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NYSP: Fatal Crash in St. Lawrence County Claims Life
of Copenhagen Man
Published: June 20, 2025 at
01:45 p.m.
By: Press Release
from New York State Police
State Police investigating fatal
crash in the town of Lawrence involving a tractor trailer
On June 19, 2025,
at approximately 1:45 p.m., State Police responded to a car-versus-tractor
trailer collision, at the intersection of County Route 55 and County Route
54, in the town of Lawrence.
The investigation
revealed a tan 2018 Chevrolet Equinox, being operated by 78-year-old Jerry
B. Flanders, of Copenhagen, NY, was traveling eastbound on County Route 54,
when he failed to yield the right of way, and his vehicle was struck by a
tractor trailer, traveling southbound on County Route 55, operated by John
S. Sharpe, 43, of Norfolk, NY.
After the
vehicles collided, the tractor trailer struck a utility pole, and both
vehicles came to a stop in a field on the east shoulder of County Route
55. Flanders was pronounced deceased on scene.
Sharpe was not
injured.
The investigation
is ongoing.
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