WYOMING COUNTY, N.Y. — One person is dead after two tractor trailers collided on Wednesday afternoon in Wyoming County.
Wyoming County Sheriff's Office deputies were called to the scene at State Route 78 and Hermitage Road in the Town of Wethersfield around 2:25 p.m. Wednesday.
According to a preliminary investigation, two tractor trailers collided at that intersection "after one failed to yield the right of way at a stop sign," sheriff's deputies said.
George Foote, 72, of Gainesville was driving one tractor trailer south on Hermitage Road. The sheriff's office said Thursday that Foote was turning left onto State Route 78 but failed to yield the right of way to the other semi, which was was traveling west.
"The tractor trailer traveling west subsequently struck the rear end of Foote’s trailer, struck a guard rail, and rolled over onto its side in a ditch," the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office said.
The driver of that semi, 59-year-old Mark Ikeler of Gainesville, was declared dead at the scene by the by county coroner.
Foote received a citation for failing to yield the right of way at a stop sign.
A number of agencies — including New York State Police and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation — assisted at the scene on Wednesday.
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