CICERO, New York – The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating an early afternoon crash on Route 31 in the town of Cicero, which claimed the life of a woman and seriously injured two other people today (Sept. 2).
This afternoon at approximately 12:07 p.m., sheriff’s deputies along with rescue personnel from NAVAC Ambulance, South Bay Fire Department and the Cicero Fire Department responded to Route 31 near Eastwood Road for a reported head-on crash involving two vehicles.
Deputies investigating the crash say a blue Toyota Prius, operated by a 39-year-old female from Cicero, was traveling westbound on Route 31 when her vehicle crossed over into the eastbound lane, striking a white Chrysler Sebring operated by a couple in their 50s from Parish NY.
The impact from the collision caused significant damage to both vehicles and rescue personnel had to extricate all three occupants, who were seriously injured.
The driver of the Toyota and the couple in the Chrysler were all transported to Upstate Hospital where the female passenger of the Chrysler later died from her injuries.
A portion of Route 31 between Eastwood Road and Lakeshore Road was closed for a several hours while members of the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Team processed the scene.
The crash remains under investigation at this time.
The names of all three involved are being withheld at this time, pending next of kin notification.
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