State Police: Driver inattention caused Trooper’s fatal accident
SIDNEY – New York State Police have concluded their investigation into the motor vehicle accident which killed Trooper Jill E. Mattice in January, finding the cause to be “driver inattention.”
On Jan. 20, 2010, Trooper Mattice was traveling east on State Route 23 in Morris in a marked state police vehicle, en route to the Oneonta barracks from her assigned duty as a School Resource Officer at the Unadilla Valley High School.
At the time of the collision, Trooper Mattice was proceeding up a grade while rounding a right hand curve. While traversing the curve, Trooper Mattice’s vehicle drifted across the center lines and struck the trailer portion of a west bound tractor trailer. The front bumper of Trooper Mattice’s vehicle impacted the driver’s side of the low boy trailer, continuing along the trailer until making contact with components of the load, a steel step and track of a gravel screener. Trooper Mattice’s vehicle then rotated away from the trailer in a counter clockwise direction toward the southeast, coming to rest partially on the south shoulder. Trooper Mattice died at the scene due to traumatic injuries sustained in the collision.
“During the investigation, no evidence was discovered to indicate that weather conditions, roadway design, defects to the roadway surface, speed or vehicular defects were contributing factors,” said Captain James E. Barnes of Troop C in a press release issued this weekend. Mathematical calculations, along with independent electronic data from two sources, indicate that the speed of Trooper Mattice’s vehicle at the time of impact was approximately 58 miles per hour.
“A post mortem examination eliminated any medical conditions that could have contributed to this collision,” Barnes said in the release.
The cellular telephone secured from the vehicle, owned by Trooper Mattice, was forwarded to the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center for analysis. “The subsequent forensic examination determined that no applications on Trooper Mattice’s cellular telephone were in use, at or about the time of the collision,” Barnes said, eliminating speculation that the trooper may have been texting at the time of the crash.
The primary contributing factor involved in this collision is attributed to Trooper Mattice for driving to the left of the pavement markings, according to the investigation. “Driver inattention is listed as the cause of this collision; however, the reason for this driver inattention remains unknown,” Barnes said.
On Jan. 20, 2010, Trooper Mattice was traveling east on State Route 23 in Morris in a marked state police vehicle, en route to the Oneonta barracks from her assigned duty as a School Resource Officer at the Unadilla Valley High School.
At the time of the collision, Trooper Mattice was proceeding up a grade while rounding a right hand curve. While traversing the curve, Trooper Mattice’s vehicle drifted across the center lines and struck the trailer portion of a west bound tractor trailer. The front bumper of Trooper Mattice’s vehicle impacted the driver’s side of the low boy trailer, continuing along the trailer until making contact with components of the load, a steel step and track of a gravel screener. Trooper Mattice’s vehicle then rotated away from the trailer in a counter clockwise direction toward the southeast, coming to rest partially on the south shoulder. Trooper Mattice died at the scene due to traumatic injuries sustained in the collision.
“During the investigation, no evidence was discovered to indicate that weather conditions, roadway design, defects to the roadway surface, speed or vehicular defects were contributing factors,” said Captain James E. Barnes of Troop C in a press release issued this weekend. Mathematical calculations, along with independent electronic data from two sources, indicate that the speed of Trooper Mattice’s vehicle at the time of impact was approximately 58 miles per hour.
“A post mortem examination eliminated any medical conditions that could have contributed to this collision,” Barnes said in the release.
The cellular telephone secured from the vehicle, owned by Trooper Mattice, was forwarded to the New York State Police Forensic Investigation Center for analysis. “The subsequent forensic examination determined that no applications on Trooper Mattice’s cellular telephone were in use, at or about the time of the collision,” Barnes said, eliminating speculation that the trooper may have been texting at the time of the crash.
The primary contributing factor involved in this collision is attributed to Trooper Mattice for driving to the left of the pavement markings, according to the investigation. “Driver inattention is listed as the cause of this collision; however, the reason for this driver inattention remains unknown,” Barnes said.
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