BARTON, N.Y. (WHCU) – An investigation into a fatal motor vehicle accident in Tioga County is underway.

State Police were dispatched to Old Barton Road in the Town of Barton for a reported motor vehicle accident involving a pedestrian around 5 p.m. on Tuesday. The preliminary investigation showed that 77-year-old Gloria Phillips, of Barton, was traveling on Old Barton Road when a child on a tricycle entered the roadway.

Joanna VanOstrand, 4, of Barton, was riding the tricycle in her driveway and entered the road into the path of Phillips’ vehicle.

VanOstrand died at the scene.

State Police say the investigation is ongoing.