A 64-year-old Batavia woman was killed Thursday night when her vehicle struck a disabled farm tractor's dump trailer in Genesee County, according to New York State Police.
What happened on Lewiston Road?
Troopers from State Police in Batavia responded to Lewiston Road in the town of Alabama at 7:36 p.m. Oct. 15 for a crash involving a vehicle and a disabled farm tractor.
Investigators determined that a 2024 Chevrolet Trax was traveling east on Lewiston Road when it struck the rear of a dump trailer attached to a disabled 2014 Case IH Steiger 540 tractor parked on the shoulder. The tractor's hazard lights were activated, police said.
The driver of the Chevrolet, Victoria E. Klimczak, 64, of Batavia, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The Genesee County coroner responded and transported
Klimczak to the Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office, where an autopsy is pending.
The New York State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit and Bureau of Criminal Investigation assisted with the investigation.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Woman killed in crash with farm tractor in Genesee County
