VIDEO: Members of the Depauville Fire Department are mourning the loss of its youngest member, 19-year-old Dakota Yandow, who died in an early morning car crash on Saturday.
We spoke with one of the assistant chiefs, who said the Yandow family is an integral part of the fire department. Both of Dakota’s parents are volunteers there and the loss is hitting everyone hard.
“When I got the phone call, I couldn’t believe it,” said 2nd Assistant Chief Kevin Warren, Depauville Volunteer Fire Department.
Warren woke up to the news on Saturday - the news that 19-year-old Dakota Yandow died in a car crash around 2:30 Saturday morning in the town of Clayton.
State police say Yandow was driving and had a friend in the passenger seat, when Yandow failed to stop at a stop sign on the corner of Grant Road and then hit a tree on Deferno Road.