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State police investigated a fatal crash Monday morning on I-81 South in Cicero. This 2007 Toyota Scion is registered to Kameron Evans, who was driving the car at the time of the crash, state police said. His friend and front-seat passenger, Sean Jewett, also 16, of Whitesboro, was killed in the crash.

(New York State Police)

CICERO, N.Y. -- A teenager critically injured Monday morning in a crash in Cicero is alive, troopers said.

Trooper Jack Keller reported at 7:50 a.m. Tuesday that a nursing supervisor had made a mistake when reporting Kameron V. Evans had died. Evans remains in critical condition, Keller said.

Keller informed reporters of the mistake about 30 minutes after confirming Evans had died.

Evans was seriously injured Monday morning in a three-car crash on Interstate 81 south. His friend and front-seat passenger, Sean Jewett, 16, of Whitesboro, died.