GUILFORD – The New York State Police released the names of two people involved in a fatal car accident involving an SUV and a tractor trailer in Guilford on Wednesday and said details surrounding the accident are still under investigation.

According to New York State Police Troop C Public Information Officer Aga Dembinska, at approximately 6:17 p.m., on Christmas Day, New York State Police at Sidney responded to a fatal crash involving an SUV and a tractor trailer on State Route 8 and County Road 35 in the Town of Guilford.

Police said a 2004 Subaru Forester appeared to have passed through a stop sign at an intersection and struck a tractor trailer on the side, with the SUV crashing underneath the trailer.