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February 14, 2012

SUZANNE MOORE News Editor The Press Republican Tue Feb 14, 2012, 05:53 AM EST

WESTPORT — A Montreal woman died in a one-car accident on Interstate 87 on Monday, ejected from a vehicle that flipped after striking some rocks.

Police believe the driver fell asleep at the wheel.

Angela Pierre, 69, was a backseat passenger in a 2005 Nissan X-Trail driven by Jean W. Aurelien, 38, of Terrebonne, Quebec.

He was driving northward, police said, when about a quarter mile north of mile marker 119 in Westport, the vehicle veered off the west side of the northbound lane, struck a metal marker post, then crossed both lanes of the Northway. The car left the east side of the road, hit a rock cut then flipped over and landed in the northbound driving lane.

Pierre was pronounced dead at Elizabethtown Community Hospital.

Aurelien and his wife, Lynda Oreste, 35, who'd been riding in the front seat, were treated for minor injuries at the hospital in Elizabethtown.

Pierre was Oreste's mother, said New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation Capt. Robert LaFountain.

"It does not appear road conditions were a factor" in the deadly crash, he said.

An autopsy conducted at Adirondack Medical Center in Saranac Lake by Dr. C. Francis Varga found Pierre died from blunt-force trauma to the chest.

Her death was ruled accidental.

The investigation, in conjunction with Essex County District Attorney Kristy Sprague, was continuing on Monday.

LaFountain said Sprague's assistance was a matter of routine.

"With a case such as this where a death occurred, we always consult with the district attorney."

Email Suzanne Moore at: smoore@pressrepublican.com