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Alysha M. Roberts, 26, of Bennington is charged with driving while intoxicated after her car flipped on Johnson Hill Road. Alcohol was detected on her as she was interviewed at scene of the accident on Tuesday night. She was transported by ambulance to Samaritan Hospital in Troy where she was evaluated for injuries.
Philip Fortsch III of Champlain was operating a manure spreader in the Clinton County town of Chazy when the tractor ran off the edge of a driveway, causing it to overturn and roll into the Little Chazy River. The tractor came to rest upside down with the cab submerged in approximately four feet of water.
The two car crash occurred about 7:10 p.m. at routes 35 and 100. Marie Barton, who died, was a passenger in a Honda being driven by a 65-year-old Connecticut woman. The other car was a Volvo driven by a 16-year-old Somers girl. The two drivers were taken to Westchester Medical Center with non-life-threatening injuries. Life-saving measures for the Barton were performed at the scene, but she died after arriving at Northern Westchester Hospital. There were no signs or indications that alcohol or drugs played any role in the crash.