GUILDERLAND — As snow fell Monday, a social worker’s car spun out of control on Route 155, killing her.

Ashley C. Taheri, 55, of 18 Voorheesville Ave. in Voorheesville, was driving north on Route 155 between Wormer Road and Griffin Laboratory at about 10:30 when she lost control of her vehicle, according to a release from the Guilderland Police Department.

Her car, a 1999 Honda Accord, rotated counterclockwise in the roadway and into the oncoming lane of traffic where it was struck by a 2004 Chevrolet Trail Blazer driven by Isabel D. Glastetter, 64, of Glenmont, who had been traveling south, the release says; Glastetter’s car hit the passenger side of the Accord and pushed the car into the guardrail on the western side of the road.

Taheri suffered major traumatic injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Hydraulically powered shears known as Jaws of Life were used by first responders to extricate her body from the car.

Glastetter was taken to St. Peter’s Hospital by Western Turnpike Rescue Squad, with an injury to her ankle.

According to her LinkedIn page, Taheri was a social worker in private practice who worked with patients on issues including depression, anxiety, grief and loss, communication skills, life planning, and other issues.

Route 155 was closed from Wormer Road to Dr. Shaw Road for about two hours as a result of the accident.

Alcohol does not appear to have been a factor, police say.

Other incidents

Other snow-related incidents in town include a tractor-trailer jackknifing at Route 20 and Helderview Avenue, and a school bus accident near the Heritage Village apartment complex.

Guilderland schools were dismissed early for planned conferences for kindergarten, first-, and second-grade students on Monday. Seventeen children in those grades were on a bus to be dropped off at Heritage Village when, said Superintendent Marie Wiles, “A car slid into the bus. No one was hurt, thankfully,” she said.

Wiles had talked with the district’s transportation director, Danielle Poirier, at 4 a.m. “They were forecasting an inch or two and said it wouldn’t stay on the pavement,” said Wiles on Monday afternoon as the last of Guilderland’s students were on their way home.

“If I had hindsight, I would have closed school, but I didn’t,” said Wiles.

She concluded, “Our drivers are really amazing. My hat is off to them.”

— Melissa Hale-Spencer contributed the information on the school bus accident.