Trooper at fault in crash at routes 20 and 158
The Enterprise — Elizabeth Floyd Mair
A State Trooper’s patrol car — with a smashed front end and airbags deployed inside — is hauled away late Thursday afternoon, Feb. 28, from the site of a crash at the intersection of routes 158 and 20. The crash was caused by the Trooper running a run light, state police say.
GUILDERLAND — While driving his marked patrol car, State Trooper Kaleb Gohlke was at fault in a two-vehicle collision Thursday afternoon, Feb. 28, according to state police spokeswoman Trooper Kerra Burns.
Burns outlined the events this way: The accident occurred at about 3:15 p.m. Gohlke was traveling east on Route 20 when he failed to stop at the red light at the intersection of routes 20 and 158. As he entered the intersection, his marked car was struck on the passenger side by a vehicle headed north on Route 158, driven by Shane Lamoree, 32, of Schenectady.
Lamoree was not injured. Gohlke sustained a minor hand injury and was taken to Albany Medical Center.
The trooper was not in emergency operation at the time of the collision, Burns said.
The accident is being investigated by the state police, Burns said. She declined to comment on whether that posed any conflict of interest or on whether the Trooper would be disciplined.
