Anthony Saccone

TOWN OF ONONDAGA, N.Y. -- Baylie Rose picked up her boyfriend early Friday from his overnight shift at FedEx, troopers said.

Then, Rose and her boyfriend headed to Onondaga Community College to drop off a friend, troopers said. But they did not make it to the college.

An SUV drove into the Onondaga Road and Onondaga Boulevard intersection around 3:40 a.m. and T-boned Rose's Chevrolet Impala, said Trooper Jack Keller, of the New York State Police. The car rolled over, coming to a stop on its roof on the side of the tree-lined road.

Rose and her two passengers, Michael S. Walker and Samra Osmanovic, died at the scene. They were only 5 minutes away from OCC.

The driver of the GMC Arcadia, Anthony Saccone, 30, of 235 Gulf Road, was drunk at the time of the crash, Keller said. Witnesses saw him running away from the crumpled vehicles, he said.

The three people who died had ties to OCC, said Roger Mirabito, a college spokesman:

Osmanovic, 20, was majoring in human services.

Walker, 18, was studying business administration.

Rose, 19, was a former OCC student.

Samra Osmanovic

There is no evidence that the three had been drinking, Keller said.

"We have a tragedy here of three young lives that were taken," he said.

The SUV -- which appears to be a rental car -- caught on fire after the crash, Keller said. Investigators are working to determine how Saccone got the vehicle or where he was before the accident.

Troopers and K-9s searched in the dark for Saccone. The dogs tracked him less than a quarter a mile away to his his mother's home on Onondaga Boulevard , Keller said.

Saccone was arrested and charged with leaving the scene of a fatal crash and driving while intoxicated. Depending on what toxicology tests reveal, Saccone could face more serious charges, said Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick.

A stretch of Onondaga Boulevard was shut down for nine hours while troopers investigated the crash. A fence of yellow crime scene tape roped off the intersection and one nearby driveway.