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SINGLE-CAR CRASH KILLS

COOPERSTOWN WOMAN, 21

Driver, 23, Charged With Vehicular Manslaughter, DWI

Brandon Lane
Brandon Lane

COOPERSTOWN – A former Cooperstown man is charged with vehicular manslaughter and DWI after a single-car crash at 2:13 a.m. Thursday where a 21-year-old Cooperstown woman was killed.

Charged is Brandon E. Lane, 23, now of Prattsville, was operating a 2001 Mitsubishi Galant northbound when the car went off the east shoulder of Route 80, according to state police at Richfield Springs.

The vehicle became airborne and struck a tree on the passenger side on coming to rest, troopers said.   An investigation determined that Lane was driving while intoxicated when he crashed, according to the police report.

Lane’s front seat passenger Julia A. Levandowski, 21, was deceased at the scene.  Otsego County Corner James Dow ordered the body to be taken to Lourdes Hospital in Binghamton for an autopsy.

Lane was transported to Bassett Hospital for observation.  There he consented to a test of his blood for alcohol and drugs and the lab results are pending.

Lane was arrested for the class D felony of Vehicular Manslaughter 2nd and the misdemeanor of Driving While Intoxicated.  He was arraigned at the Town of Otsego Court and then remanded to the Otsego County Jail with no bail set at this time.

This investigation is ongoing.

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