Driver dies after box truck crash in Pitcairn, New York
PITCAIRN, N.Y. —
A New York man died on Friday after the truck he was driving crashed into a tree.
New York State Police said Chukwudi Okereke, 22, of Syracuse, was driving a box truck west on State Route 3 in Pitcairn on Thursday evening when the vehicle left the road and crashed through a fence. The truck then hit a tree near the roadway.
The crash happened just before 8 p.m.
Okereke was severely injured and died at the scene. Police said a passenger in the truck, a 20-year-old man from Cicero, suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.