accident

A male pedestrian is "down, off the road" after being struck by a motor vehicle on Main Street Road in Stafford. He is seriously injured. Mercy Flight was called, then cancelled, and now is back in service, ready to land.

Village of Le Roy, towns of Batavia and Stafford responding. Traffic control is under way.

UPDATE (11:56 a.m.): CPR is being performed on the victim.

UPDATE (12:07): The man, described as elderly, is being transported to UMMC via ambulance.

A car accident at the corner of Main Street and and Weber Avenue is reported in the Village of Oakfield. Two children are passengers and an ambulence is en route to evaluate their well being.

One person was injured when two cars collided at the intersection of routes 33 and 237 in Stafford this afternoon.

Sgt. Greg Walker's report says that a car was northbound on Route 237 at 12:41 p.m. and that it stopped at the stop sign, but then the driver allegedly proceeded across Route 33.

The second driver tried to avoid a collision, but the two cars hit on the shoulder of Route 33.

Injured was Ann C. Sewert, 53, of 8179 Prole Road Extension, Byron. She was driving a 2005 Toyota SUV on Route 33.

Sewert was taken by ground ambulance to UMMC with complaints of head and back pain.

The driver coming off of Route 237 is identified as Nicole A. Yeo, 23, of 1809 Saltvale Road, Warsaw.

Yeo was not injured in the crash. She was cited for alleged failure to yield right-of-way at a posted intersection.

An accident has been reported on the eastbound off-ramp, Exit 48, of the Thruway. There are apparently injuries.

Pembroke and Indian Falls fire are responding.

UPDATE 5:28 p.m.: Pembroke fire chief reports one victim with a shoulder injury. The patient is trapped in the car, but extrication is not possible until traffic is under control.

A rollover motor-vehicle accident is reported westbound on the Thruway at mile marker 375.6. Le Roy Fire Department is responding along with Le Roy Ambulance.

UPDATE (8:52 p.m.): One of the persons involved in the accident is believed to have fled into the surrounding woods and law enforcement patrols have been notified.

UPDATE (9:15 p.m.): "They've got him cornered in a lot on the westside of the Thruway someplace," reports an officer to dispatch.

A motor-vehicle accident with injuries is reported in the parking lot of the newly reopened Pontillo's Pizzeria at 500 E. Main St. in Batavia.

UPDATE (by Howard): According to Officer Eric Hill, the driver of a car heading east down East Main Street began swerving in the street. A witness followed her from about 400 Towers. Just after passing Pontillo's, the driver allegedly lost control of her car and it jumped the curb, striking a car in the Pontillo's parking lot. The passenger was not injured, Hill said, but the driver was injured. No further details are available.

A motor-vehicle rollover accident with a victim trapped inside is reported on the Thruway, eastbound at mile marker 375.5. Le Roy and Bergen fire departments are responding.

According to authorities there are serious injuries and Mercy Flight is in the air.

UPDATE (4:17 p.m.): Traffic is backing up, and the proximity of a construction site is possibly adding to the congestion. Police are responding to handle traffic. Mercy Flight is expected in two to three minutes.

UPDATE (4:22 p.m.): There is no entrapment. Mercy Flight is landing in a field south of the incident. No number yet on how many people are involved.

UPDATE (4:42 p.m.): Emergency crews are clearing or have cleared the scene. Le Roy ambulance and fire, along with Bergen fire, are back in service. No other information is yet available.

A two-car motor vehicle accident is reported at Batavia-Oakfield Townline and Lewiston roads in Oakfield. Minor injury.

A car has reportedly hit a deer on the Thruway at mile marker 379.4.

One person reportedly suffered a head injury and another person is complaining of back pain.

Le Roy Fire and Ambulance have been dispatched.

According to reader Ashley Bolsei, who took this picture, an SUV apparently jumped a curb and hit at tree at around 5:15 p.m., today, at the intersection of Summit and Exchange streets.

A five-car accident with no injuries is reported in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Church at 15 Sumner St. in Batavia. Fire and/or police are responding.

UPDATE (6:55 p.m.): "She didn't know which pedal did what," said Batavia Police Officer Matthew Baldwin at the scene of mild mayhem in the church parking lot.

They were all there for Bingo Nite when, according to Baldwin, a woman offered to help a disabled lady by moving her car for her, making it easier for her to get in. But the Good Samaritan was unfamilar with the vehicle controls, made for the disabled, and she accelerated too fast, couldn't stop and hit two parked cars. One of those vehicles smashed two other cars, and the driver, still in reverse, then hit a truck.

Nobody was hurt in the accident.

(Isn't five in a row Bingo?)

UPDATE: Photos by Howard Owens.

A 7-year-old child was struck by an ATV in Pavilion at 4:18 p.m., Wednesday, and taken by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital.

The condition of the child is unknown. The Sheriff's Office withheld her name from a report on the incident released late Thursday night.

The accident occurred on Walker Road in Pavilion.

The ATV was registered to Carolyn Manning. The driver was identified as a 12-year-old boy.

The report by Deputy Cory Mower says the youth spotted the child and tried to stop, but was unable to stop in time.

A motor-vehicle accident is reported in the vicinity of 56 Harvester Ave. in the City of Batavia. A male driver is unconscious.

UPDATE (by Howard): Officer Ed Mileham said it appeared that the driver of a Ford sedan failed to stop when the driver of a SAAB did stop to make a left-hand turn into a driveway of the Harvester Center.  The driver of the Ford was transported to UMMC.  The driver of the SAAB declined treatment.

Distracted driving was apparently the cause of a two-vehicle accident yesterday that sent two women to the hospital.

Melinda L. Gurnsey, 25, of 14107 Gillette Road, Albion, said she was looking at her GPS as she approached the intersection of Route 262 and Byron Road in Byron. She reportedly told accident investigator Deputy Matt Butler that she didn't notice a stop sign.

Her 2006 Ford pickup was struck by a Ford pickup driven by Constance S. Rockow, 40, of 927 County Line Road, Hamlin.

Rockow was taken by ground ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital with a complaint of head pain. She was conscious at the time of transport.

Gurnsey also complained of head pain, and was conscious, and was taken by ambulance to UMMC.

She was issued a traffic citation for alleged failure to stop at a stop sign.

The accident was reported at 3:29 p.m.

A two-vehicle accident with injuries is reported at Route 262 and Byron Road. Byron and South Byron fire departments are called to respond as well as a medic.

A driver whose car was hit on the driver's side at the intersection of Route 98 an Batavia-Elba Townline Road was treated and released for her injuries at Erie County Medical Center yesterday.

Jennifer M. Olsen, 24, of 8042 Allegheny Road, Corfu, was taken by Mercy Flight to ECMC following the 4:32 p.m. accident.

The other driver, Rachel J. Lombard, 39, of 237 S. Main St., Albion, was also injured. She was taken to UMMC by Mercy EMS.

Deputy Matt Butler investigated the accident and concluded that Olsen, who was eastbound on Batavia-Elba Townline Road, stopped at the stop sign, but then proceeded into the intersection. Her 2007 Ford sedan was struck by a 1997 Buick sedan driven by Lombard.

Olsen was cited for alleged failure to yield right of way at a stop sign.

The Genesee County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal one-car accident which occurred about 2 a.m. today on Simonds Road in the Town of Darien. Brian  J. Gazda, 47, of 9430 Halstead Road in Batavia, was the sole occupant of a 2007 Chevy Corvette, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the Sheriff's press release, the car was traveling north on Simonds Road when it went off the east shoulder of the roadway, overturned several times, and came to rest in an upright position. Gazda was ejected from the car.

The accident is being investigated by Deputy Jason Saile, Sgt. William Scott of the Crash Management Team, Sgt. Brian Frieday and Deputy Chief Gordon Dibble. They were assisted at the scene by the State Police, Darien Fire Department and Mercy EMS.

UPDATE: The obituary has been posted for Brian Gazda.

A car accident with injuries is reported at Batavia-Elba Townline Road and Route 98 in the Town of Batavia. Two ambulances are requested. Mercy Flight is being contacted.

"We are probably going to have to pop the door," says an emergency responder, regarding a trapped victim.

UPDATE 5:48 p.m. (by Howard): Names of the victims have not been released yet. One was taken by Mercy Flight to Strong. The other was transported by ground ambulance ot UMMC.

Fast action by three people on Swan Street this evening saved a Batavia man from possible serious injury after a car he was working on slipped off a jack and trapped him.

The man, Dean Case, started yelling and two men nearby heard him as well as two boys.

The boys, Peter and Philip, ran to get their mom, Kim Koziol, who called 9-1-1. Jeremy Fitzsimmons and his friend Josh Fye, who was visiting from Darien, rushed to see what was going on.

They said all they could see was Case's legs sticking from under the car. Fitzsimmons ran to get a jack and Fye pushed the car from behind to keep it from rolling back further onto Case. Koziol then came with two wheel ramps and pushed them behind the rear tires to help hold the jacked-up vehicle in place.

Case, who was working on his transmission, stood up immediately after he was pulled from under the vehicle, and he was fully conscious. Fitzsimmons said his first words were, "Next time, I'm calling L&L."

A short time later, Officer John Zola and Batavia Fire personnel arrived on scene. Mercy EMS transported Chase to UMMC for evaluation.

Fitzsimmons and Fye demurred when asked if they were heroes. "We were just in the right place at the right time," Fye said.

A two-car accident on West Main Street, Batavia, reportedly caused minor injuries.

The two cars have pulled into the Parisee's parking lot and West Main is not blocked.

City Fire and Mercy EMS are responding.