DEWITT, NY. (THECOUNT) — New college student, Blake Lucas, has been identified as the teenager killed after crashing his vehicle into a community library in upstate New York.
Lucas, 18, was getting ready for his first day of college when the fatal crash into the Community Library of DeWitt & Jamesville on Jamesville Road, Jamesville, NY, occurred Wednesday night.
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State police on Thursday identified the driver as 18-year-old Blake Lucas. Troopers say he was driving down the road near the Community Library of DeWitt and Jamesville when he crashed into the building Wednesday night. source
Troopers say Lucas to observe a posted stop sign and rolled into a utility pole before crashing into the library.
He was transported to an area hospital where he was later pronounced dead of blunt force trauma injuries suffered in the crash.
Police say drugs nor alcohol played a factor in the crash.
Lucas’ relatives said Thursday that the teenager was getting ready to begin college in Binghamton.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
Anyone with information on the crask can contact police at 911.