GUILFORD – A Mt. Upton teen was killed Sunday when a van he was driving veered off the right side of the roadway and struck an unoccupied, parked SUV, sitting along the shoulder.

Driving alone at approximately 4:10 a.m. 19-year-old Christopher J. Fuller was traveling north on State Rt. 8 in the Hamlet of Mount Upton when his vehicle left the roadway, just barely missing a telephone pole before colliding into the rear of the parked SUV, reported the New York State Troopers Monday

He was later pronounced dead at the scene by Chenango County Medical Examiner John Cruz. Police said Fuller was not wearing his seat belt at the time of the accident.