Verona, NY : Helen E. Hawthorne, 73, killed in car crash on Tuesday, October 11, 2016

State police continue to investigate a crash that took the life of a Verona woman on Tuesday.

At approximately 1:30 p.m., a 2014 Cadillac sedan operated by Helen E. Hawthorne, 73, from Happy Valley Road in Verona, was traveling north on Irish Ridge Road when, police say, she failed to stop at a stop sign at the intersection of State Route 31. Hawthorne continued through the intersection and was struck by a 2015 Nissan Frontier pickup truck that was traveling east bound on state Route 31.

The driver of the pickup truck, William P. George Jr., 55, of Sylvan Beach, was treated at the scene and released.

Hawthorne was pronounced dead at the scene.

The investigation is continuing.

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Verona woman killed in car crash