{"id":72377,"date":"2016-08-21T22:40:16","date_gmt":"2016-08-22T02:40:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=72377"},"modified":"2016-08-21T21:44:49","modified_gmt":"2016-08-22T01:44:49","slug":"state-police-investigate-three-car-collision-in-vernon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=72377","title":{"rendered":"State police investigate three-car collision in Vernon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"bodytext\"><a href=\"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?attachment_id=61900\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-61900\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-61900\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?resize=226%2C226\" alt=\"state-police-seal-150x150\" width=\"226\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?w=226&amp;ssl=1 226w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><\/a>Oneida-based state police were dispatched to a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of state Routes 5 and 26 in the town of Vernon at approximately 3:05 p.m. Tuesday afternoon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytext\">The accident investigation revealed that a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu operated by Nicole R. Cameron, 40, of Bronx, was southbound on Route 26 stopped for a red light at Route 5 and a 2009 Chevrolet pickup truck operated by Frank Ruggireo, II, 28, of Solvay, was northbound on Route 26 stopped at the same red light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytext\">When the light turned green, the Cameron vehicle started southbound through the intersection and was struck on the driver&#8217;s side by a westbound 2008 Ford Focus operated by Patricia A. Mettelman, 63, of Clinton, which had failed to stop for the red light.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytext\">The force of the impact spun the Chevrolet counterclockwise across the intersection where it struck the front of the Ruggireo vehicle. A passenger in the Cameron vehicle, Jazmyne Payne, 26, of Brooklyn, was transported by Vineall Ambulance to Oneida Healthcare Center with arm pain.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytext\">No other injuries were reported.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytext\">Mettelman was issued a traffic ticket for failure to stop for a red light and is scheduled to appear in Vernon Town Court Aug. 26.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"bodytext\">Troopers were assisted at the scene by Vernon Fire Department EMS and fire police personnel.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oneida-based state police were dispatched to a three-vehicle crash at the intersection of state Routes 5 and 26 in the town of Vernon at approximately 3:05 p.m. Tuesday afternoon. The accident investigation revealed that a 2015 Chevrolet Malibu operated by Nicole R. Cameron, 40, of Bronx, was southbound on Route 26 stopped for a red [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":61900,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[32,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/state-police-seal-150x150.jpg?fit=226%2C226&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-iPn","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72377","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=72377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/61900"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}