01/15/2025 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 01/15/2025 10:09
On January 14, 2025, at 4:28 P.M., Troopers out of SP Machias responded to a single vehicle collision on State Route 98 in the town of Freedom. Investigation determined that a 2011 Ford F150 was traveling eastbound on State Route 98, entered the westbound lane and continued to exit the roadway striking a covert and tree. The single occupant and operator, Thomas E. Kilmer, 69 of Scio, NY was transported to Chaffee Hospital and pronounced deceased. An autopsy has been scheduled at Erie County Medical Center.