Ulysses, N.Y : 2 killed, 1 injured in 2-vehicle crash on Fingers Lakes road on Tuesday, January 24, 2017

Authorities say two people have been killed and a third is hospitalized after two vehicles collided on a road in the Finger Lakes region.

The Tompkins County Sheriff’s Office says the accident occurred around 6:15 p.m. Tuesday when an SUV and a car traveling in opposite directions collided near an intersection on Route 96 in the town of Ulysses, on the southern end of Cayuga Lake 45 miles southwest of Syracuse.

Deputies say two people in the car were killed. Their names haven’t been released.

The SUV’s driver was taken to Robert Packer Hospital in Sayre, Pennsylvania. The driver’s condition hasn’t been released.

Route 96 was closed for four hours after the crash.

The cause of the accident is being investigated.

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2 killed, 1 injured in 2-vehicle crash on Fingers Lakes road