MANCHESTER, NY : Two children were killed this morning in a fatal motor vehicle accident on April, Sunday 16th 2017

Two children were killed this morning in a fatal motor vehicle accident on the Thruway, just east of Exit 43.

Syracuse-based state police described it as a one-vehicle crash. When troopers arrived, they observed the vehicle overturned and on its side in the righthand lane.

The driver of the vehicle, a male, was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester; police said he was in critical condition. A female passenger was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.

The children, 9 and 11 years old, were pronounded dead at the scene.

State police said they are looking for a second vehicle that wasn’t involved in the initial accident, but who unknowingly may have hit one of the children. Troopers are looking for a Honda with damage to the vehicle’s undercarriage. That vehicle is leading fluids, police said.

Anyone with any pertinent information is asked to call the state police at (585) 389-4100.

All westbound lanes on the Thruway are closed while the accident is being investigated.

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Two children killed in Thruway accident