22-YEAR-OLD VANESSA BENTLEY WAS A PASSENGER IN A WEST-BOUND VEHICLE ON STATE ROUTE 37 THAT COLLIDED WITH AN EAST-BOUND VEHICLE ABOUT 12:25 TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE VEHICLE IN WHICH BENTLEY WAS A PASSENGER WAS DRIVEN BY 21-YEAR-OLD NATALIE LOVE OF HEMET, CALIFORNIA. STATE POLICE SAY LOVE WAS TURNING FROM 37 ONTO SPORTS CLUB ROAD, AND ENTERED THE PATH OF THE SECOND AUTO, DRIVEN EAST BY 49-YEAR-OLD NORA MC.DONALD OF MADRID.

BENTLEY WAS AIRLIFTED FROM CLAXTON-HEPBURN MEDICAL CENTER IN OGDENSBURG TO FLETCHER-ALLEN. LOVE AND MC.DONALD WERE TREATED AT CLAXTON-HEPBURN FOR THEIR NON-LIFE-THREATENING INJURIES.

STATE POLICE CONTINUE TO INVESTIGATE THE FATAL CRASH, WITH CHARGES PENDING.