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Accident reported on Route 5 at Batavia Stafford Townline Road

By Howard B. Owens

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Two cars are in a ditch, unknown injuries, following an accident reported on Main Road and Batavia Stafford Townline Road, Batavia.

Town of Batavia Fire and Mercy EMS responding.

UPDATE 4:50 p.m.: A red SUV was stopped at the stop sign at Batavia Stafford Townline Road, according to Trooper Mark Catanzaro, and attempted to make a left-hand turn onto Main Road and was struck in the driver's side by a Chevrolet Suburban towing a trailer.  Both vehicles traveled off the roadway, down an embankment, into a ditch, coming to rest in a ditch.  "Well off the road," Catanzaro said.  An elderly female driver of the red SUV had a complaint of chest pain and was transported to UMMC for evaluation. The driver of the Suburban had a complaint of minor back pain and minor chest pain.  He was evaluated at the scene. The other two occupants of the Suburban were uninjured. 

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