An elderly woman driving southbound on Route 77 has apparently had a seizure while driving.
Mercy EMS is being dispatched to the Thruway overpass at Route 77.
The driver was first reported by a caller to the dispatch center for alleged erratic driving. She almost hit a stop sign, realized it was in front her and backed up and pulled back into traffic, going southbound in the northbound lane of Route 77.
A Sheriff's deputy pulled behind her minutes later and reported she was driving 12 mph and not stopping. He requested that State Police block the intersection at the Thruway.
A Trooper did manage to get to the intersection just before the driver arrived and stopped traffic.
The driver -- born in 1934 according to the scanner report -- was going up the bridge at 5 mph. She then hit a guard rail. The next call said she had run into a snow bank.
A law enforcement officer then reported she was in a seizure and asked dispatch to expedite Mercy EMS.
The woman has a pulse, according to a law enforcement officer on scene, but is unconscious.
UPDATE 12:55 p.m.: Mercy Flight is being dispatched.
Poor lady hope she is OK I
Poor lady hope she is OK I heard this on the scanner also and it is amazing how at a time like that the car drove it self it could have been a lot worse.