COLUMBUS – An Otsego County man is being held at the Chenango County Correctional Facility on $20,000 cash bail following a Thursday night accident which resulted in the death of a 50-year-old woman.

Daniel B. Preston, 27, of 597 Armstrong Road, Plainfield, was taken into custody by Chenango County Sheriff’s deputies at his home and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal motor vehicle accident, a felony, and third degree aggravated unlicensed operation, a misdemeanor. His Dodge pick-up truck – secured by Chenango County Sheriff’s deputies as evidence – was located at a friend’s house on Bert White Road in the Town of Edmeston.