NORTHWAY CRASH LEAVES 1 INJURED, 1 STRANDED.(MAIN)

Byline: BRUCE A. SCRUTON Staff writer Clifton Park It was an excuse for being late that's seldom heard: ``Boss, I stopped to help out at an accident, and one of the drivers stole my car!'' -

In the case of Eugene Martin, the excuse was legitimate. Martin was among several people who stopped early Sunday to help at a Northway accident that critically injured one man and left a five-hour traffic tie-up after a sport utility vehicle and another vehicle crashed and went off the highway.

While Morris was helping the injured sole occupant of the SUV, the driver of the other car involved in the crash sneaked up to the highway, jumped in Morris' green Nissan and …