Alabama, NY : Buffalo woman died after car slammed into a tractor trailer in Genesee County Thursday afternoon, Sep 3, 2015

A Buffalo woman died Thursday afternoon when she apparently failed to stop for a stop sign and collided with a trailer being pulled by a truck at the intersection of Ledge Road and Route 77 in the Town of Alabama, Genesee County Sheriff’s office reported.

Pronounced dead at the scene was Donna L. Ray, 61, of East Morris Avenue.

Deputies say Ray was driving east on Ledge Road at 1:30 p.m. Thursday when her 2010 Mercury Marquis collided with a southbound Freightliner pulling a 53-foot box trailer loaded with 23 tons of boxed food, her car becoming lodged under the front wheels of the rear tandems of the trailer.

The truck was operated by James L. Cereghin, 55, of Defiance, Ohio.

After the intial collision, a northbound Jeep operated by Dennis R. Carroll, 64, of East Bethany, was either struck by the front of or debris from the Grand Marquis. Neither the driver of the truck or the Jeep were injured, deputies said.

Ray was pronounced dead at the scene by Genesee County Coroner Karen Lang. The crash is being investigated by the Genesee sheriff’s department and the state police commmercial vehicle enforcement unit.

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Buffalo woman dies in collision with truck in Genesee County