One person is dead and two others were being treated at a hospital after a two-car crash shut down a stretch of State Highway 30 near Miami Avenue in the Town of Amsterdam late Friday night. Three people were rushed to St. Mary's Hospital following the collision, and deputies who responded to the scene described finding heavy debris scattered across the roadway along with multiple injuries.
Montgomery County Sheriff Jeffery Smith said the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. Friday, according to WRGB. Of the three people transported to the hospital, one suffered fatal injuries, while the other two were still being treated as of early Saturday morning, the station reported.
Highway Closed While Crews Worked the Scene
State Highway 30 was closed for a period of time as emergency crews worked to clear the crash and investigate what happened, per the same report. A wide array of local and county agencies responded to assist, reflecting how quickly the scene drew resources from across the area.
New York State Police, Lake Valley EMS, the Schenectady County Sheriff's Office accident reconstruction team, the Amsterdam Fire Department, and the Hagaman Volunteer Fire Department all assisted at the scene, the station's report noted. The involvement of an accident reconstruction team suggests investigators are working to piece together exactly how the two vehicles collided, though no details about the cause, the drivers, or the vehicles involved have been released.
Investigation Ongoing, More Details Expected Later
The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office said it will release more details once the investigation is complete, leaving unanswered questions about what led to the crash for now. No identities have been released for the person killed or the two others who were hospitalized.
The stretch of road near Amsterdam has seen other serious crashes in recent years. A fatal collision on Route 67 involving a pickup truck and a tractor-trailer closed a portion of that highway between Waite and West Line roads for several hours, with officials later identifying the driver killed as 25-year-old Timothy D. Kline of Amsterdam, according to dailygazette.com. That crash's cause also remained under investigation by the Sheriff's Office and an accident reconstruction unit at the time.
Other crashes near Amsterdam have also proven deadly. A 2021 collision left one person dead and a four-year-old child in critical condition after a driver reportedly took a curve too fast for wet conditions and struck an oncoming vehicle head-on, timesunion.com reported at the time. In a separate incident, 64-year-old Joanna Maciarello died after her pickup truck crashed into the back of a stopped tractor-trailer on Market Street; the truck's driver, 47-year-old Christoper Baker, was not injured and faced no charges, according to news10.com.
For now, the circumstances behind Friday night's crash on State Highway 30 remain under investigation, with the Sheriff's Office expected to share more information as the probe continues.
