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Female driver unresponsive after car accident on eastbound Thruway

By Billie Owens

A one-car accident is reported on the eastbound Thruway at mile marker 386.3. The car is off the roadway and the female driver is injured and unresponsive, according to the caller to dispatch. Town of Batavia and Mercy medics are responding.

UPDATE 3:40 p.m.: The male patient is being transported to the hospital via ambulance and CPR is in progress.

Michele carpenter

This was not a female. My father's name is Ricky Lee Carpenter 64 from Canandaigua NY. He was heading home from work and had a massive heart attack. Thank you to all that tried to help save him. He will be greatly missed

Nov 27, 2014, 12:00pm Permalink
Mardell Lamb

What a tragedy for your family. Thoughts and prayers are with you. And especially difficult time during the holidays, Michele. So sorry.

Nov 27, 2014, 5:41pm Permalink
Michele carpenter

Thank you to all of you with your kind words. If anyone knows anything about the accident or saw the accident please let us know. And again THANK YOU to all who called 911 and who stopped to help. Also a special THANK YOU to all medical personnel who tried to save him. He leaves behind a wife, 5 children and 3 grandchildren.

Nov 28, 2014, 8:43pm Permalink
Howard B. Owens

Michele, the location was right under the Clinton Street Road overpass (Route 33). I drove there with the idea of finding a vantage point to take pictures of the scene. By the time I got there the fire department was starting to clear. It didn't even look like an accident scene. There was no apparent damage to the vehicle. Since the scene was clearing and there was no emergency activity, I didn't take any pictures. I spoke with somebody later who had been on scene and he said there was only very minor damage to the car from hitting the guardrail and that your father was transported before I got there. Sorry I don't have more information, but that was all I was able to observe.

Typically, we don't cover medical calls. After I saw the scene and got a little more information, we treated this as a medical call rather than an accident, hence no further follow up.

Nov 29, 2014, 10:22am Permalink
Michele carpenter

Thank you Howard.
It was definitely a medical call my father had a massive heart attack on his way home from work. He just drove. Off road and hit the guard rail. We knew it wasn't a car accident because he had CDL license for a living and never had an accident. Sadly missed.
thanks again to all that were and lent a helping hand.

Nov 29, 2014, 7:14pm Permalink

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