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At 6 p.m., William Timko, a Wantage resident and member of the fire department, was operating a UTV in Turin, traveling eastbound, when he failed to acknowledge a yield sign at the intersection of State Route 12 and Milk House Road and was struck by a 2018 Ford F-150 pickup truck traveling southbound on State Route 12, New York State Police said.
Timko was taken to Lewis County General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
A passenger in the vehicle, a 53-year-old Wantage resident, was taken to a nearby hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Timko was a new member of the Wantage Township Fire Police, having joined earlier this year.
The investigation into the crash ongoing, authorities said.
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