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A two-car motor vehicle accident is reported at Batavia-Oakfield Townline and Lewiston roads in Oakfield. Minor injury.

A car has reportedly hit a deer on the Thruway at mile marker 379.4.

One person reportedly suffered a head injury and another person is complaining of back pain.

Le Roy Fire and Ambulance have been dispatched.

According to reader Ashley Bolsei, who took this picture, an SUV apparently jumped a curb and hit at tree at around 5:15 p.m., today, at the intersection of Summit and Exchange streets.

A five-car accident with no injuries is reported in the parking lot of Sacred Heart Church at 15 Sumner St. in Batavia. Fire and/or police are responding.

UPDATE (6:55 p.m.): "She didn't know which pedal did what," said Batavia Police Officer Matthew Baldwin at the scene of mild mayhem in the church parking lot.

They were all there for Bingo Nite when, according to Baldwin, a woman offered to help a disabled lady by moving her car for her, making it easier for her to get in. But the Good Samaritan was unfamilar with the vehicle controls, made for the disabled, and she accelerated too fast, couldn't stop and hit two parked cars. One of those vehicles smashed two other cars, and the driver, still in reverse, then hit a truck.

Nobody was hurt in the accident.

(Isn't five in a row Bingo?)

UPDATE: Photos by Howard Owens.

A 7-year-old child was struck by an ATV in Pavilion at 4:18 p.m., Wednesday, and taken by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital.

The condition of the child is unknown. The Sheriff's Office withheld her name from a report on the incident released late Thursday night.

The accident occurred on Walker Road in Pavilion.

The ATV was registered to Carolyn Manning. The driver was identified as a 12-year-old boy.

The report by Deputy Cory Mower says the youth spotted the child and tried to stop, but was unable to stop in time.

A motor-vehicle accident is reported in the vicinity of 56 Harvester Ave. in the City of Batavia. A male driver is unconscious.

UPDATE (by Howard): Officer Ed Mileham said it appeared that the driver of a Ford sedan failed to stop when the driver of a SAAB did stop to make a left-hand turn into a driveway of the Harvester Center.  The driver of the Ford was transported to UMMC.  The driver of the SAAB declined treatment.

Distracted driving was apparently the cause of a two-vehicle accident yesterday that sent two women to the hospital.

Melinda L. Gurnsey, 25, of 14107 Gillette Road, Albion, said she was looking at her GPS as she approached the intersection of Route 262 and Byron Road in Byron. She reportedly told accident investigator Deputy Matt Butler that she didn't notice a stop sign.

Her 2006 Ford pickup was struck by a Ford pickup driven by Constance S. Rockow, 40, of 927 County Line Road, Hamlin.

Rockow was taken by ground ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital with a complaint of head pain. She was conscious at the time of transport.

Gurnsey also complained of head pain, and was conscious, and was taken by ambulance to UMMC.

She was issued a traffic citation for alleged failure to stop at a stop sign.

The accident was reported at 3:29 p.m.

A two-vehicle accident with injuries is reported at Route 262 and Byron Road. Byron and South Byron fire departments are called to respond as well as a medic.

A driver whose car was hit on the driver's side at the intersection of Route 98 an Batavia-Elba Townline Road was treated and released for her injuries at Erie County Medical Center yesterday.

Jennifer M. Olsen, 24, of 8042 Allegheny Road, Corfu, was taken by Mercy Flight to ECMC following the 4:32 p.m. accident.

The other driver, Rachel J. Lombard, 39, of 237 S. Main St., Albion, was also injured. She was taken to UMMC by Mercy EMS.

Deputy Matt Butler investigated the accident and concluded that Olsen, who was eastbound on Batavia-Elba Townline Road, stopped at the stop sign, but then proceeded into the intersection. Her 2007 Ford sedan was struck by a 1997 Buick sedan driven by Lombard.

Olsen was cited for alleged failure to yield right of way at a stop sign.

The Genesee County Sheriff's Department is investigating a fatal one-car accident which occurred about 2 a.m. today on Simonds Road in the Town of Darien. Brian  J. Gazda, 47, of 9430 Halstead Road in Batavia, was the sole occupant of a 2007 Chevy Corvette, and was pronounced dead at the scene.

According to the Sheriff's press release, the car was traveling north on Simonds Road when it went off the east shoulder of the roadway, overturned several times, and came to rest in an upright position. Gazda was ejected from the car.

The accident is being investigated by Deputy Jason Saile, Sgt. William Scott of the Crash Management Team, Sgt. Brian Frieday and Deputy Chief Gordon Dibble. They were assisted at the scene by the State Police, Darien Fire Department and Mercy EMS.

UPDATE: The obituary has been posted for Brian Gazda.

A car accident with injuries is reported at Batavia-Elba Townline Road and Route 98 in the Town of Batavia. Two ambulances are requested. Mercy Flight is being contacted.

"We are probably going to have to pop the door," says an emergency responder, regarding a trapped victim.

UPDATE 5:48 p.m. (by Howard): Names of the victims have not been released yet. One was taken by Mercy Flight to Strong. The other was transported by ground ambulance ot UMMC.

Fast action by three people on Swan Street this evening saved a Batavia man from possible serious injury after a car he was working on slipped off a jack and trapped him.

The man, Dean Case, started yelling and two men nearby heard him as well as two boys.

The boys, Peter and Philip, ran to get their mom, Kim Koziol, who called 9-1-1. Jeremy Fitzsimmons and his friend Josh Fye, who was visiting from Darien, rushed to see what was going on.

They said all they could see was Case's legs sticking from under the car. Fitzsimmons ran to get a jack and Fye pushed the car from behind to keep it from rolling back further onto Case. Koziol then came with two wheel ramps and pushed them behind the rear tires to help hold the jacked-up vehicle in place.

Case, who was working on his transmission, stood up immediately after he was pulled from under the vehicle, and he was fully conscious. Fitzsimmons said his first words were, "Next time, I'm calling L&L."

A short time later, Officer John Zola and Batavia Fire personnel arrived on scene. Mercy EMS transported Chase to UMMC for evaluation.

Fitzsimmons and Fye demurred when asked if they were heroes. "We were just in the right place at the right time," Fye said.

A two-car accident on West Main Street, Batavia, reportedly caused minor injuries.

The two cars have pulled into the Parisee's parking lot and West Main is not blocked.

City Fire and Mercy EMS are responding.

A rollover accident with minor injuries has been reported at 3227 Stannard Road, Alexander.

Alexander Fire and Mercy EMS responding.

UPDATE 8:02 a.m.: No injuries. Mercy EMS canceled. "The vehicle is quite a way down in a gully."

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Police are looking for a teal-blue pickup truck with a silver tool box that hit another car in the area of Ellicott and Main streets.

The driver of the truck apparently left the scene.

The license plate of the car is described as a New York registration with lots of numbers and some sort of decoration on the plate.

No further details at this time.

UPDATE: The two vehicles did not collide. The driver of a Ford Windstar reports that she took to a curb to avoid an accident. Her car had 8- to 10-inches of paint removed. There was no new damage to the truck, though he may have had damage from a previous accident. The truck was last seen turning onto Court Street and it may have pulled into the parking lot between Jackson and Court.

A large tree branch has fallen, blocking the roadway at 9761 Summit Street Road in Le Roy. Despite the initial call, no electrical wires are down. Le Roy Fire reponded. Dispatch has notified that it is edging into Pavilion's fire district.

A bicyclist has been struck by a car at Ellicott Street Road and Swan Street.

The victim is still down and reportedly bleeding from his head.

Batavia Fire and Mercy EMS have been dispatched.

UPDATE: Patient transported by ground ambulance to UMMC. Fire and police clear scene.

There are possible injuries in a car accident at Main in Liberty in Batavia.

The driver is reportedly pregnant and there are children in the car.

City Fire and Mercy EMS responding.

UPDATE: Only minor injuries reported.

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A truck hit a utility pole in the area of 1254 Bloomingdale Road, Alabama.

A transformer may have been knocked down. There are wires on the roadway and Bloomingdale is now closed.

There is also fluid on the ground.

Alabama Fire is responding.

UPDATE:  Reportedly, a semi-truck with trailer hit the pole. It reportedly also hit a structure, possibly a house.  It then reportedly left the scene.

A 19-year-old driver says she hit an unknown object on Galloway Road yesterday causing her to lose control of her car, sending it over an embankment and into a group of trees.

Ashley N. Rippel, of 1302 Phelps Road, Corfu, suffered non-life threatening injuries and was transported by ground ambulance to UMMC.

The crash occurred at 4:01 p.m.

Rippel was driving a 2001 Plymouth sedan owned by a Batavia resident.

There were no passengers and no other vehicles were involved in the crash.

No citations were issued.

The accident was investigated by Deputy Timothy Weis.