COLUMBIA COUNTY, N.Y. -- One man is dead after a car crash in Columbia County. State Police say it happened just before 5 p.m. Monday along the Taconic State Parkway in Chatham.
Police say Daniel Friebe of Philmont was traveling southbound when he went into the median of the parkway and then a wooded area where his car hit a tree.
One lane had to be shut down.
Police are still looking into what caused the crash.