TOWN OF POUGHKEEPSIE – A 26-year-old woman from Georgia was killed Thursday morning on North Road (Route 9) after being struck by a pickup truck. Town of Poughkeepsie police are investigating the accident.
The accident occurred just before 5 a.m. a short distance north of Winslow Gate Drive in front of the former Hudson Valley Psychiatric Center. The collision occurred in the center turning lane which separates the north and southbound travel lanes on North Road.
Town police say that the preliminary investigation reveals that the woman from Georgia was struck by a pickup truck driven by a 48-year-old woman from Hyde Park. The victim had been staying with relatives in the area prior to her death and was employed by LCS Facility Group as a cleaner at the Culinary Institute of America.