VETERAN, N.Y. (WHCU) – One person is dead and another is in stable condition after a serious crash in Chemung County.
It happened around 8:00 a.m. Thursday on Route 13 near Alpine Junction in the Town of Veteran. Troopers say 41-year-old Juria Vaness, of Ithaca, was traveling northbound when she made contact with a Chevy Silverado in front of her driven by a 25-year-old man from Pine Valley, New York.
Preliminary investigation shows the Chevy was trying to merge left as the right lane was ending. Authorities say that’s when the vehicle driven by Vaness made contact with the Chevy, sending it into the opposite lane where it was struck by a Freightliner truck.
The 25-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene. He has not yet been named by authorities. Vaness was transported to a trauma center and is in stable condition. The driver of the Freightliner, 33-year-old Jeremy Sobles, of Skaneateles, was not hurt.
The investigation is ongoing.
