Kriger recently sustained extensive injuries in an automobile accident while on vacation, but is expected to fully recover.
WWLP 22News anchor Barry Kriger recently sustained extensive injuries in an automobile accident while on vacation, station manager John Baran said Friday.
Barry KrigerBaran referred questions to a report published on the WWLP 22News website, which said Kriger is currently in the hospital but expected to fully recover. Baran did not say where or when the accident took place.
Kriger will be out of work for an unknown period of time, the story said.
Kriger anchors the 22News weeknight newscasts at 5:30, 6, and 11 p.m. He has worked for WWLP for more than 20 years. He returned to the Chicopee station in 1998 after three years as an anchor and reporter for WPRI-TV in Providence, R.I.
He has received four Associated Press Awards for excellence in reporting breaking news, and for continuing coverage of significant news stories, according to his WWLP News22 profile.