BAINBRIDGE - On Sunday, April 20, at approximately 8:24 a.m., New York State Police at Sidney were dispatched by the Chenango County 911 Center to a fatal one-vehicle motor vehicle crash on East Afton Road in the town of Bainbridge.

An investigation at the scene determined that the 17-year-old female occupant was operating an SUV when she went off the roadway into an embankment, crossed a creek, striking several trees and coming to rest on the opposite side of the creek. 

The investigation is ongoing.

- Information from the NYSP