TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE –
Poughkeepsie Town Police are continuing to investigate a three-car accident
that occurred just before 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, March 15.
The accident occurred on South Road/Route 9, just north of Spring Road.
A 2013 Chevrolet Corvette, driven by a 57-year-old Highland Mills man
was going northbound on Route 9 when the driver lost control and drove
over the concrete median on South Road, colliding into a southbound vehicle,
2014 Jeep Cherokee, driven by a 54-year-old Hyde Park woman.
A third vehicle, a 2011 Toyota Camry, driven by a 66-year-old Poughkeepsie
man, was traveling northbound on South Road and was struck by a tire that
broke off the Corvette.
The two occupants in the Corvette sustained injuries; the driver’s
were deemed serious.
The driver of the Cherokee sustained non-life threatening injuries while
the driver of the Camry was not injured.
