EAST GREENBUSH — The roads were wet as Lynn Bammann headed home to Nassau. August Rice, a 23-year-old photographer from Rexford, was on his way to a friend's house in Rockland County. Rex Tucker-Moss, a cosmetics salesman from Dutchess County, and his wife were taking their two kids to visit their grandmother in Troy.

Around 1 p.m. Saturday on Interstate 90, their paths converged, leaving Bammann dead and the two men facing charges that could put them behind bars for years.

Bammann, 71, and her husband had moved to the area from Long Island eight years ago, buying a home surrounded by trees on a quiet, rolling road in Nassau. She was driving east on I-90 and had just passed Exit 9. She had also just passed a guardrail that ran along both sides of the median for about a mile.

State Police say Rice and Tucker-Moss were both intoxicated by alcohol as they traveled in opposite directions on the interstate. Rice allegedly told troopers he had taken medication for anxiety and depression before getting behind the wheel and heading east on I-90.

All three drivers approached one of the narrower stretches of the grassy median. Barely 20 feet wide, it is also shallower than many other sections of the median that splits the highway.

Two crashes occurred in rapid sequence: State Police say Rice hit Bammann’s car, damaging one of her driver's-side doors. It’s not clear from court documents if Rice’s car slipped on the roadway, if he changed lanes and didn’t see Bammann, or if he swerved to avoid something in the road.

Bammann’s Honda Civic ended up careening across the median and into oncoming traffic. She was struck again by Tucker-Moss' westbound SUV, which came to rest alongside Bammann's car on the far side of the highway. She was declared dead at the scene by troopers who responded.

Both Tucker-Moss and Rice admitted to troopers they had multiple drinks before getting behind the wheel, according to court documents.

Rice — who styles himself as a documenter of the decay in rural upstate New York, according to a site promoting his photography — told troopers he had consumed two vodka shots as well as a vodka drink earlier in the day. Rice also said he takes Lexapro, klonopin and bupropion, according to court documents. All three medications carry advisories against taking them in combination with alcohol.

Troopers said his blood alcohol level when measured more than an hour after the crash was 0.13 percent, well over the legal limit of 0.08 percent. Rice — who was convicted of driving while ability impaired in January 2017 — was charged with vehicular manslaughter, driving while intoxicated, driving while impaired by drugs and moving from the lane unsafely.

Tucker-Moss, a 41-year-old salesman for the cosmetics giant Chanel, told troopers a similar story, according to court documents: He had consumed two glasses of wine with lunch at his home in Poughquag. His blood alcohol level more than an hour after the crash was 0.16 percent, twice the legal limit.

Tucker-Moss was also charged with vehicular manslaughter as well as two counts of aggravated DWI under Leandra’s Law — which makes it an automatic felony on the first offense to drive drunk with a person younger than 16 in the vehicle. Tucker-Moss is also charged with driving while intoxicated and two counts of endangering the welfare of a child.

His attorney, Scott Iseman, said it was clear Tucker-Moss did not cause the accident.

"I think it's clear from all the news reports and that the accident reconstruction will show that as well," Iseman said.

The lawyer also said that those who were injured in the crash were recovering from their injuries. They include Tucker-Moss' wife, an executive with Drew Barrymore's beauty products company.

Rice's attorney, David Taffany, could not be reached for comment on Wednesday.