A roll over accident with injury has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 395 in the eastbound lane.
East Pembroke Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 10:27 p.m.: In the same area of the roll over, several other vehicles off the roadway have been reported.
UPDATE 10:30 p.m.: It sounds like one person injured, minor injury.
Speed is being considered a factor in an accident this morning on Creek Road that led to a resident of the area being taken by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center.
Robert G. Woodhouse, Jr., 51, of Creek Road, was partially pinned under his 2007 Jeep Wrangler after it rolled over, down an embankment at 8943 Creek Road.
The accident was reported at 10:07 a.m.
There is evidence at the scene that Woodhouse was involved in two property damage accidents just prior to his Jeep rolling down the embankment and ejecting him from the vehicle.
He was not wearing a seat belt, according to the Sheriff's Office.
A utility pole was knocked down and a mailbox was damaged.
It's not clear why his vehicle left the roadway and the investigation is ongoing.
Charges are pending.
The investigation is being conducted by Deputy John Baiocco, Deputy Lonnie Nati and Sgt. William Scott of the Genesee County Crash Management Team.
Assisting at the scene were Mercy EMS, Town of Batavia Fire, City of Batavia Fire, Mercy Flight, Batavia Police and Bethany Fire Police.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported in Le Roy at East Bethany-Le Roy and Munson roads.
There are injuries. Mercy EMS and Le Roy fire are responding.
A person may be pinned under a car following a rollover accident in the area of 8943 Creek Road, Town of Batavia, between Lehigh and Dorman roads.
Town of Batavia Fire and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 10:24 a.m. (Billie): Lehigh Avenue is being shut down completely, starting at Ellicott Street. Mercy Flight is called with a 10-minute ETA. A landing zone is being set up on Lehigh Avenue, in one of the few places not crisscrossed by wires. The victim is stilled pinned under the vehicle.
UPDATE 10:29 a.m. (Billie): The victim has been extricated. Mercy Flight is now four minutes away. Traffic police are shutting down Creek and Dorman roads.
UPDATE 10:43 a.m. (Billie): There's a utility pole down at 8937 Creek Road and National Grid will be on scene in roughly 10 minutes.
UPDATE 10:37 a.m. (Billie): Mercy Flight is on the ground. National Grid is there now, but they are blocking the space needed for Mercy Flight to handle the accident.
UPDATE 11 a.m. (Billie): Mercy Flight went to Erie County Medical Center. The Town of Batavia fire crews, as well as City units, which assisted, are back in service. Sheriff's deputies remain to handle traffic control.
It is reported that a car has possibly struck a parked vehicle at 160 Summit St. Unknown injuries.
Batavia City fire and a medic are on scene.
A driver says he swerved to avoid a deer on North Byron Road this morning, which caused his car to go of the road and strike a tree.
The driver suffered minor facial cuts and did not require transport to a hospital.
Deputy Chris Parker, however, writes in his report, that he couldn't find evidence of a deer in the area.
"Investigating officer was unable to observe any fresh tracks near the roadway at the scene," Parker writes in his report. "No evasive maneuvers able to be observed prior to vehicle exiting the roadway. Appeared as driver may have fallen asleep as the tire tracks indicated a linear exit from the paved surface."
The driver, Joseph T. Bortle, 39, of Knowlesville Road, was not cited.
The accident occurred at 7:11 a.m. in the area of 5335 North Byron Road, Elba.
Two cars attempting to make left-hand turns at Lewiston Road and Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road collided head on at 11:55 a.m., Saturday.
Both drivers were taken to area hospitals with non-life threatening injuries.
The first driver, Carol M. Beeby, 67, of Lyndonville, was cited for alleged failure to yield.
The other driver was Michael L. Kickes, 46, of Broadway Street, Oakfield.
The accident was investigated by Deputy Chris Parker.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported at 403 Ellicott St. in the City of Batavia. There are minor injuries and it is blocking the roadway.
Mercy EMS and city fire are responding.
A car accident with injuries has been reported at the intersection of West Main Street and Gilbert Street in the Village of Le Roy.
Le Roy Fire and ambulance are being dispatched.
A car has gone off the road and down an embankment in the area of Lockport and Lewiston roads in Alabama.
A minor injury is reported.
Alabama Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 7:31 a.m.: Thus far, first responders have been unable to locate the accident. The 9-1-1 call did not provide automatic GPS data. A chief notes that there is also a Lockport Road and Lewiston Road intersection in Niagara County. It sounds like first responders have searched the area a good deal on Lockport and Lewiston on both sides of the road. The caller did state her car was "well down" the embankment.
UPDATE 7:35 a.m.: Another call has come in for an accident off of North Byron Road, and dispatchers think it may be the same accident with a more accurate location.
UPDATE 7:40 a.m.: The accident appears to be in the area of 7335 N. Byron Road. Note: Lockport Road becomes North Byron somewhere west of Route 98. Elba ambulance requested to the scene to check minor cuts on the driver's face.
A car has struck and deer and is now smoking at the intersection of Peachey and North Lake roads, Bergen.
The driver was not injured.
Bergen Fire is being dispatched.
A rollover motor-vehicle accident, unknown injuries, is reported on the Thruway in the westbound lanes near mile maker 400.6.
Pembroke and Indian Falls fire departments are called to the scene along with Mercy EMS.
UPDATE 3:53 a.m.: The driver is uninjured and is out of the vehicle. Mercy EMS is back in service. Pembroke fire is at the scene. Indian Falls is continuing in nonemergency mode. Responders are told to use caution on approach, presumably because of icy road conditions.
A two-car accident is reported on Route 63, in front of the John Deere tractor dealership, at Batavia-Oakfield Townline Road.
It is blocking the roadway. Both drivers are injured, but Mercy Flight is not needed. One victim needs to be extricated.
Oakfield Fire Department is responding. Route 63 and Fisher Road are going to be shut down. The Town of Batavia is handling fire police duties. Mercy EMS is responding.
UPDATE 12:10 p.m.: The victim needing extrication is out of the vehicle.
UPDATE 12:23 p.m.: Apparently, both drivers needed to be extricated and now the second victim is out of his or her vehicle.
UPDATE 12:34 p.m.: Both victims have been transported to the hospital. The roads are re-opened. Responders are clearing the scene.
Unsafe speed in light snow is being blamed for a two-car accident on Buffalo Street Road near Bowen Road at 11:39 a.m., Wednesday, that caused one minor injury.
Cited for allegedly not wearing a seat belt was George Campbell IV, 21, of Hastings Avenue, Buffalo.
No citation is listed in the accident report related to speed.
Campbell was reportedly traveling southbound on Buffalo Street Road when his 2000 Buick sedan started to skid. Campbell reportedly over corrected, causing him to strike a car in the rear driven by Samuel A. Palmeri, 43, of Dundee Street, Albion.
Campbell suffered a minor injury and was treated at the scene.
The accident was investigated by Deputy Lonnie Nati.
A 19-year-old driver may have approached an iced-over bridge at an unsafe speed, according to an accident report, causing the car to spin out and strike a guardrail.
The report doesn't list any citations or injuries in the one-car accident that occurred at 8:54 a.m., Tuesday.
Jessica H. Shepard, of Akron Road, Lockport, was northbound on Route 63 near River Road, Pavilion, in a 1999 Chevy pickup truck.
The accident was investigated by Deputy Lonnie Nati.
Blowing snow and whiteout conditions are blamed for a four-car accident on Route 77, Alabama, at 7:09 a.m., Wednesday that injured only person, who did not require hospitalization.
Earl E. Howard Jr., 17, of Route 98, Attica, was southbound on Route 77 near Route 63 in blowing snow.
Jonathan R. Callard, 27, of Bates Road, Medina, also heading south, slowed down for a snowplow, which prompted Rebecca J. Lindsay, 24, of Telegraph Road, Medina, to reduce speed, too.
Because of the blowing snow, Howard reportedly did not see the cars ahead of him braking. His 1998 Chevy truck hit Lindsay's 2001 Ford sedan, causing it to strike Callard's 1995 Ford sedan.
Alyssa M. Dombrowski, 20, of South Avenue, Medina, was also southbound. Due to whiteout conditions, she reportedly did not see the accident and her 2000 Chevy sedan struck Howard's truck, causing it to strike Lindsay's car.
Lindsay suffered only a minor injury.
No citations were issued.
The accident was investigated by Deputy Lonnie Nati.
A one vehicle rollover accident, without injuries, is reported at 10154 Goodman Road in Alexander.
The vehicle landed on its side.
Alexander Fire Department is responding.
The location is between Stannard and Sprague roads.
UPDATE 12:40 p.m.: The driver is out of the vehicle.
A car has hit a house at Route 19 and Bissell Road, Bergen.
The caller believes the house is vacant and reports the driver is out of the car and walking around.
Bergen Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
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A two-car accident with minor facial injuries reported at the intersection of Buffalo Street Road and Bowen Road, Alexander.
Alexander Fire and Ambulance dispatched.
A 46-year-old woman was taken by Mercy Flight this morning to ECMC after being struck by a hit-and-run driver on Council House Road, Tonawanda Indian Reservation.
Sherri L. Abrams, a Skye Road resident, was walking eastbound when she was struck by an eastbound car driven by a person who fled the scene at 5:26 a.m.
No vehicle description was released.
The accident was investigated by Deputy Kevin McCarthy.
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