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Man Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash On Thruway Man Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash On Thruway
Man Charged In Fatal Hit-Run Crash On Thruway More than a month after an Albany man survived a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer on the New York State Thruway only to later be killed by a hit-and-run driver, police have made an arrest. Ardit Lleshi, age 25, of Garfield, New Jersey, was taken into custody on June 30 in connection to the death of 48-year-old Michael Tran, according to New York State Police. Earlier report: Wrong-Way Driver Hit, Killed After Walking From Crash In Bethlehem Lleshi was extradited to New York on Wednesday, July 13. Tran’s body was found on the side of the road in Albany County on May 30, near Exit …

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by Michael Mashburn
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Wrong-Way Driver Hit, Killed After Walking From Crash In Region Wrong-Way Driver Hit, Killed After Walking From Crash In Region
Wrong-Way Driver Hit, Killed After Walking From Crash In Region A wrong-way driver survived a head-on crash with a tractor-trailer in the Capital District only to be hit and killed by another car, police said. State troopers in Albany County were called to the crash scene on the New York State Thruway near exit 23 in Bethlehem at around 11:15 p.m. Sunday, May 29. They determined that a man had been driving northbound in the southbound lanes when he struck a tractor-tractor, New York State Police said. Witnesses told police the driver had appeared to be uninjured and had walked away from the crash scene before troopers arrived. Investigators searched t…

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by Michael Mashburn