Cops, Court and Fire Calls

Driver going wrong way crashes on I-90, dies in Albany Med

ALBANY — City police say a driver traveling in the wrong lane on a I-90 ramp was killed after he collided with another car Friday night.

Police responded to the northbound ramp from Livingston Avenue to I-90 at 7 p.m. and found that two vehicles had been involved in a head-on crash and that both drivers were injured.

Police said it appears that a driver traveling the wrong way on the ramp westbound collided with a vehicle accessing the same westbound ramp.

The driver of the vehicle traveling the wrong way was treated at the scene by Albany firefighters and taken to Albany Medical Center Hospital where he died. The other driver was also taken to Albany Med with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police are still investigating. The name of the deceased driver will not be released until proper notifications have been made, police said.

Man in fight had open warrent

SARATOGA SPRINGS — A Schroon Lake man involved in a fight with another man faces assault charges, city police said Friday.

Joseph W. Welch, 38, was the aggressor in a 7 p.m. Wednesday fight on Railroad Place, police said. The 35-year-old victim had minor injuries and Welch was charged with misdemeanor assault.

Welch also was found to have an open warrant with the police department stemming from a March 4 incident on West Harrison Street when he allegedly attacked a 40-year-old man by cutting his face with a knife. That victim was taken to Albany Medical Center for emergency treatment. Police said the injury, while significant, was not life-threatening.

Welch was also charged with felony assault and misdemeanor criminal weapon possession, police said. He was arraigned and jailed without bail.

Dump trunk hits 23-year-old man in Queensbury

QUEENSBURY — A New Jersey man was taken to two hospitals after he was hit by a dump truck Friday on Route 149 in the town of Queensbury, Warren County deputies said.

Deputies, who arrived at the scene at 3:28 p.m., said Michael W. Stout, 23, of Jackson, N.J., a pedestrian, entered the eastbound lane and was struck by a 2018 Mack dump truck owned by County Waste and Recycling Services.

Stout was treated at the scene and taken to Glens Falls Hospital, and later Albany Medical Center for further treatment. The truck driver was not injured and no tickets had been issued, deputies said.

The Sheriff’s Office was assisted on scene by Bay Ridge Fire and EMS, and the State Police.