Beacon’s Dummy Light stands in the intersection of Main Street and East Main Street. It has a deep history of why it is here. Cars hit it more often than one would think.

Today, in the late morning of Thanksgiving, a white Toyota truck collided with the Dummy Light, as reported by the Dutchess County Scanner Feed. The City of Beacon, Beacon Volunteer Ambulance Corps (BVAC) and Beacon Medic 1 priority 3 MVA responded. The truck sustained damage.

According to a neighbor who saw the crash, the driver and their dog were taken away in an ambulance. According to another neighbor who saw the accident, the glare of the sun at that time of day from that direction - 11:30am-ish - could have impacted. The neighbor was trying to get a picture of the crash, but couldn’t because of the glare of the sun from where they were stationed.

The concrete of the Dummy Light seems to have remained in tact. The license plate look to be out of state with blue letters/numbers on white. This could also be a rental car for someone in New York state on a day trip.