GREENE, N.Y. -- A two-car crash Tuesday morning on Route 12 in Greene killed a passenger when a car in the other direction crossed the center lane, hitting the car he was riding in, according to authorities on the scene.
Thomas Whittaker, 54 of Greene, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the car Whittaker was in, 64-year-old Danny Frayer, of Oxford, was taken by ambulance to UHS Wilson Hospital with minor injuries.
The car that crossed the center lane was drive by 33-year-old Kyle Skidmore, of Binghamton, police said. He was also taken to UHS Wilson with serious internal injuries.
Police said Frayer and Skidmore were wearing seatbelts, but Whittaker was not.
The Chenango County Sheriff’s Office said Skidmore was traveling at an unsafe speed for the snowy road conditions.