Rochester Police have identified the man who died after a weekend crash on Lake Avenue as 40-year-old Maurice Johnson of Rochester.
Johnson was a passenger in a car that suddenly turned left across the path of a southbound jeep at Lake and Phelps Avenues on Saturday afternoon. The resulting crash heavily damaged both vehicles. Johnson had to be pried out of the wrecked car by firefighters. He died the following day at Strong Hospital. The driver of the jeep was also hospitalized.
The driver of the car fled before police got there and is being sought.