School mourns death of popular teacher killed in crash in Orange County

Friday, January 29, 2016
SLATE HILL, New York -- Students and staff at an Orange County New York school are mourning the death of a popular teacher who was killed in a one-car crash.

State police say 40-year-old Christopher Corwin of Glen Spey in Sullivan County was driving on Route 6 in neighboring Orange County around 7 a.m. Thursday when he crashed on a curve and hit a tree in the town of Greenville, on the Pennsylvania border 60 miles northwest of New York City.
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Trooper say Corwin was transported to Orange Regional Medical Center where he died from his injuries.

The cause of the crash is being investigated.

Corwin was a technology teacher at Minisink Valley Middle School.

Students posted tributes to Mr. Corwin on social media:






School administrators and co-workers say Corwin was a well-liked member of the teaching staff who touched and inspired the lives of many students over the years.
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