It's been a perilous week on Greene County roads and trails.
On Wednesday morning, state police say, two Athens women walking along the shoulder of Cauterskill Road in Catskill were struck by a car that drifted off-course. One died; the other was injured.
The car, driven by 36-year-old Frank Savio of Cornwallville, was headed northbound on Cauterskill Road around 7:30am when it drifted onto the shoulder of the road and struck the two women. Patricia Petrianna, 69, was pronounced dead at the scene. Linda Valenchis, 65, was transported to the Albany Medical Center with head and arm injuries.
An investigation into the incident is ongoing. No charges have yet been filed, and police say there has not been any indication that Savio was using drugs or alcohol at the time.
Wednesday's accident is the fourth fatal accident in Greene County in less than a week. Over the weekend, two people died in separate ATV accidents: 18-year-old Jennie Rielle of Lexington, and 46-year-old Paul Metzler of Cairo.
On Sunday evening, 30-year-old Lonnie Hoyt III of Hudson was killed in a motorcycle accident on Route 23 in Cairo.
