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One dead following head-on collision on I-90

Posted at 2:01 PM, Oct 14, 2017
and last updated 2017-10-14 14:01:33-04

More information has come to Eyewitness News regarding a fatal accident that happened Friday night on the I-90 just after 11 p.m.

New York State Police say Debra Henn, 65 of Wheatfield was traveling westbound in the eastbound lanes when she collided with a vehicle head-on. 

Jessica O'Connor, 29 of Amherst was driving the other vehicle. She was transported to ECMC where she later died. 

Two children in her vehicle, ages 2 and 4, were taken to Women and Children's Hospital with what is believed to be non-life threatening injuries, police say. 

Henn was also taken to ECMC for non-life threatening injuries. 

The cause of this crash still remains under investigation and charges are pending. 

Anyone who may have witnessed the incident is asked to call 935-6528.