Motorcyclist killed in collision in Skaneateles – Finger Lakes Daily News

A downtown New York man was killed in a motorcycle-car accident in Onondaga County.

According to state police, Christopher Hagen, of Oswego, was driving north on West Lake Road in the town of Skaneateles when the driver of a Toyota Highlander, also traveling north, attempted to turn left into a driveway. Hagen overtook several vehicles in the left lane and collided with the Highlander.

Hagen, 31, was thrown from his motorcycle and taken to SUNY Upstate, where he was pronounced dead.

The driver of the Highlander, 58-year-old Christopher Harten of Cincinnati, Ohio, was not injured.

New York State Police were assisted at the scene by the Skaneateles Fire Department and Marcellus Ambulance Volunteer Emergency Services.

The investigation is ongoing.

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