Trailer detaches, kills Central Square woman on mobility scooter

A trailer broke loose from a pickup truck and killed a Central Square woman as she crossed East Avenue in Oswego County, turning a Saturday evening trip on a motorized mobility scooter into a fatal crash at one of the village’s main road crossings.

Deputies were called to East Avenue, also known as State Route 49, and Gertrude Drive at about 6:45 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 2026, after an enclosed trailer detached from a 2016 Ram 2500 pickup truck traveling eastbound and struck the pedestrian as she crossed westbound. The victim was identified by the Oswego County Sheriff’s Office as 62-year-old Alice Visneau of Central Square.

Visneau was riding a motorized mobility scooter when she was hit. She was taken to Upstate Hospital and later pronounced dead. Lt. Andrew Bucher, a spokesperson for the sheriff’s office, identified her in local reporting.

The pickup truck driver was identified as 21-year-old Xavier Izyk of Fulton. Deputies said Izyk was operating the vehicle for Big Kahuna Rentals Inc., placing the crash squarely in the mix of commercial equipment, road traffic and pedestrian access that can put disabled residents at heightened risk when something goes wrong.

The Oswego County Sheriff’s Office said the incident remains under investigation. Local reporting also said the office had been asked whether any citations had been issued and had not yet responded.

The collision put a harsh spotlight on a hazard that rarely gets the same attention as lane crashes or high-speed rollovers: what happens when a trailer-securement failure reaches a person who moves through public space on a scooter or other mobility device. In a place like Central Square, where state highway traffic, side streets and crossings meet at close range, a mechanical failure can become instantly deadly for someone with less room to react and less physical protection than a person in a car.