Incident Date: August 14th, 2019
GENESEO: Sheriff Thomas J. Dougherty reports a fatal crash
on Geneseo-Mount Morris Road in the Town of Geneseo.
On August 14, 2019 at approximately 9:18 p.m. the Livingston
County Emergency Communications Center (E-911) received a call for a single car
motor vehicle crash on Geneseo-Mount Morris Road (State Route 63) in the Town
of Geneseo near Fallbrook.
Sheriff’s Deputies and emergency personnel from the Geneseo
Fire Department, Geneseo Ambulance, and Livingston County EMS were immediately
dispatched to the scene.
The initial investigation by responding personnel found that
the vehicle was travelling southbound on Geneseo –Mount Morris Road when it
veered off the west side of the roadway. The vehicle then struck a ditch and
went airborne, ultimately crashing through a fence and striking a tree before
coming to rest.
The operator of the vehicle was identified as John R.
Chasey, age 34, from Dansville, NY. Chasey was pronounced deceased at the scene
by the Livingston County Coroner’s Office.
Members of the Sheriff’s Office Command Staff, Patrol
Division, Criminal Investigations Division, Forensic Identification Unit (FIU),
and Drone Unit were on scene for the investigation.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation by the
Sheriff’s Office.
