Pair injured in Rotterdam Thruway rollover

PHOTOGRAPHER: Peter R. Barber

2 passengers in this SUV were seriously injured when the driver lost control and slammed into a guard rail in the east bound lane of Interstate 90 in the town of Rotterdam Wednesday, August 12, 2015. The female passenger was air lifted by a LifeNet hel...

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A one-car rollover accident on the Thruway in Rotterdam this morning sent two people to Albany Medical Center, state police said.

Both of those injured were from Waterford. The driver, a 68-year-old man, suffered head trauma. The passenger, a 65-year-old woman, suffered what police called serious head and leg trauma.

The accident happened just before 6:30 a.m. on the Thruway near Exit 26.

The vehicle, a 2000 Ford Explorer, was traveling west when it rolled multiple times, police said. It came to a rest on the guide rail between the east and westbound lanes.

The driver was taken to Albany by ambulance. The passenger was taken by helicopter.

The cause of the accident remained under investigation this morning.