The Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office has identified the driver who died this morning in a single vehicle crash that occurred on Southeast Townline Road in the Town of Onondaga.
Deputies investigating the crash identified the driver who died as 16 year old Matthew Norris of Marcellus. Deputies along with rescue personnel from the Navarino, Marcellus and South Onondaga Fire Departments responded to the early morning crash after a resident on Southeast Townline Road called 911 to report hearing a loud collision. When first responders arrived in the area, they discovered a Toyota Sienna van had struck a tree on the east side of the road just south of Collins Road.
Southeast Townline Road was closed for several hours while members of the Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Team processed the scene. Deputies believe speed and driver inexperience likely played a role in the crash, which continues to remain under investigation at this time.

It was reported this morning that the Onondaga County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a fatal crash involving a single vehicle that occurred this morning on South East Townline Road in the Town of Onondaga.
This morning at approximately 4:05 a.m., sheriff’s deputies along with rescue personnel from the Navarino and Marcellus Fire Departments responded to a reported crash involving a vehicle that struck a tree on South East Townline Road in the area of Collins Road. Deputies investigating the crash have confirmed that the driver, who was the sole occupant of the vehicle, was killed.
Deputies are still in the preliminary stages of the investigation and expect the road to be closed for a couple of hours while members of the Sheriff’s Office Accident Investigation Team process the scene.
Additional information will be released as it becomes available.