Syracuse – Police are investigating a fatal motor vehicle accident which occurred at approximately 8:00am Saturday. 

A pickup truck operated by Michael Litzan of Hannibal, was westbound on the Thruway in the Town of Elbridge. Litzan was passed by an uninvolved vehicle and as that vehicle pulled back into the driving lane,  Litzan reacted, driving off the north shoulder of the roadway striking a mile post marker and overturning.

Litzan was pronounced dead at the scene.

A passenger, Jason Phillips of Baldwinsville, NY was transported to University Hospital with non life-threatening injuries.