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Michelle Salisbury, 38, killed and four people injured in multi-vehicle accident on Third Ave in Rensselaer, NY

Date: 
Sunday, November 9, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Law enforcement officers on Monday identified the pregnant woman killed in a Sunday multiple vehicle crash on Third Ave. Michelle Salisbury, 38, of East Greenbush, was seven months pregnant at the time of the crash. The status of the baby is unknown. The accident involved two four-door cars and a two-door Domino's Pizza delivery vehicle, as well as several cars parked along the residential street. A vehicle operated by Peter Breault, 69, of Latham, was traveling west on Third Ave. and crashed into the rear of another vehicle. Both vehicles then struck other vehicles.

Car driver Alan J. Carey, 55, killed and one student hospitalized in car-school bus collision on Route 7 in Pittstown, NY

Date: 
Tuesday, October 21, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
At about 4:40pm, an accident involving a collision between a car and a school bus was reported. Carey, the driver of the car, was pronounced dead, but of the 26 students and driver on the bus, only one student was taken to the hospital with unknown injuries.

Cody Clickner charged with DUI after downing a utility pole on Route 7 in Pittstown, New York

Date: 
Saturday, October 18, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
A 20-year-old man was charged with DWI after he knocked down a power pole with his car and police said they located his license plate at the scene. State Police said Cody D. Clickner of Wynantskill was driving his pick-up truck on Route 7 early Saturday when his truck hit a pole, which fell into the roadway with wires attached. Police said Clickner backed across a lawn and struck a mailbox before leaving the scene. Police said they found Clickner at his home after finding the license plate.

Two injured in a car accident on an I-90 exit ramp in North Greenbush, NY

Date: 
Sunday, October 12, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
Two troopers in a police SUV were struck by a vehicle driving the wrong way onto exit 8 eastbound on I-90 in North Greenbush, NY.  The troopers were taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital, and released.  William Danish, the driver of the other vehicle, was charged with aggravated driving while intoxicated, with a blood alcohol content of .18 percent and a previous DWI conviction, Danish was arraigned in North Greenbush Town Court and sent to the Rensselaer County Jail.

Alysha M. Roberts, 26, faces DWI charge after car crash on Johnson Hill Road in Hoosick, NY

Date: 
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

Alysha M. Roberts, 26, of Bennington is charged with driving while intoxicated after her car flipped on Johnson Hill Road. Alcohol was detected on her as she was interviewed at scene of the accident on Tuesday night. She was transported by ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Troy where she was evaluated for injuries.

Haydin Antonio Riggins, 7, killed when bicycle cart he was riding in pulled by his father, Marcel Riggins, was struck by a pickup driven by David Edwards in Troy, New York

Date: 
Sunday, September 7, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY
A 7-year-old boy was killed and two other people injured when a truck struck a man on a bicycle pulling a cart carrying his two children. An obituary published Sunday in the Towanda Daily Review identified the victim as Haydin Antonio Riggins, of Troy. Marcel Riggins, the father, and Skylar Riggins, a daughter who was also in the cart, were minorly injured, as were the two occupants of the pickup. The accident is still being investigated.

George T. Kautz Jr., 66, killed in car accident on Route 7 on May 7.

Date: 
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Area: 
Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

The Rensselaer County Sheriff's Department has identified the person killed in a car crash Wednesday on Route 7, near Cahil's Garage.

Police said the driver was George T. Kautz Jr., 66, of Pittstown.

The Sheriff's Department said a second vehicle was involved in the collision, but did not identify that driver. That person reported no injuries.

The crash was reported at 3 p.m. Police said the investigation is not yet complete and there may be charges filed in connection with it.