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A one-car rollover accident with entrapment has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 400.7 in the eastbound lane.

Pembroke Fire and Indian Falls Fire responding.

UPDATE: When firefighters arrived, the driver was out of the vehicle and walking around.

UPDATE 11:12 p.m.: Another vehicle is apparently off the road about a mile west of the first accident.

A car-into-pole accident has occurred at 453 N. Byron Road. The location is between Lockport and Miller roads. No injuries reported.

Elba Fire Department is responding. Mercy medics on scene determined no injuries were apparent, left, and now are asked to return in non-emergency mode.

UPDATE 8:16 p.m.: A firefighter reports that the pole involved, No. 4596, is cracked and National Grid should look at it, but it doesn't required immediate attention. A previous responder said the pole was "split in a few places."

Two of Genesee County's young people seriously hurt in accidents this week remain hospitalized.

Cassandra Koepp, 17, injured in an accident on Wortendyke Road on Wednesday afternoon, remains in guarded condition at Strong Memorial Hospital. Strong lists all patients in the intensive care unit as "guarded."

Jordan Paul Fleming, 22, who had his legs seriously injured when his car hit a tree on East Bethany-Le Roy Townline Road on Thursday is listed in satisfactory condition at Strong.

Predictably, the weather is creating hazardous road conditions. There are at least four accidents now -- and cars have careened off the roads in several other places countywide.

One car is well off the road on the westbound 490 at the Bergen exit.

Another accident is reported on the Thruway at mile marker 399.9, eastbound. Pembroke and Indian Falls fire departments responded. Air-bag deployment, no injuries.

Alabama Fire Department is responding to an accident on Alleghany Road, just south of Ham Road. Car, with heavy front-end damage, and a tractor-trailer.

Route 5 overpass of the Thruway. Driver only, no injuries, heavy front-end damage.

A one-car rollover accident is reported on the Thruway, eastbound at mile marker 398.8. East Pembroke Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding. There are injuries, but their severity is unknown.

Callers say responders should use caution upon approach since there are reportedly people running across the roadway to the accident scene.

UPDATE 3 p.m.: A responder says the accident is not a rollover.

UPDATE 3:01 p.m.: Apparently there are two separate incidents. One car is off the roadway at mile marker 398. A half mile eastward, a black SUV was overturned, but is now right-side up. The occupants are out and seem to have suffered lacerations only.

A three-car accident has been reported at East Main and Cedar streets.

It is believed to be property-damage only at this point.

A driver who was pulling out of the Arby's drive-thru exit on West Main Street apparently had her van roll in front of a westbound tractor-trailer.

The truck spun the van around, onto the sidewalk and into the front of an office building.

It's unknown at this point if the driver was unable to stop on ice or if she failed to yield the right-of-way.

The trucker drove on to the Tops Market parking lot where he reportedly felt it was safer to stop than on West Main Street.

Batavia Police and Fire responded along with Mercy EMS.

UPDATE: The driver of the van was Patricia A. Tomaszewski, 74, of Dodgeson Road, Alexander. Sgt. John Peck said Tomaszewski allegedly failed to yield the right-of-way and was issued a citation. He said her van struck the right rear axle of the trailer. The truck driver was John L. Kinnaird, 58, of Ingersoll, Ontario, Canada. Kinnaird was cited for allegedly driving on a suspended license.

UPDATED Feb. 4, 12:37 a.m.

Crews from Bethany and Stafford volunteer fire departments worked for more than an hour and 15 minutes to extricate an accident victim from his car on East Bethany-Le Roy Townline Road this afternoon.

The victim, Jordan Paul Fleming, 22, of East Bethany-Le Roy Townline Road, East Bethany, appears to have suffered leg injuries, according to Bethany's 2nd Assistant Chief John Szymkowiak. 

Fleming was taken by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital.

The 1996 Mercedes sedan passed through a slushy part of the roadway, slid off the pavement and struck a tree on the front driver's side, according to the accident investigation report. The force of the impact collapsed the front of the car, including steering wheel and column onto the driver's legs.

The car essentially had to be dismantled into order to extricate Fleming.

One veteran firefighter described the extrication as the toughest he's ever been involved in.

Szymkowiak requested mutual aid from Stafford to help with the extrication.

(Initial Report)

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A car has struck a pole, trapping the driver inside, at East Bethany-Le Roy Road and Transit Road in Bethany.

Mercy Flight is in air, on standby. Bethany Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding.

UPDATE 12:34 p.m.: Responder requests Mercy Flight to the scene. Serious injuries reported.

UPDATE 12:37 p.m.: Stafford Fire Department is called in for mutual aid.

UPDATE 12:38 p.m.: Law enforcement is there and controlling traffic. A landing zone is being set up on Transit Road.

UPDATE 12:42 p.m.: The "jaws of life" are called for to extricate the driver, who is the sole victim.

UPDATE 12:50 p.m.: Mercy Flight has landed.

UPDATE 1:04 p.m.: Alexander Fire Department is called to standby in its quarters.

UPDATE 1:36 p.m.: The male victim has yet to be extricated and they are working diligently to do so. The car's roof has been removed in the process. The car's front end is heavily damaged.

UPDATE 1:45 p.m.: The man has been extricated from his vehicle.

UPDATE 2:08 p.m.: Mercy Flight is airborne, heading to Strong Memorial Hospital. Alexander is released from standby.

UPDATE 2:17 p.m.: Bethany fire units are back in service. The site is being cleaned up and the roadway reopened.

An 17-year-old Alexander girl was seriously injured in a two-car accident on Wortendyke Road, Alexander, at 4:20 p.m.

Cassandra R. Koepp was transported by ground ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital.

Justin Neureuter, 22, of Corfu, who was not injured, was cited for alleged failure to keep right, no seatbelt and aggravated unlicensed operation, 3rd.

Neureuter was reportedly driving northbound on Wortendyke when his car crossed the center line and was struck by a car driven by Deborah D. Buckenmeyer, 54, of Attica.

Buckenmeyer was not injured.

Koepp was a passenger in Neureuter's vehicle. Alexander firefighters needed to extricate her from the car.

Alexander fire crews were on scene until 9 p.m. providing traffic control during the investigation.

First responders reported icy road conditions in the area.

(Initial Report)

A two-car accident with injuries, possibly serious ones, is reported at Wortendyke and Dodgeson Roads. Mercy Flight is called but unable to fly due to weather conditions.

Alexander Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding.

UPDATE 4:29 p.m.: A responder says "If you're coming around the corner at Goodman Road, be careful -- it's nothing but a sheet of ice." A fireman says a person involved in the accident "is barely breathing." They also need to employ the jaws for extrication. Authorities are asked to control and/or close traffic at Wortendyke and Rose Pike roads.

UPDATE 4:38 p.m.: Traffic at Wortendyke and Dodgeson is being shut down.

UPDATE 4:42 p.m.: A teenage girl involved in the accident has a respiratory rate (breaths per minute) of 12, which is within normal range. They are unable to get her out and expect it will be at least 15 minutes before they can.

UPDATE 5:37 p.m.: One victim was transported to Strong Memorial Hospital at least 20 minutes ago. No word on the teenage girl's extrication. A young man involved in the accident has both parents and an uncle on scene with him.

UPDATE 5:55 p.m.: Media trying to access the scene are stopped by a State Trooper who says "This is a crime scene."

UPDATE 6:13 p.m.: An Alexander fire unit has returned to the hall.

UPDATE 9:14 p.m.: As of about 9 p.m., all Alexander units back in service and the road is reopened.

A two-car accident with minor injuries is reported at Vine and Bank Street in the City of Batavia.

Batavia Fire Department and a Mercy ambulance are responding.

One person suffered a minor injury Saturday after a car pulling out of a business on Ellicott Street Road reportedly struck her car as she tried to avoid it.

William B. Heany, 74, of East Main Street, Batavia, told a Sheriff's Deputy that he didn't see the headlights of a car driven by Victoria Lee Wood, 40, of Pavilion Center Road, Pavilion, as he pulled from the parking lot of 4818 Ellicott Street Road, Batavia.

The accident occurred at 8:27 p.m.

Lee, who said her headlights were on, was transported by ambulance to UMMC.

No citations are listed on the accident report.

The accident was investigated by Deputy Patrick Reeves.

A one-car rollover accident is blocking the eastbound lane of Route 20 in the area of 4471 Broadway Road, Bethany.

There are no reported injuries.

Bethany Fire and Alexander Fire Police are responding.

UPDATE 6:40 a.m.: Traffic is being directed around the accident.

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Police, Fire and Mercy EMS are on scene of a two-car accident at the corner of Main and Bank streets, downtown Batavia.

Traffic is backing up in the westbound lanes of Main Street.

There were no injuries following a two-car accident on the Thruway in Pembroke this morning, near mile marker 403 in the westbound lane.

One car caught on fire following the accident, according to State Police.

One westbound lane was blocked for about an hour.

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A tractor-trailer rollover accident is reported at Route 19 and Creamery Road in Bergen. A sedan is also involved. Unknown injuries. There's a strong smell of gasoline. The trailer is on its side. Its contents are unknown.

Bergen fire and ambulance and Mercy EMS are responding.

UPDATE 3:49 p.m.: There is one minor injury and no hazard materials are present. Fire police are called to assist with traffic.

UPDATE 3:51 p.m.: Mercy EMS is put back in service.

UPDATE 4 p.m.: The tractor-trailer is loaded with cabbage. A tow-truck company is en route.

A caller has reported seeing smoke coming from the roof of Le Roy Central School, 2 Trigon Park.

Le Roy Fire and Bergen Fire responding.

UPDATE 9:26 p.m.: Bergen requested to standby in quarters. Chief on scene says "nothing showing."

UPDATE 9:28 p.m.: Bergen standing down. Le Roy being held to tanker and ladder truck responding.

UPDATE 9:31: Le Roy back in service. "Normal operation from exhaust system."

A car accident is reported at Ellicott Street Road and Telephone Road in Texaco Town. There are no injuries, but it is blocking the roadway.

Pavilion Fire Department is responding.

A car has struck a tree at 10708 Alexander Road, in the area of the Alexander Fire Recreation Hall.

The driver has a head injury according to State Police on scene.

Alexander Fire Department and Mercy EMS are responding.

UPDATE 12:10 p.m.: The injury is minor and medics are told to come in non-emergency mode.