UPDATE: The
operator of the tractor-trailer, Tracy Premo, age 58, from Palmyra, NY died
when he was operating eastbound on St-Rte 104 when for an unknown reason, his
vehicle left the roadway off the south shoulder traveled down an embankment and
stuck the guiderail.
He then continued on
the access road striking a pole at Hudson Avenue and then hit a pedestrian
working in the roadway. The State Police
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit will conduct an inspection of the 2015
International owned by Leonard’s Express from Farmington.
The pedestrian,
Jeffrey Farrell, age 30, and a Monroe County Employee from Rochester, was
killed when he was working on a storm drain on Hudson Avenue when he was
struck.
A passenger car on
Hudson Avenue was struck and the operator of that vehicle was taken to the
hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
A second vehicle a box truck had minor damage and the operator was not
injured.
The State Police
Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit will conduct an inspection of the 2015
International owned by Leonard’s Express from Farmington. The State Police Collision Reconstruction
Unit also conducted an investigation of the scene. The Rochester Police Department and the
Rochester Fire Department assisted with the scene. The investigation is continuing at this time.
