TOWN OF SOUTHEAST – A two-car head-on crash on Route 22 in the Town of Southeast Tuesday afternoon claimed the life of one driver and sent two people in the other vehicle to the hospital for treatment of injuries.
The Putnam County Sheriff’s Office reported the accident occurred around 1:15 p.m. when the vehicles collided just north of the Milltown Road intersection. The driver of the northbound car was killed.
The female driver of the southbound car and a male passenger were transported by ambulances to Danbury Hospital.
The names of the victims were not immediately released.
The accident remains under investigation.
