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BREAKING NEWS--2/20/13 7:22AM--DOUBLE FATALITY ON POTSDAM-MORLEY ROAD |
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STATE POLICE IN CANTON CONFIRMED FOR US THERE WAS A DOUBLE-FATAL COLLISION ON THE MORLEY-POTSDAM ROAD LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON. THE REPORT IS NOT COMPLETE, HOWEVER SOURCES TOLD US THE TWO PEOPLE WHO DIED IN THE ACCIDENT WERE A LONG-TIME FRIEND OF OUR RADIO STATION, THOMAS BUTTERFIELD, AND HIS FATHER. BUTTERFIELD WAS A DELIVERY DRIVER WHO PHONED IN ROAD CONDITION REPORTS FROM THE RURAL PARTS OF ST.LAWRENCE COUNTY. THE ACCIDENT WAS DESCRIBED AS A T-BONE COLLISION THAT OCCURRED DURING THE SEVERE ICING CONDITIONS YESTERDAY. STATE POLICE ESTIMATED THE TIME OF THE ACCIDENT TO BE DURING THE 5 O'CLOCK HOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
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