NICHOLS, N.Y. (WIVT/WBGH) - Two people died in a crash between a car and a tractor trailer that shut down a portion of Route 17 in Nichols on September 8th.

New York State Police say that the car and the truck were both heading eastbound when the Lineage Logistics truck rear-ended the passenger car.

Two people in the car died, 45 year-old Frank Dempaire of Reading, Pennsylvania and 45 year-old Elize Carlos of Newark, New Jersey.

The driver of the tractor trailer was not injured. The investigation is ongoing.

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