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Carlton Crash Kills Webster Motorcyclist
A Webster (Monroe County) man is dead following a collision Fri., Sept. 5, 2014, between the motorcycle that he was operating and a pickup truck.
The incident occurred at about 5:50 p.m., on Roosevelt Highway (State Route 18) at intersection with Harris Road, in the Town of Carlton. A 2014 Kawasaki was travelling west on Route 18 when it rounded a curve and struck the passenger side of a 2013 Toyota Tacoma pickup truck that was turning left onto Harris Road, from eastbound Route 18. The truck was well into the turn when the collision occurred.
The operator (sole occupant) of the motorcycle is identified as Daniel H. Thering, 26. He was pronounced dead at the scene by Orleans County Coroner Charles Smith, and transported to the Monroe County Medical Examiner’s Office in Rochester.
The operator (sole occupant) of the truck is identified as Debra K. Shaw, 58, of Lockport (Niagara County). Shaw was treated at the scene by personnel from Central Orleans Volunteer Ambulance (COVA), and released.
Preliminarily, it appears that the motorcycle was being operated at an excessive rate of speed. The onscene investigation was conducted by Sergeant D.W. Covis, assisted by Deputy D.S. Klips, Deputy T.C. Marano, Lieutenant C.M. Bourke, and Chief Deputy T.L. Drennan. Carlton firefighters also assisted at the scene and Lyndonville FD assisted with traffic control.
Steven D. Smith, Undersheriff