Auto accident in White Sulphur Springs leaves one woman dead

80-year-old Verna Hess of Callicoon died Sunday morning when her car hit a utility pole on Route 52 in White Sulphur Springs, the Times Herald-Record reports.

[Sullivan County sheriff's] deputies found Verna Hess inside of a 1991 Buick Century. The White Sulphur Springs Fire department then responded to the scene and got her out. She was the only occupant.

She was taken by Mobile Medic Ambulance to Catskill Regional Medical Center where she succumbed to her injuries, according to the sheriff’s office.

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