Crime & Safety
1 Killed When Car Rear Ends Tractor-Trailer
Both vehicles were in the same lane when the collision occurred, police said.
MAMAKATING, NY — One person was killed Wednesday in Sullivan County in a two-vehicle crash in the town of Mamakating.
The New York State Police said the incident happened around 6 p.m. Wednesday on Route 17 near Exit 116 in Mamakating.
A preliminary investigation found that a 2019 Nissan, driven by Jason Stanton, 44, of Youngsville, was traveling west on Route 17 when for unknown reasons it struck a 2019 Kenworth tractor-trailer in the rear that was also going west.
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Both vehicles were in the right lane when the collision occurred, police said.
Stanton was taken to Garnet Health Medical Center in Orange County where he died of his injuries.
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The operator of the tractor-trailer, James Bixby, 51 of Lindley, Steuben County, was not injured.
State police said the investigation is ongoing.
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