HERKIMER -- Herkimer police have released the names of the victims injured in a one-car accident that happened in the town of Columbia Friday morning.
47-year-old Michele L. Snyder, of Illion, NY, sustained head injuries, several broken ribs, and was transported by MOVAC ambulance to St. Elizabeth's Hospital in Utica, NY.
Snyder, the driver of a 2001 Toyota, was traveling south on Elizabethtown Road, at approximately 11:20 a.m. According to a witness, the vehicle abruptly exited the east shoulder of the roadway, struck a telephone line pedestal and utility pole guide wire, causing the utility pole to strike the driver's side of the vehicle.
Joshua M. Tripple, 39, of Frankfort, NY was a passenger in the vehicle.
Tripple sustained multiple facial fractures and other internal injuries, causing him to be transported by a Mercy Flight Helicopter to Albany Medical Center in Albany, NY.
The accident's investigation is ongoing.
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