CORTLAND, NY (607NewsNow) — Cortland Police are calling a fatal crash a ‘tragic accident.’
Officers say 63-year-old Kyong Searle, of Cortland, was in a crosswalk in downtown Cortland shortly after 2:30 p.m. on Thursday when she was struck and killed by a minivan that was out delivering packages for an Amazon.com subcontractor.
The driver is from Syracuse and has been identified as 23-year-old Victor Pagola Armesto. Police say a combination of sun glare and human error led to the deadly crash, when Pagola Armesto was making a left turn from Court to Main Street at the same time Searle was walking…