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Semi reportedly rolls over car on Route 19

By Howard B. Owens

A tractor-trailer reportedly rolled over a car at the intersection of routes 19 and 33.

One person is trapped in the car and reportedly in and out of consciousness.

Bergen Fire and Mercy EMS are responding.

Mercy Flight is grounded by weather.

UPDATE 12:31 a.m.: The passenger is out. The driver remains entrapped and is semi-conscious.

UPDATE 12:40 a.m.: Patient extricated.

UPDATE 9:10 am.: The driver was Baxter K. Ritsema, 17, of 2373 Reed Road, Bergen. He is listed in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. His passenger, Gabriel S. Ritsema, was treated at the scene for minor injuries. According to a report by Deputy Eric Seppala, Baxter was driving a 1997 Suzuki SUV and pulled out of a parking lot onto Route 33, right in front of a tractor-trailer driven by Michael G. Lewis, of Lockport, which was northbound.


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