Motorcyclist Seriously Injured in Covert Crash on Route 89
COVERT, NY — A motorcycle crash on October 5 at 1:20 p.m. left a man seriously injured at Route 89 and Frontenac Road.
According to the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, a 2025 Subaru, driven by 52-year-old Jason Sherman of Arcata, California, turned left onto Frontenac Road, failing to yield to a southbound 2016 Harley Davidson motorcycle operated by 39-year-old Jason Titus of Apalachin. The motorcycle collided with the front of the Subaru.
Titus sustained serious injuries and was airlifted to Upstate Medical Hospital. Sherman and his passenger, 47-year-old H-C Fisher White of Queens, New York, were not injured.
Both vehicles were heavily damaged and removed by tow trucks. Route 89 was temporarily closed while Trumansburg Fire and other responders managed traffic flow.
Sherman, who has a suspended California driver’s license and no valid New York license, faces charges of failing to yield and operating without a license. The incident is under investigation by the Seneca County Sheriff’s accident reconstruction team, along with Trumansburg Fire, EMS, and Life Net.