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State Police have identified the man killed in a crash in Charlton, Saratoga County, as 21-year-old Evan Kvinlaug from Albany. The accident occurred on Monday (February 3) at approximately 12:44 p.m. near the intersection of State Route 67 and West Line Road. According to police reports, Kvinlaug was driving his pickup truck southbound on West Line Road when it collided with a westbound tractor-trailer at the intersection. The impact of the collision ejected Kvinlaug from his vehicle, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the tractor-trailer stopped immediately and is cooperating with the ongoing investigation. As of now, no charges have been filed, and the cause of the crash remains under investigation. A section of State Route 67 was closed for about four hours to allow for investigation and collision reconstruction but has since reopened.