{"id":111147,"date":"2020-02-18T12:20:42","date_gmt":"2020-02-18T17:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111147"},"modified":"2020-02-18T12:20:42","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T17:20:42","slug":"state-police-investigating-a-fatal-crash-in-oneida-county","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=111147","title":{"rendered":"State police investigating a fatal crash in Oneida County"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"235\" height=\"236\" src=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2000px-New_York_State_Police_seal-Web-SMALL-_svg1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-98522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2000px-New_York_State_Police_seal-Web-SMALL-_svg1.png 235w, https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/2000px-New_York_State_Police_seal-Web-SMALL-_svg1-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 235px) 100vw, 235px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>UPDATED: Last evening, 19-year-old\u00a0Noah G. Lekki\u00a0had succumbed to his injuries. The investigation continues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ORIGINAL: State police in Marcy are investigating a fatal\ntwo-vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of Bartlett and Dix roads\nin Westmoreland, Oneida County.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigation revealed at approximately 3:17 p.m., a 2005\nFord Taurus, operated by&nbsp;Lincoln\nJ. Armstrong, 17, of Rome, was southbound on Bartlett Road at a high\nrate of speed when he observed a 2003 Toyota Tundra pickup truck, that was\ntraveling east on Dix Road, begin to cross the intersection with Bartlett Road,\nafter stopping for the stop sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Evidence at the scene shows Armstrong attempted to stop the\nvehicle; however, due to the vehicle\u2019s speed and other contributing factors, he\nwas unable to stop, striking the pickup truck on the driver\u2019s side door. The\nimpact of the crash caused the pickup truck to overturn and come to rest on its\nroof. The driver and sole occupant of the pickup truck,&nbsp;Hector J. Rodriguez,&nbsp;42, of Rome,\nwas pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Armstrong was transported to St. Elizabeth\u2019s Hospital in\nUtica and was listed in serious condition.&nbsp;A passenger in the Ford\nTaurus,&nbsp;Noah G. Lekki, 19,\nof Waterville, was airlifted via Mercy Flight to SUNY Upstate Medical University\nin Syracuse and is listed in critical condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The investigation continues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATED: Last evening, 19-year-old\u00a0Noah G. Lekki\u00a0had succumbed to his injuries. The investigation continues. &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; &#8211; ORIGINAL: State police in Marcy are investigating a fatal two-vehicle crash that occurred at the intersection of Bartlett and Dix roads in Westmoreland, Oneida County. Investigation revealed at approximately 3:17 p.m., a 2005 Ford Taurus, operated by&nbsp;Lincoln [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":98522,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=111147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111147\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/98522"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=111147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=111147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=111147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}