A car has reportedly hit a cow on West Sweden Road, Bergen.
The cow has been hurt, but no occupants in the car believed injured.
Law enforcement in route.
UPDATE: A passerby was apparently able to identify the owner of the cow and has gone to notify the owner. There are apparently no human injuries.
A motor-vehicle accident has been reported in the area of 22 Alleghany Road, Village of Corfu.
Unknown injuries.
Corfu Fire Department and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 2:36 a.m.: One lane of traffic shut down. No word on injuries, but it isn't sounding serious.
A truck driver says she saw a car stopped in front of her on West Main Street Road on Friday but simply couldn't stop in time to avoid a collision.
The driver of the car, Dawn M. Newton, 50, of Shepard Road, Batavia, was taken to UMMC with only minor injuries, even though her 2000 Chevy sedan was heavily damaged.
The truck driver, Janice C. Kelley, 58, of Montana Road, Savannah, was cited for allegedly following too closely.
Distracted driving was the cause of a one-car accident at 3:33 p.m. Friday on Lewiston Road, according to a Sheriff's Office report.
According to Deputy Chad Minuto, Christina Mae King, 19, of Chestnut Ridge Road, Gasport, said she reached for something in the car that had fallen when her 1996 Chevy SUV drifted onto the shoulder. King swerved to the left, overcorrecting and going into the oncoming lane. She then overcorrected again, which is when she lost control of the car.
King was westbound in the area of 395 Lewiston, near Salt Road, in Alabama, at the time of the accident.
Both King and her passenger, T.L. King, 20, were taken to Medina Memorial Hospital with minor injuries.
King was cited for allegedly driving without a license and moving from lane unsafely.
A driver reportedly failed to see a car that had stopped for a left-hand turn on Pearl Street Road, Batavia, at 4:07 p.m. Friday, causing an accident that sent one person to the hospital.
Injured was Lisa M. Bailey, 49, of Pearl Street Road, Batavia, the driver of the car that was hit.
Jonathan P. Hoca, 23, of Woodrow Road, Batavia, was westbound on Pearl Street Road in a 2008 Chevy sedan when he struck Bailey's 2002 Pontiac sedan.
Hoca said he didn't see Bailey slow down to turn.
Sgt. Greg Walker investigated the accident and reported that another car was also traveling westbound between Hoca's and Bailey's cars and that car swerved around Bailey's vehicle.
Hoca was cited for allegedly following too closely.
A motor vehicle accident has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 379, eastbound, in the median.
Multiple injuries are reported.
Le Roy Fire and Ambulance along with Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 6:34 a.m.: Car on its roof. Seven injuries reported. Four more ambulances requested to the scene from Mercy EMS and Bergen. Mercy Flight on in-air standby. Mile marker 379 is just west of Route 19 near Griswold Circle.
UPDATE 6:38 a.m.: Cancel Mercy Flight. A total of five ambulances currently in route.
UPDATE 6:43 a.m.: All remaining responders to continue, but "take it easy."
UPDATE 7:11 a.m.: A total of eight patients transported to Strong. Le Roy fire back in service.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported at 3210 Pearl St. Road. Injuries are minor.
East Pembroke Fire Department is responding.
A one-vehicle rollover accident is reported at the intersection of Lewiston and Salt Works roads in Alabama. A medic at the scene reports minor injuries.
Alabama Fire Department and medics responding.
A motor-vehicle accident, believed to be without injuries, is reported in front of Pauly's Pizza, 314 Ellicott St., Batavia. It is blocking traffic. Batavia PD on scene.
An accident involving a tractor-trailer and a car is reported at 3924 W. Main St. in Batavia. It appears the tractor-trailer rear-ended the car. The woman who was driving the car is injured and may need extrication.
Town of Batavia Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding. The location is in front of Pyramid Prosthetics and next to Johnson Automotive.
Mercy Flight is put on stand by.
UPDATE 2:07 p.m.: The medic on scene has determined Mercy Flight is not needed.
UPDATE 2:10 p.m.: The woman is out of the vehicle.
UPDATE 2:22 p.m.: The victim is being transported to UMMC complaining of minor arm pain and some pain to the back of her head.
UPDATE 3:21 p.m.: The roadway is re-opened.
A rollover accident with minor injuries is reported in the area of 7193 Warboys Road, Bergen.
The victim is reportedly out of the car and walking around.
Bergen Fire Department and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 9:17 a.m.: Confirmed minor injury. Vehicle is on its roof.
Five children where injured in a two-car accident on Thursday afternoon when a 17-year-old driver in Darien allegedly failed to yield the right-of-way.
All five children, ages 9 to 13, were transported by ground ambulance to Erie County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.
The 17-year-old driver, Dean G. Cullinan, of Prospect Street, Corfu, also suffered a minor injury and was transported to UMMC.
Cullinan was reportedly southbound on County Line Road when he went through a stop sign at Sumner Road.
Kelly Susan Ford, 45, of Fairfield Drive, Clarence, was driving a 2011 Honda SUV eastbound on Sumner with the five children in the vehicle.
Ford told Deputy Ron Meides that Cullinan's 1995 Plymouth minivan seemed to suddenly appear in front of her at the intersection. She couldn't tell, she said, if the minivan had stopped before entering the intersection.
Cullinan told Meides that he had stopped and decided to proceed once he thought the roadway was clear of cross traffic. He said he didn't see Ford's SUV.
The children injured were Kristen H. Olivieri, 9, Clarissa Surianello, 13, Mara K. Giambrone, 13, Emily E. Ford, 13, and Katherine L. Ford, 11.
Meides issued citations to Cullinan for allegedly failing to stop at a stop sign and failure to yield the right-of-way.
A two-car accident with injuries is reported at the junction of routes 63 and 246. Pavilion and Mercy EMS are responding. Four victims are involved. Vehicles are not blocking. Law enforcement is on scene.
UPDATE 3:19 p.m.: An ambulance from Le Roy is called to the scene.
UPDATE 3:46 p.m.: Patients are taken to UMMC.
UPDATE 3:54 p.m.: All Pavilion units are back in service. State Troopers remain on the scene.
A Le Roy resident was killed in a motor vehicle accident Wednesday on Wethersfield Road, Town of Wethersfield, Wyoming County.
According to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office, Phillip B. Ellinwood, was heading east on Wethersfield Road when he attempted to pass another eastbound car. Ellinwood's car went off the north shoulder of the road and struck a tree.
Ellinwood was pinned in the vehicle. He was extricated by members of the North Java Fire and Rescue Department.
He was then transported to Wyoming Community Hospital.
The press release reads, "Despite life saving efforts by emergency room personnel Ellinwood died from his injuries."
The accident was invested by the Wyoming County Crash Management Team.
No further details were released.
A two-car accident with possibly serious injuries is reported at 192 Sumner and County Line roads, in Darien. One vehicle reportedly has five children inside.
Darien Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding.
UPDATE 12:08 p.m.: A unit on scene reports only minor injuries.
UPDATE 12:17 p.m.: All occupants are out of the vehicles.
UPDATE 12:20 p.m.: Two flatbed tow trucks are requested to the scene.
UPDATE 12:54 p.m.: Mercy units transporting patients to UMMC and Suburban Hospital in Buffalo.
UPDATE 1:04 p.m.: All Darien units back in service.
A car has struck a tree in the area of 8033 W. Bergen Road. Le Roy Fire and Ambulance are responding.
UPDATE 6:25 p.m.: The first responder says a person is trapped still inside the vehicle. Other responders are told to take it easy getting there.
UPDATE 6:26 p.m.: The vehicle is said to be totally demolished and a flatbed tow truck is needed.
UPDATE 6:31 p.m.: The tow truck is there. Le Roy has been released from the scene by State Troopers. No word on the trapped person. We're guessing he or she was extricated.
An elderly Canadian man died shortly before noon in the two-car collision at Route 63 (Lewiston Road) and Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road. He was traveling northbound on Route 63 when his car crossed the center line for reasons unknown, striking a southbound car head on.
The struck vehicle was occupied by a couple from Williamsville and they were transported to UMMC with minor injuries.
Names will be forthcoming.
UPDATE 1:13 p.m.: The name of the Williamsville couple is Michael and Diane Zakes, former funeral directors in Oakfield. It will be some time before investigators determine the cause of the accident, if they ever do. Sgt. Kurt Schmitt requests that any witnesses who haven't been interviewed to please call State Police. Schmitt said, "(The elderly driver) was well into the left lane. We don't know why he crossed. That's part of our investigation." He added later, "There are clear indications that tell us he crossed into the left lane. There are indications in the roadway."
A car has reportedly struck a pole in the area of 7444 Reuben Road, Basom, the Tonawanda Indian Reservation.
The driver is reportedly unconscious.
Pole and wires are down. Emergency responders advised to use caution upon approach.
UPDATE 5:12 p.m.: Mercy Flight not required. A second ambulance requested to the scene. Two people are injured.
UDPATE 5:14 p.m.: National Grid requested to the scene.
UPDATE 5:26 p.m.: A Mercy medic requests Mercy Flight to the scene. A landing zone is being set up at Ledge and Reuben roads.
UPDATE 5:40 p.m.: Mercy Flight is on the ground.
UPDATE 5:48 p.m.: Mercy Flight is airborne, headed to Erie County Medical Center.
A tractor-trailer has reportedly pulled wires down in the area of 9489 Alexander Road, Alexander.
Alexander Fire Department and law enforcement dispatched to the scene.
UPDATE 9:43 a.m.: An assistant chief on scene reports wires in the road (secondary wires to a residence), pole down, traffic backed up "quite a ways." National Grid being notified.
UPDATE 9:53 a.m.: Traffic closed in both directions, but a chief says, "I don't think we're going to be here long. He (rep from National Grid) is going to cut the wires so we can pull them out of the road."
UPDATE 9:59 a.m.: Route 98 being reopened.
UPDATE 10:13 a.m.: Alexander fire back in service.
UPDATED 5 p.m.:
A 13-year-old girl was taken to Strong Memorial Hospital by Mercy Flight this afternoon after she was struck by a car while riding her bike on a sidewalk on West Main Street, Batavia.
The girl, Emily Sherman, is at strong in stable condition.
Her injuries are not believed to be life threatening, according to Lt. Eugene Jankowski, Batavia PD.
"(Mercy Flight) was more of a precaution, because we don't know," Jankowski said. "In things like this you can always have more serious internal injuries."
Jankowski described the Emily's apparent injuries as cuts and abrasions.
"She was conscious and alert," Jankowski said. "She was complaining, which I think is a good thing."
Emily and a friend -- believed to be students at St. Joe's -- were riding on the sidewalk eastbound when a car attempted to pull from the Denny's parking lot, making a right-hand turn onto Main.
The driver, Erin George, 23, apparently saw the first child go by and thought the coast was clear, but the second child was just coming by and obscured by a door pillar of the sedan.
Jankowski said George stopped as quickly as she could, but did drag the girl under her car into the street.
City of Batavia Fire arrived on scene and used air bags to lift the car and safely extricate Emily.
She was then taken by a Mercy EMS ambulance to a field off River Street on the opposite side of the Tonawanda Creek.
George was obviously distraught following the accident. Jankowski said she would be taken to the police station for a witness statement then helped home.
"I don't think she's in any condition to drive," Jankowski said.
The mother of both girls showed up at the scene as did the principal of St. Joe's and Batavia City Council President Marianne Clattenburg, who teaches at St. Joe's.
Jankowski said parents need to remind their children of bicycle safety during the summer months. Bicycles should not ride on sidewalks, but on the roadway and with the flow of traffic, Jankowski said.
While it's not known whether the girl was wearing a helmet -- none was visible at the scene -- and there's no indication she suffered a head injury, Jankowski emphasized the importance of bicycle helmets.
"It could be an important factor in saving a life," Jankowski said. "I'm a big promoter of helmets. I wear one myself when I ride."
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