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Speed blamed for accident on Route 77 in Pembroke

By Howard B. Owens

Speed is being blamed for a truck-into-car accident on Route 77 in Pembroke at 7:11 p.m, Tuesday.

Hurt in the crash was 20-year-old Kyle A. Bilby of N. Pearl Street, Oakfield. Bilby was transported to UMMC with non-life-threatening injuries.

According to the report by Deputy Kevin McCarthy, Bilby was driving a 2000 Ford sedan south on Route 77 at an "unsafe speed" when he attempted pass a semi-truck on the right.

Bilby apparently lost control of his car and hit the truck.

The truck was driven by Alfonza R. Smith, Jr., 30, of Seneca. His passenger was Joseph E. Johnson, 42. Neither Smith nor Johnson were injured.

While McCarthy's report says that Bilby was driving at an unsafe speed, it does not list any citations issued.

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