A 31-year-old Oakfield man died in a one-car motor vehicle accident in the Town of Shelby last night, according to the Orleans County Sheriff's Office.
Jeffrey E. Muntz apparently lost control of his sedan while on Podunk Road at about 9:45 p.m. and drove into a marsh becoming partially submerged.
A passerby spotted the car off the road and called 9-1-1. That person then pulled Muntz from the vehicle and attempted to perform life-saving mesasures prior to EMS personnel arriving on scene.
Muntz was transported to Medina Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead at 10:38 p.m.
The investigation into the accident is continuing, but the Orleans County Sheriff's Office reports that Muntz's car was westbound on Podunk Road. It crossed the center line and ran off the south side of the roadway and continued about 165 feet before coming to rest in about three feet of marshy water, some 50 feet off the roadway.
The incident scene is less than 1/4 mile from the Genesee County line.
The Monroe County Medical Examiner's Office will perform an autopsy as part of the investigation into the accident.
The on-scene investigation was conducted by Deputy T.N. Tooley, assisted by Deputy T.C. Marano, Deputy J.J. Cole, Sergeant G.T. Gunkler, and Chief Deputy T.L. Drennan. Deputies were also assisted by the East Shelby Fire Department and Lyon’s Collision Service.
wow this is terrible to hear
wow this is terrible to hear the man just got done fighting a life threatening illneess...he litterally just got out the hospitall it sucks that this happend after all the suffering he recently went threw...the lord works in mysterious ways..why let the man heal then take his life? This is very sad R.I.P jeff muntz you were a good man and friend.