A Long Island woman has died in a crash on Interstate 81 in Cortland County.
It happened just before 4 a.m. Wednesday in the town of Virgil. State police say a tractor trailer hit a car that was stopped in the road with its lights off. Rashida Brown, 40, was inside the car, and had run out of gas.
Brown was transported to the hospital, where she died from her injuries. The tractor trailer was carrying cases of beer and lost much of that load when it overturned.
One lane of traffic was closed for several hours between McGraw and Marathon. No traffic tickets have been issued, and the investigation continues.