TOWN OF SHANDAKEN – A
74-year-old Highland woman was identified Tuesday as the victim of a car
crash with an Ulster County Area Transit Bus on Monday afternoon.
State Police said Barbara Hyde was driving west on Route 28 in the Town
of Shandaken at 2:18 p.m. when she lost control on the snow covered road
and crossed into the eastbound lane striking the UCAT bus traveling east.
Hyde was pronounced dead at the scene and her passenger was transported
to MidHudson Regional Hospital in Poughkeepsie where she is listed in
critical condition.
The driver of the bus was not injured. There were no passengers on the
bus.
State Police were assisted by the Ulster County Sheriff’s Office,
Olive and Shandaken police and Olive and Phoenicia fire departments.
