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Sunday, April 21, 2019

UPDATE: Child dies in Seneca County crash

State police have released the names of everyone involved in yesterday's fatal crash in Junius. Mary Taylor, age 26, from Seneca Falls, NY was traveling westbound on State Route 318 and slowed down to attempt a left hand turn onto Burgess Road when her vehicle was struck from behind by a flatbed truck. Ms. Taylor was taken to Geneva Hospital with her 6 year old daughter, Camyra Watts, who was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Ms. Taylor's two other daughters, Tamyah, age 3 and Capria, 11 months old, were taken to Strong Memorial Hospital for serious injuries.
The operator of the flatbed truck, registered to Finger Lakes Dairy Services, Meroe Hurst, age 19, from Seneca Falls was not injured.
The State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit and Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit responded to the scene.  The investigation is continuing at this time.