Upstate New York Highway to Reopen After Months of Closure

A road in Upstate New York that’s been closed for months following a fatal crash is expected to reopen very soon.

The New York State DEC is planning to reopen a stretch of Columbia County road that was the scene of a fatal crash.

April Crash Kills Married Couple

Back in April, that tragedy forced a portion of Route 23 in Copake to be closed down after the accident took the lives of a married couple whose vehicle collided with a tanker truck. The truck was carrying about 7,000 gallons of gasoline at the time of the crash.

John Piwowarski, 78, was driving a 2022 Subaru Outback and entering the intersection from County Route 7 onto State Route 23 when the anker truck owned by GRJH, Inc., of Millerton, hit the Subaru…

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