Rochester Man Killed in Oneida County Tractor-Trailer Crash

A Rochester man has died in a New Year's Eve tractor-trailer crash in Oneida County.

Deputies say 46-year-old Getachew Mengesha was driving his rig on State Route 8 in Bridgewater, just south of Utica, early Sunday morning.

He then lost control while going around a curve.

The truck hit a tree, a guardrail, and an embankment, before it came to rest in a creek.

Mengesha was dead at the scene.


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