A one-vehicle accident is reported at 9013 Batavia-Stafford Townline Road, off Main. Injuries, if any, are unknown.
Stafford fire and Mercy EMS are responding.
UPDATE 1:41 p.m.: Drivers who were around when the accident occurred are helping the female driver out of her car. She told dispatch she was shaken, but unsure if she had injuries.
UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: There are no injuries and the vehicle is in a snowbank, but not damaged. A tow driver has been called.
A rollover motor-vehicle accident with minor injuries is reported at Lewiston and Macomber roads in Oakfield.
Oakfield fire and Mercy EMS are responding and a State Trooper is also on scene. Medics are called for evaluation of the injuries.
UPDATE 1:34 p.m.: The responders are told to use caution and slow down on approach because the roads are iced over.
UPDATE 1:52 p.m.: All units are back in service.
A one-car rollover accident has been reported in teh area of 7133 Townline, Bergen.
Two women in the car are out and walking around, but may have suffered minor injuries.
Bergen Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
A two-car accident partially blocking the roadway is reported in the Village of Elba south of the intersection of Route 98 and Chapel Road. No word on injuries.
Elba Fire Department is responding and/or a Sheriff deputy.
UPDATE 5:02: About 20 minutes ago, the first responder reported no accident was located in the vicinity.
A one vehicle rollover accident has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 392.
The driver is not injured, but unable to get out of her car.
Town of Batavia fire and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 8:43 a.m.: A fire chief reports roads are slick and icy. Also, the driver has gotten herself out of the vehicle. She's seems to be injured.
A motor-vehicle accident with a minor injury is reported at 2677 W. Main St. Road in front of Jim's Saloon. East Pembroke Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding nonemergency.
It's most likely going to be a "sign-off." The patient is now in the kitchen at the saloon.
A two-car accident is reported at 385 Bloomingdale Road in front of Jan's Smoke Shop.
There is a minor neck injury reported. The location is between Shanks and Martin roads on the Tonawanda Indian Reservation.
Alabama fire and Mercy BLS are responding.
A roll over accident with injury has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 395 in the eastbound lane.
East Pembroke Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 10:27 p.m.: In the same area of the roll over, several other vehicles off the roadway have been reported.
UPDATE 10:30 p.m.: It sounds like one person injured, minor injury.
Speed is being considered a factor in an accident this morning on Creek Road that led to a resident of the area being taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center.
Robert G. Woodhouse, Jr., 51, of Creek Road, was partially pinned under his 2007 Jeep Wrangler after it rolled over, down an embankment at 8943 Creek Road.
The accident was reported at 10:07 a.m.
There is evidence at the scene that Woodhouse was involved in two property damage accidents just prior to his Jeep rolling down the embankment and ejecting him from the vehicle.
He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A utility pole was knocked down and a mailbox was damaged.
It's not clear why his vehicle left the roadway and the investigation is ongoing.
Charges are pending.
The investigation is being conducted by Deputy John Baiocco, Deputy Lonnie Nati and Sgt. William Scott of the Genesee County Crash Management Team.
Assisting at the scene were Mercy EMS, Town of Batavia Fire, City of Batavia Fire, Mercy Flight, Batavia Police and Bethany Fire Police.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported in Le Roy at East Bethany-Le Roy and Munson roads.
There are injuries. Mercy EMS and Le Roy fire are responding.
A person may be pinned under a car following a rollover accident in the area of 8943 Creek Road, Town of Batavia, between Lehigh and Dorman roads.
Town of Batavia Fire and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 10:24 a.m. (Billie): Lehigh Avenue is being shut down completely, starting at Ellicott Street. Mercy Flight is called with a 10-minute ETA. A landing zone is being set up on Lehigh Avenue, in one of the few places not crisscrossed by wires. The victim is stilled pinned under the vehicle.
UPDATE 10:29 a.m. (Billie): The victim has been extricated. Mercy Flight is now four minutes away. Traffic police are shutting down Creek and Dorman roads.
UPDATE 10:43 a.m. (Billie): There's a utility pole down at 8937 Creek Road and National Grid will be on scene in roughly 10 minutes.
UPDATE 10:37 a.m. (Billie): Mercy Flight is on the ground. National Grid is there now, but they are blocking the space needed for Mercy Flight to handle the accident.
UPDATE 11 a.m. (Billie): Mercy Flight went to Erie County Medical Center. The Town of Batavia fire crews, as well as City units, which assisted, are back in service. Sheriff's deputies remain to handle traffic control.
It is reported that a car has possibly struck a parked vehicle at 160 Summit St. Unknown injuries.
Batavia City fire and a medic are on scene.
A driver says he swerved to avoid a deer on North Byron Road this morning, which caused his car to go of the road and strike a tree.
The driver suffered minor facial cuts and did not require transport to a hospital.
Deputy Chris Parker, however, writes in his report, that he couldn't find evidence of a deer in the area.
"Investigating officer was unable to observe any fresh tracks near the roadway at the scene," Parker writes in his report. "No evasive maneuvers able to be observed prior to vehicle exiting the roadway. Appeared as driver may have fallen asleep as the tire tracks indicated a linear exit from the paved surface."
The driver, Joseph T. Bortle, 39, of Knowlesville Road, was not cited.
The accident occurred at 7:11 a.m. in the area of 5335 North Byron Road, Elba.
Two cars attempting to make left-hand turns at Lewiston Road and Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road collided head on at 11:55 a.m., Saturday.
Both drivers were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
The first driver, Carol M. Beeby, 67, of Lyndonville, was cited for alleged failure to yield.
The other driver was Michael L. Kickes, 46, of Broadway Street, Oakfield.
The accident was investigated by Deputy Chris Parker.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported at 403 Ellicott St. in the City of Batavia. There are minor injuries and it is blocking the roadway.
Mercy EMS and city fire are responding.
A car accident with injuries has been reported at the intersection of West Main Street and Gilbert Street in the Village of Le Roy.
Le Roy Fire and ambulance are being dispatched.
A car has gone off the road and down an embankment in the area of Lockport and Lewiston roads in Alabama.
A minor injury is reported.
Alabama Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 7:31 a.m.: Thus far, first responders have been unable to locate the accident. The 9-1-1 call did not provide automatic GPS data. A chief notes that there is also a Lockport Road and Lewiston Road intersection in Niagara County. It sounds like first responders have searched the area a good deal on Lockport and Lewiston on both sides of the road. The caller did state her car was "well down" the embankment.
UPDATE 7:35 a.m.: Another call has come in for an accident off of North Byron Road, and dispatchers think it may be the same accident with a more accurate location.
UPDATE 7:40 a.m.: The accident appears to be in the area of 7335 N. Byron Road. Note: Lockport Road becomes North Byron somewhere west of Route 98. Elba ambulance requested to the scene to check minor cuts on the driver's face.
A car has struck and deer and is now smoking at the intersection of Peachey and North Lake roads, Bergen.
The driver was not injured.
Bergen Fire is being dispatched.
A rollover motor-vehicle accident, unknown injuries, is reported on the Thruway in the westbound lanes near mile maker 400.6.
Pembroke and Indian Falls fire departments are called to the scene along with Mercy EMS.
UPDATE 3:53 a.m.: The driver is uninjured and is out of the vehicle. Mercy EMS is back in service. Pembroke fire is at the scene. Indian Falls is continuing in nonemergency mode. Responders are told to use caution on approach, presumably because of icy road conditions.
A two-car accident is reported on Route 63, in front of the John Deere tractor dealership, at Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road.
It is blocking the roadway. Both drivers are injured, but Mercy Flight is not needed. One victim needs to be extricated.
Oakfield Fire Department is responding. Route 63 and Fisher Road are going to be shut down. The Town of Batavia is handling fire police duties. Mercy EMS is responding.
UPDATE 12:10 p.m.: The victim needing extrication is out of the vehicle.
UPDATE 12:23 p.m.: Apparently, both drivers needed to be extricated and now the second victim is out of his or her vehicle.
UPDATE 12:34 p.m.: Both victims have been transported to the hospital. The roads are re-opened. Responders are clearing the scene.
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