RICHFIELD SPRINGS, NY (WUTR/WFXV/WPNY) -- A motor vehicle accident in which the car crashed into a pond has left one person dead, according to New York State Police.

Troopers were called to the intersection of Route 20 and Skinner Road in the town of Richfield Springs at approximately 9:30 am on Tuesday, November 4. A passerby had called 911 after observing a portion of a vehicle in the nearby pond.

Upon their arrival, troopers located the vehicle and discovered a deceased female. Preliminary investigations found that the 39-year-old female was travelling on Cole Hill Road in the town of Richfield Springs when she failed to stop at the intersection. The car continued off the roadway and into the pond.

The Otsego County Coroner declared the female -- whose name was not released -- dead a

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