Victim ID'd In Deadly Single-Vehicle Crash On Capital Region Highway

Authorities have identified a man who was killed in a single-vehicle crash on a highway in the region.

A 33-year-old man was killed in a single-vehicle crash on State Route 7 near I-787 in Watervliet Saturday night, Oct. 14.
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10/17/2023 1:30 p.m.

The Albany County wreck happened at around 9:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 14, on Route 7 in Watervliet, according to New York State Police.

Akiem Keele, age 33, of Whitehall in Washington County, was riding a motorcycle eastbound on Route 7 at a high rate of speed when he struck a dividing barrier near the exit to I-787.

He suffered severe injuries and later died at Albany Medical Center, troopers said.

No other vehicles were involved in the crash and nobody else was injured.

The off-ramp from State Route 7 to I-787 was closed for several hours while crews investigated. It has since reopened.

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