”