State Police Identify Victims, Drivers in Deadly Seneca Crash

Photo: Lucas Day

State Police have released the names of those involved in a deadly two-vehicle crash that happened Saturday afternoon in Ontario County.

The accident happened just after 1 o’clock on State Route 14A near Hastings Road in the town of Seneca. Troopers say a Kia sedan traveling south crossed into the northbound lane and collided with a Dodge Ram pickup.

One passenger in the Kia, 47-year-old Edwin Montanez of Syracuse, was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver, 45-year-old James Hughes, and another passenger, 39-year-old James Bush, also from Syracuse, were taken to the hospital with serious injuries.

The driver of the pickup truck, 30-year-old Nathaniel Blakely of Williamson, was treated at the scene and released.

Route 14A was closed for several hours while accident reconstruction crews worked the scene. The investigation is ongoing.

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