Upstate snow-plowing accident kills man, police say
State Police say a 23-year-old man has died after he went off the edge of a roadway while plowing his driveway with a farm tractor in Columbia County.
Troopers say the accident happened shortly after 9 p.m. Friday in Germantown, about 35 miles south of Albany. The National Weather Service says about 7.5 inches of snow has accumulated in that area overnight. The tractor rolled down a 15-foot embankment.
The man was pronounced dead at Columbia Memorial Hospital. His name hasn't been released.
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Out East with Doug Geed: Wine harvests, a fish market, baked treats and poinsettias NewsdayTV's Doug Geed visits two wineries and a fish market, and then it's time for holiday cheer, with a visit to a bakery and poinsettia greenhouses.
