She crashed her sedan into a telephone pole along Route 31, near River Run Road in Oswego, killing five Oswego teenagers. Katherine Merkel, 14, Tiffany Urso, 16, Jessica Nutoni, 15 and Matthew Frank, 17, were pronounced dead at the scene, and James McGee, 14, died later. Three other teens were injured. All had, for at least a time, attended Oswego High School.
