UPDATE: Driver and passenger extricated from crash at Society Avenue and Jefferson street
Pete Skiba
Albany Police Department reports that the driver of a green GMC Jimmy that crashed on Jefferson Street at Society Avenue was 63-year-old Gloria Adamson, of Albany and her passenger was Laura Faircloth, of Jacksonville FLa.
Adamson is in good condition and Faircloth is in serious condition, said a Phoebe Putney Memorial Hospital spokeswoman.
According to the original Albany Police Department email report: “The driver of a green GMC Jimmy was northbound on Jefferson and struck a utility pole located at the intersection of Jefferson and Society. The driver and a passenger had to be extricated from the vehicle and are now at Phoebe Memorial Hospital.”
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