“As the incident that occurred at Route 9W and Malden Turnpike in Saugerties on October 14 is still under investigation, we are unable to comment at this time.” When contacted by Hudson Valley One about the crash and any plans to implement safety improvements at the intersection, DOT officials issued the following statement by email: “Safety is always a top priority of the New York State Department of Transportation,” DOT Region 8 Public Information Officer Heather Pillsworth said. To make matters worse, she said she feels stuck in a grey area where Town officials say the county is responsible for it, then the county says the state is responsible. She said they had plans to get married and start a family. “In four seconds, I had all of that taken away.” Smith said she refuses to let Begreen’s death be in vain and not have anything come of it. “From the research, I’ve done, this is one of the most deadly intersections in the county.”For them to not put in a light is extreme negligence.”
“There should definitely be a stoplight there and no one should have to die,” Smith said.
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That effort has gained some traction with a petition she started calling on the New York State Department of Transportation, which maintains Route 9W, to install a stoplight at the intersection garnering more than 2,000 signatures as of Friday, November 12. She’s also calling for right turns on red to be banned once the light is installed, the speed limit to be reduced along with that stretch of Route 9W and for shrubbery that limits views near the intersection to be removed. Now Smith is demanding that a stoplight be installed at the intersection of U.S.
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The driver of the school bus, which was empty at the time, was taken to HealthAlliance Hospital Broadway Campus with minor injuries. Authorities pronounced Begreen dead at the scene. That decision ended up costing Begreen his life.Īs he swerved, his truck toppled over into the other lane and the cab was struck by a school bus head-on. “He made a split-second decision to swerve and not kill him,” Smith said.
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