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Ambulance, pickup truck collision kills NY woman

An elderly woman passenger in the truck was taken to a hospital but died from her injuries

The Post-Standard

LERAY, N.Y. — A crash between a Fort Drum ambulance and a pickup truck today claimed the life of a woman in the town of Leray, the Jefferson County Sheriff’s Office said.

The ambulance was attempting to meet with a town of Philadelphia ambulance for what deputies called a “advanced life support intercept.”

The driver of the truck was airlifted to a hospital with what were described as not life-threatening injuries. An elderly woman passenger in the truck was taken to a hospital but died from her injuries, deputies said. Their names are being withheld until family members are notified.

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