TOWN OF FREETOWN, N.Y. (WBNG) — One woman was hospitalized following an overnight ATV crash in Cortland County on Tuesday, according to information from New York State Police.
Around 11:50 p.m. on Tuesday, July 7, troopers were sent to the 4200 block of Stramba Road in the town of Freetown for a reported ATV crash.
Troopers found that a 34-year-old woman from Cincinnatus was driving an ATV southeast on Stramba Road when a porcupine was seen in the road.
The driver swerved to avoid the porcupine, but in doing so caused the ATV to overturn and roll into a ditch. As a result, the woman was thrown off the ATV.
Emergency crews arrived, and the victim was taken to SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse with serious injuries.
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