A car accident is reported at Harper and Richley roads in Darien. The car is on fire. There is entrapment. Injuries are reported. Mercy Flight is called. The helicopter is now in Buffalo and refueling. Darien Fire Department is responding along with Mercy EMS. The bird will land at the scene. It has a seven-minute ETA. One patient will be transported via Mercy Flight, two others via ambulance.
UPDATE 7:34 p.m.: Mercy Flight has a three-minute ETA and will land in a "wide open field" west of the roadway. Harper Road is shut down.
UPDATE 7:38 p.m.: Mercy Flight is on the ground.
UPDATE 7:47 p.m.: One patient has been transported to Erie County Medical Center.
UPDATE 7:55 p.m.: All patients are being taken to ECMC.
UPDATE 9:31: Darien is just now back in service and the roadway is being reopened.
