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Three injured in accident following Thursday's concert at Darien Lake

By Howard B. Owens

Three people suffered minor injuries leaving the Eric Church concert Thursday night after the car they were in rear-ended two other vehicles.

All three patients were transport by Mercy EMS to UMMC.

Kayrene S. Demster, 56, of 29th Street, Niagara Falls, was northbound on Route 77 near Sumner Road, Darien, at 12:25 a.m. in stop-and-go traffic when she reportedly struck a car driven by Amber Nicole Mathies, 19, of Barker, pushing it off the roadway, and then striking from behind a car driven by Daniel J. Kremer, 47, of North Canal Road, Lockport.

There were four passengers in the vehicles driven by Mathies and Kremer and neither Mathies and Kremer nor their passengers were injured.

Demster suffered a minor injury as did her passengers Elaine C. Mahowish, 60, and Greta L. Maines, 23. The third passenger, Marnie C. Mahowish, 33, was not injured.

No citations were issued.

The accident was investigated by Deputy James Diehl.

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