CATSKILL – An 87-year-old Freehold, NY man was killed Wednesday morning when the pickup truck he was driving pulled into the path of a State Police SUV in the Town of Catskill.
Louis Becker was transported to Columbia Memorial Hospital in Hudson where he was pronounced dead.
Driver of the pickup truck was killed in the crash with the State
Police vehicle (Photo: Lance Wheeler)
Troopers said the 9:15 a.m. accident occurred when a marked State Police
SUV operated by Trooper David Walsh, a seven-year veteran assigned to
the Catskill barracks, was westbound on Route 23. Becker’s pickup
truck was southbound on Cairo Junction Road and entered the roadway into
the path of Trooper Walsh.
A passenger in the pickup truck was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries. Walsh was treated and released.
Members of the Leeds Fire Department, Greene County Paramedics, Greene County Sheriff’s Office and Greene County Transportation Department assisted at the scene.
The accident remains under investigation by the State Police and the Greene County District Attorney. Anyone who may have witnessed the accident is asked to call the State Police at 518-622-8600.
