BETHLEHEM, NY : Passenger, 18, in critical condition at Albany Med on April, Tuesday 25th 2017
An 18-year-old driver was killed and his 18-year-old male passenger was seriously injured after their vehicle crashed head-on into a flatbed trailer Tuesday morning on River Road in Selkirk.
The driver, Logan A. Penzabene, was pronounced dead at the scene and his passenger, Matthew T. Hamilton, was taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital with serious injuries, Bethlehem town police said. Hamilton was listed in critical condition.
The two teens, who were traveling in a 2001 Oldsmobile, are from Coeymans and alumni of Ravena-Coeymans-Selkirk High School. School Superintendent Robert Libby deployed "crisis response teams" for students.
The driver of the 2013 Freightliner tractor-trailer, John L. Norris Sr., 40, of Clearfield, Pa., was uninjured, police said. Norris was driving for ATS Specialized Inc. from St. Cloud, Minn.
River Road between Clapper and Wemple roads were closed for six hours after the 9 a.m. crash. Traffic was backed up in both directions as police and firefighters examined the scene.
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Coeymans teen killed in Selkirk car-truck crash