NEW BALTIMORE – A 90-year-old man and his 76-year-old wife were both killed in a head-on crash on Route 9W in the Town of New Baltimore on Wednesday morning, State Police report.
Troopers said at around 10:11 a.m., a 2014 Dodge pickup truck driven by William Steele, 31, of Hannacroix, New York was traveling southbound on Route 9W when he drove into the northbound lane to pass traffic that had slowed down.
He struck a 2014 Dodge Caravan head on that was traveling northbound.
Charles Woullard, 90, was driving that vehicle; his wife, Frances Woullard, 76, was a passenger. Both Hudson residents were pronounced dead at the scene.
Steele was transported to Albany Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries.
The investigation is continuing.
