On Tuesday (3-24-2020) at approximately 10:00 a.m., the New
York State Police at SP Painted Post investigated a fatal motor vehicle
accident, that occurred on West Hill Road in the Town of Hornby.
Initial investigations revealed that a Casella Waste Management
garbage truck was travelling westbound and left the roadway, striking a number
of trees. The operator, identified as twenty-four-year-old Tony Horton, from
Sayre, PA, was pronounced deceased at the scene. The cause of the collision is
still under investigation. The New York State Police along with the NYSP Troop
E Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit were assisted at the scene by the Town of
Hornby and Village of Painted Post Fire Departments, AMR Ambulance, and
Rinwalske Towing.
