A Chautauqua County woman is dead after her car was hit nearly head-on by another vehicle at about 1:40 this afternoon in Falconer.
Sheriff’s deputies say 40-year-old Kerry Jo Mitchener of Falconer told them she got distracted when she reached for an item in her car and veered into a vehicle driven by 35-year-old Jill Hamrick of Gerry.
After being freed from her vehicle by the Jaws of Life, Hamrick was taken to WCA Hospital, where she was pronounced dead.
Mitchener sustained non-life threatening injuries. She was cited for failing to keep right and has been scheduled to appear in Town of Ellicott Court.
Harris Hill Road was closed for about three hours while the sheriff’s accident reconstruction team investigated.