Driver charged with DWI following Thruway crash that left 6 injured
A driver was charged with driving while intoxicated following a Thruway crash that sent six people to the hospital Sunday evening.
Posted: May 24, 2021 4:15 PM
Updated: May 24, 2021 4:35 PM
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A driver was charged with driving while intoxicated following a Thruway crash that sent six people to the hospital Sunday evening.
The crash happened around 5:40 p.m. near the Canastota exit.
New York State Police say one person was transported to Upstate University Hospital with a head injury via helicopter, and five others were transported to either Upstate or Oneida Health Hospital for treatment.
Route 365 in Verona reopens following tractor trailer collision
Staff reports
The westbound lane of Route 365 in Verona has been reopened after debris from a collision between a Jeep and a tractor trailer temporarily closed it Saturday morning, according to the Oneida County Sheriff s Office.
Deputies responded around 6:10 a.m. to Route 365 near Exit 33 on the Thruway, where they learned 24-year-old Brian Longto was driving his Jeep Grand Cherokee west when he struck and heavily damaged the rear of a tractor trailer after he saw the vehicle slowing down and was unable to stop, officials said.
Debris from inside the trailer caused the temporary traffic closure, but all lanes are now open, deputies said.
Utica man killed after crash with plow truck in Madison County
A Utica man was killed after colliding with a plow truck in Madison County Tuesday afternoon.
Posted: Feb 3, 2021 4:10 PM
Updated: Feb 3, 2021 5:13 PM
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LENOX, N.Y. – A Utica man was killed after colliding with a plow truck in Madison County Tuesday afternoon.
The crash happened just before 5 p.m. on Route 31 in the town of Lenox, near White’s Farm Supply.
According to Madison County Sheriff’s Office, 52-year-old Thomas L. Benjamin was driving west when he tried to pass a vehicle that was directly behind a plow truck. The plow truck had slowed down to make a left turn, and as Thomas was trying to pass, he hit the truck as it was turning.
H. Rose Schneider and Rob Booth
Observer-Dispatch
A Chittenango man has been charged in connection with Tuesday morning s shooting in the town of Vienna, state police said.
Nicholas C. Damanski, 35, was charged with felony counts of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon and second-degree assault, police said.
He was transported to the Oneida County Public Safety Building for centralized arraignment.
The shooting happened around 7 a.m. inside 7289 State Route 13, where Damanski is accused of shooting Todd A. Estes, 42, of that address, with a handgun in the upper torso, officials said. Officials said Estes originally had the gun.
The victim was transported to Oneida Health Hospital in Oneida and later to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse, where he was in stable condition later in the day, police said.