NORWICH – Early Sunday morning crews rushed to the scene of a fatal car accident after a passenger in the crash pulled herself free and ran to get help.

Chenango County Fire Coordinator Matthew Beckwith said the Norwich and Preston Fire Departments then found a Toyota Celica Coupe down an embankment with the driver ejected from the vehicle.

The accident occured at around 6:16 a.m. Sunday along County Road 10a in the Town of Preston.

Beckwith said a female passenger in the car pulled herself from the vehicle and ran to a nearby residence to call 911.