Areas affected by the outages include Cortland, the SUNY Cortland campus, Cortlandville, Homer, Virgil, and Preble.

Drivers should avoid the town of Virgil and the town of Harford, as well as parts of Marathon and Lapeer.

The driver fled his vehicle on foot and ran into a swampy area nearby but was apprehended by a Cortland County sheriff's deputy.

The crash occurred at around 3:52 a.m. Wednesday morning on Interstate 81 in Virgil.

Police declined to provide specific details regarding the crash as they continue their investigation.

Resort owners are hoping for more snow this season after struggling through an unseasonably warm winter last year.

The driver was not wearing his seatbelt at the time of the accident, the sheriff's office said.

Authorities said the driver was traveling north on Kohne Road when he veered off the roadway and struck a culvert.

Emergency radio reports indicated that the driver was pinned under the vehicle.

Judge Julie Campbell said she was willing to impose a lenient sentence on Artis Young given his "minimal contact with the criminal justice system."