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The Seneca County Sheriff’s Office reports that Sheriff’s Deputies responded to a one- car motor vehicle accident that occurred on County Road 138 in the Town of Ovid early afternoon on the 25th of July 2022. Deputies arrived on scene and located a 2019 Toyota Tundra resting on a culvert pipe connecting Moorehouse Rd and CR 138. The vehicle involved appeared to have sustained heavy damage. The vehicle operator was identified as Philip Nelson 61, from Maine NY. Other motorists who witnessed the accident stated that Nelson’s truck was traveling west on CR 138 when it “ Just drifted across the road” striking the ditch on the South side of CR 138 and flipped 2 times before coming to a rest on the culvert pipe. Nelson suffered non -life threatening injuries and was transported to Cayuga Medical Center via South Seneca Ambulance. The cause of the accident is still under investigation. Seneca County Sheriff’s Office was assisted by Ovid Fire Department, NYSP, South Seneca Ambulance and Route 89 Auto.