Couple dies in Meredith crash

A Cayuga County husband and wife were killed in a one-car crash in Meredith on Sunday afternoon.

The accident occurred around 3:30pm on Turnpike Road when the driver of the 2013 Toyota, 65-year-old Barbara Secord, lost control of the car. The car ran into a ditch, became airborne, and hit a tree and a stone wall.

Both Secord and her husband, 67-year-old Tyler Secord of Moravia, were pronounced dead at the scene, according to Delaware County undersheriff Craig DuMond. 

Responding to the scene, along with Delaware County sheriff's deputies, were the Meridale Fire Department and EMS, the Delhi Fire Department, Cooperstown Medical Transport and the Delaware County medical examiner.

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