On July 26, 2026, a Cincinnatus woman who was seriously injured in an ATV crash on July 7, 2026, succumbed to her injuries.
On July 7, 2026, at approximately 11:50 p.m., New York State Police at Homer responded to the 4200 block of Stramba Road in the town of Freetown for a reported ATV crash.
An investigation determined that Natasha R. Kinney, 34 of Cincinnatus, was operating an ATV southeast on Stramba Road when she swerved to avoid a porcupine in the roadway. The maneuver caused the ATV to overturn and roll into a ditch, ejecting Kinney from the ATV.
Kinney was transported to SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse for serious injuries and succumbed to those injuries on July 26, 2026.