New York City woman killed in three-vehicle crash in Waterloo

WATERLOO, N.Y. (WHEC)— State Police say a woman from New York City was killed in a crash that sent two other people to the hospital Friday afternoon.

The crash happened at State Route 96 and Brewer Road in the town of Waterloo around 3:45 p.m.

Troopers say a vehicle heading north on Brewer ran a stop sign and was hit by a dump truck that heading west. The vehicle hit another car that was stopped on Brewer.

18-year-old Veronica Ashby, who was in the backseat of the vehicle heading north, was pronounced dead at the scene.

The driver, a Pennsylvania native, was taken to Geneva Hospital and is expected to survive. The front-seat passenger, a Bronx native, was airlifted to Upstate Hospital in Syracuse and is also expected to survive.

Nobody else was hurt. Troopers are still looking into the crash.