Posted on: February 22, 2025 05:30 PM

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State Police investigate a fatal crash on thruway in Herkimer county

On February 20, 2025, at about 09:20 a.m., State Police responded to I-90 westbound at mile post maker 219.3 in the town of German Flatts, for a personal injury accident.

A preliminary investigation revealed a 2019 Ford F150 pickup truck operated by Stephen J. Smith, age 55, from Herkimer, NY, was traveling eastbound in the westbound lane of I-90 when it struck a 2025 Peterbilt tractor trailer, operated by Mark Young, age 46, from Boonville, NY that was travelling westbound.

Stephen J. Smith was pronounced deceased at the scene. Theodore E. Smith age 76, from Herkimer, NY a front passenger seat, and father to Stephen sustained minor injuries and signed off on any further medical attention.

Operator of tractor trailer, Mark Young, was uninjured.

From NYSP