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A female passenger is dead after a vehicle traveling the wrong way on the Skyway crashed into another vehicle late Thursday night, according to the Buffalo Police Department.
Officials said the crash happened around 11:30 p.m. at the top of the inbound stretch of the Skyway. The driver of the wrong-way vehicle was traveling at a high rate of speed when the head-on collision occurred.
One female passenger, identified as 28-year-old Shabrina Grant, of Buffalo, was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the striking vehicle was identified as a 27-year-old man of Lackawanna and the driver of the struck vehicle is a 46-year-old woman of Buffalo. Both suffered serious injuries and remain in ECMC.
The Skyway was closed in both directions for five hours and has since reopened. The investigation remains ongoing.
