Two airlifted following DWI-related rollover

PRESTON – Two people in critical condition were airlifted out of Preston on Sunday following what police said was a single vehicle drunk driving related rollover.


At approximately 8:30 a.m. on November 3, state police and local fire departments responded to a one-vehicle rollover at 1462 County Route 10 in the Town of Preston.


Police said the driver, Hayden J. Proppe, Jr. of Oxford, was arrested and charged with Driving While Intoxicated. Police said he was not injured in the crash.


New York State Police Director of Public Information Beau Duffy said the preliminary investigation determined that a 2009 Ford F-150 pickup truck was traveling at an excessive speed when the driver lost control and the truck rolled over and struck a tree.


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Of the four passengers, two were airlifted by helicopter to Upstate Medical Center in Syracuse: Sierra Powers, age 17, of Norwich; Angelina Thomas, age 16, of Norwich.


Passenger Jacob Hill, age 18, of Norwich, was transported by ambulance to Chenango Memorial Hospital.

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