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Chautauqua County crash claims life of elderly woman

The accident happened Thursday afternoon at the intersection of Center Road and South Roberts Road in the Town of Sheridan.

SHERIDAN, N.Y. — An elderly woman is dead following an accident Thursday afternoon in the Chautauqua County Town of Sheridan.

Deputies say Henrietta Graziano, 85, of Brocton was east on South Roberts Road when she ran a stop sign shortly after 2 p.m.

A tanker truck carrying liquid propane was heading north on Center Road, and the driver, 52-year-old Manuel Esquilin-Gonazlez of Dunkirk, told deputies he was unable to avoid a hitting the woman's car.

Graziano was airlifted to Hamot Medical Center in Erie, Pennsylvania, where she later died. 

No charges will be filed, according to the Chautauqua County Sheriff's Office.

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