An 88-year-old East Bloomfield man was killed Saturday in a single-vehicle crash on Gauss Road in the town of East Bloomfield, authorities said.
Ontario County sheriff’s deputies responded around 1:30p.m. to the 7000 block of Gauss Road for a reported injury crash. Investigators said James Weisbeck, 88, was driving westbound when his vehicle left the roadway, crossed a field and struck a tree. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
The cause of the crash remains under investigation. The New York State Police assisted at the scene, along with Canandaigua Ambulance and several area fire departments.
Gauss Road was closed for several hours during the investigation and reopened around 5:30 p.m., officials said.
This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: One dead after single-vehicle crash in Ontario County
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