State Police say a 39-year-old woman from Richfield Springs died after her vehicle left the road and submerged in a pond overnight.
Troopers were called around 9:30 a.m. on November 4 after a passerby spotted a partially submerged car near the intersection of U.S. Route 20 and Skinner Road in the town of Richfield Springs. First responders located the vehicle and found the driver, identified as Rachel Galesky, deceased inside.
A preliminary investigation suggests Galesky was traveling on Cole Hill Road when she failed to stop at a stop sign at the Route 20 intersection. Her Mitsubishi Mirage continued off the roadway and into the nearby pond.
State Police were assisted at the scene by the Underwater Recovery Team, Richfield Fire/EMS, and the Otsego County Coroner.
The investigation is ongoing.
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