Troopers are still investigating a fatal crash that occurred yesterday.

According to a written release from New York State Police, an 18-year-old was driving eastbound on Higby Road in the Herkimer County town of Frankfort, New York when she lost control of her 2004 Jeep on the snowy road and into the path of a 2015 Jeep being driven by 65-year-old Mary A. Mazzola from Frankfort.

Mazzola was taken to the hospital for treatment of minor injuries.  Her passenger, 98-year-old Josephine S. Lorek, also from Frankfort, was pronounced dead at the scene.

 

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