PITTSFIELD, Mass. (WGGB/WSHM) — New York State Police say a Pittsfield man was killed, and 6 others were hurt, after a wrong-way crash on the New York thruway Sunday night.
Troopers responded around 9 p.m. to I-87 northbound in Saugerties, where they say a Toyota was driving South in the Northbound lanes between Exits 19 and 20.
Investigators say that car, driven by 42-year-old Joseph Mensah‑Otoo of Pittsfield, hit 3 other cars. Mensah‑Otoo was ejected and pronounced dead at the scene.
Six others, including drivers and passengers from New York and from Dalton and Hinsdale, Massachusetts, were taken to a Kingston hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
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