One person is dead and a Rochester resident is being charged with DWI after the car he was driving early this morning slammed into the back of a Thruway Authority snowplow near mile marker 404 in the eastbound lane.
The accident was reported at 3:44 a.m.
Killed in the crash was Milagro Lopez-Cruz, 33, of Rochester, who was a passenger in a vehicle driven by Jermaine A. Vann, 34, of Rochester.
Vann's small car was eastbound behind the snow plow when his car rear-ended the plow.
He was charged with DWI, aggravated unlicensed operator, 3rd, following too closely and speed not reasonable nor prudent for conditions.
He suffered non-life-threatening injuries and was treated and released at ECMC.