Three hospitalized following Saugerties car crash

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SAUGERTIES – Three people are in the hospital following a car crash on Route 9W in Glasco on Monday evening.

Saugerties Police said that around 7:19 p.m., James Cintron, 73, of Saugerties, was driving a 2019 Honda Ridgeline southbound on Route 9W when he entered the northbound lane, passed a stopped police car with emergency lights activated and a disabled vehicle in the roadway.

Cintron’s vehicle crashed head-on into a 2017 Jeep Wrangler traveling northbound, driven by a 16-year-old Kingston girl.

The impact of the crash catapulted Cintron’s vehicle backward, crashing into the disabled car, a 2018 Subaru Legacy.

The teenage driver had to be extricated by Glasco firefighters. She was airlifted to Albany Medical Center.

Cintron was transported by Mobile Life ambulance to MidHudson Regional Trauma Center in Poughkeepsie.

A 60-year-old female passenger in Cintron’s vehicle was transported by Diaz Ambulance to a Kingston hospital.

The police investigation is continuing and charges are pending.




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