A car struck a pole then careened into a field at 3684 Lockport Road, near Fisher Road. Injuries are reported. Oakfield fire is responding, along with medics and a Sheriff's deputy.
UPDATE 2:50 p.m.: An 18-year-old male is being transported to UMMC and complains of right hand pain.
A non-injury accident at Routes 5 and 19 in Le Roy is blocking traffic, and at the request of state troopers, Le Roy fire police are called to shut down traffic at Lake and Bacon streets and at Clay and Myrtle streets.
UPDATE: Photo submitted by Andre J. Carmel Jr.
Two people were killed and three seriously injured in Wheatland today when the SUV they were in collided with a tractor-trailer at North Road and Riga Mumford Road.
The five people were returning home in a 1995 Jeep Wrangler after working as volunteers at a camp in Batavia for children with special needs.
The two people who died are identified by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office as Taylor Binnert, 21, and Christopher Peterson, 20.
The three rear seat passengers were seriously injured and transported to Strong. They are Emily Peterson, 17, Michaela Murphy, 17, and Joanne Krutchen, 20.
For more on this developing story, visit WHAM13.com.
CORRECTION: The information provided by the Monroe County Sheriff's Office was incorrect in one regard. The individuals involved were volunteers at a BOCES summer school program, not a camp.
Police are looking for a man that allegedly left the scene of an accident on Harris Road in Le Roy. He is walking and described as a heavy-set white male, 6-feet tall, wearing a striped shirt and shorts.
UPDATE 7:01 p.m.: The roadway had been closed, but is now reopened. Law enforcement is waiting for National Grid because wires were torn down.
A car crashed into a tree in Alabama and the elderly female driver reportedly has a back injury and is unable to move but is conscious and alert. Alabama Fire's Engine #1 is responding along with Mercy medics. The location is 7495 Maple St. across from Ledge Road.
UPDATE 8:45 a.m.: The patient is being transported to Strong Memorial Hospital.
UPDATE 9:39 a.m.: The Alabama assignment is back in service.
A three-car accident is blocking traffic in front of the jail on Main Street. No injuries are reported. Batavia PD is responding.
A car versus bicyclist accident with minor injuries is reported in the Clor's Meat Market parking lot at Lewiston and West Main Street roads. Law enforcement is on scene along with Mercy medics and the Town of Batavia Fire Department is responding.
A 40-year-old truck driver from Batavia died today in an unusual accident in Rochester, according to State Police.
The victim has been identified as Shawn Wetmore.
According to WHAM-13, Wetmore was driving a box truck southbound on I-590 when a tanker truck on a westbound overpass of the I-490 rolled off the bridge and tumbled on the Wetmore's cab.
Wetmore was pronounced dead at the scene.
The tanker driver, Daniel Baker, 25, of Wyoming, was taken by ambulance to Strong Memorial Hospital with serious injuries.
The cause of the accident, which was reported at 1 p.m., has not yet been determined.
Baker was hauling liquid food waste and some 8,000 gallons spilled at the scene.
According to a coworker, Wetmore leaves behind a wife and infant daughter.
The interchange was closed for several hours and portions are expected to remain closed until at least 10 p.m.
July 4th accident on East Ave in Batavia.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported, unknown injuries, in the City of Batavia on East Avenue between Columbia and Vine streets. A moving Pontiac was hit along with a utility pole, causing the transformer to explode at 19 East Ave. The roadway is not passable and three National Grid trucks are on location. City fire and Mercy medics are on scene.
UPDATE 6:18 p.m.: A responder says power is out in the vicinity of the accident, including UMMC, which is activating its back-up generator immediately. "They gonna get my house, too, or just the hospital?" asks a dispatcher. Response: "You'll have to wait, Dan." Then the dispatch guy sighs in resignation ''ghsss...OK."
UPDATE 8:32 p.m.: Press release from Batavia PD:
The Batavia Police are investigating a two-car property damage motor vehicle accident. An eastbound pickup truck drifted into the westbound lane and side swiped a westbound vehicle on East Avenue. The pickup truck then struck a utility pole at the intersection, breaking the pole in two. Power was knocked out to approximately 2,600 customers, but was quickly restored by National Grid crews who were working in the area. The operator of the truck indicated he took his eyes off the road when some items fell onto the floor of his moving vehicle. The operator was cited for failure to keep right. The roadway will remain closed while the pole is being replaced by National Grid.
An ambulance is requested non-emergency to 1055 Sliker Road, Indian Falls, for a person with a possible head injury and cuts and abrasions following a hit-and-run accident at that location.
The patient is conscious and alert and needs to be evaluated.
No information available at this time on the suspect vehicle.
Preliminary indications are that the driver of a black pickup involved in a crash this afternoon tried to pass a line of cars stopped behind a semi-truck waiting to make a left-hand turn off of Lewiston Road, Batavia, according to Sheriff's Sgt. James Meier. The pickup driver was not seriously injured.
When the semi driver started to make his turn the pickup driver swerved to get back into the northbound lane and slammed into the back of the trailer.
The semi driver continued his turn and stopped in the driveway of a pair of barns at that location, dragging the pickup truck with its three occupants off the roadway.
The cab of the pickup was smashed like an accordion but the driver is not believed to have sustained life-threatening injuries. He was flown to ECMC by Mercy Flight. His two passengers were taken to ECMC by Mercy EMS.
The names of the people involved have not yet been released.
The accident is under investigation and charges are possible, Meier said.
The driver of the tractor-trailer was not hurt.
Batavia fire and Oakfield fire responded to the scene to extricate the driver from the truck and control traffic.
Route 63 remained open during the incident.
UPDATE Wednesday, 7:58 a.m.: The pickup driver is identified as Devin J. Metz, 19, of Batavia Oakfield Townline Road, Batavia. His passengers were Andrew Howard, 17, and Cyle Howard, 20, and Jason Stanley, 20. Stanley was not injured. K.A. Quackenbush, 53, of Perry Road, Pavilion, was the truck driver. Metz was cited for alleged illegal passing on the left.
A car versus tractor-trailer accident is reported on Route 63 north of the Thruway overpass. It's a rear-ender and both vehicles are on the shoulder of the roadway. Initially it was said to be partially blocking traffic. There is entrapment and extrication equipment will be needed. Town of Batavia Fire Department is responding. There are three injured persons and three Mercy rigs are requested. Law enforcement is on scene.
UPDATE 1:54 p.m.: Mercy Flight is called to the scene with a five-minute ETA. Because a third Mercy rig is not available, mutual aid is requested from Byron, which is sending an ambulance. A pumper from Town of Oakfield Fire Department is called in.
UPDATE 2:04 p.m.: A third Mercy rig is now available, so Byron is back in service. There is more than one person trapped.
UPDATE 2:06 p.m.: Mercy Flight has landed and Fire Police are controlling traffic.
UPDATE 2:16 p.m.: Two ambulances are taking patients to Erie County Medical Center.
UPDATE 2:20 p.m.: A patient has been extricated.
UPDATE 2:33 p.m.: The third ambulance at the scene is back in service, no word on a patient.
UPDATE 2:36 p.m.: The Oakfield pumper is back in service. The truck, which is smashed into the back of the semi, is still "somewhat attached" and after it is detached, will require a flatbed tow. The road is open.
UPDATE 2:48 p.m.: Mercy Flight left awhile ago and flew to ECMC. Town of Batavia is back in service.
A two-car accident is blocking traffic at Route 5 near East Bethany -- Le Roy Townline Road. Le Roy fire and ambulance is responding.
UPDATE 2:15 p.m.: The road is clear and the assignment is back in service.
A motor-vehicle accident is reported at Byron Elba Townline Road and Byron Road. A 68-year-old female is complaining of chest pain and nausea. South Byron firefighters are responding along with Mercy medics.
UPDATE 12:07 p.m.: South Byron is back in service.
A car in Le Roy may have hit a pole. It may have it a car. It may have hit a house. Maybe all three.
Dispatchers have received several calls.
Wires are reportedly down in the area of North and Genesee streets.
No description yet on the vehicle, but it is apparently trying to leave the area.
UPDATE 8:21 p.m.: Chief on scene says live wires down and Maple Street needs to be shut down to traffic.
UPDATE 8:22 p.m.: LPD has car stopped in the area. One pole is down and another pole has wires off of it. National Grid requested to the scene.
UPDATE 8:29 p.m.: Stella's towing service requested to the scene. The car will need to be lifted up over a guy wire.
UPDATE 8:31 p.m.: National Grid has a 25-minute ETA.
UPDATE 8:57 p.m.: Car has been removed.
As many of you know, Henry Cook was seriously injured in a motorcycle/deer accident near Pembroke recently. Having the helm of a leading business in the Genesee County area, Henry, his company, and his sons have been in many of our homes "fixing whats broke".
Please join me in wishing Henry and his family a successful and speedy recovery.
A car, pedestrian accident is reported at Ellicott and Swan streets.
Batavia Fire Department and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 11:42 a.m.: The accident involves an adult male complaining of leg and knee pain.
A motor-vehicle accident, with no injuries, is reported at the intersection of Transit and East Bethany / Le Roy roads. It is blocking traffic. Fire police from Bethany are called to handle traffic.
The driver of a Chevy S-10 dark-colored, older model pickup is said to have forced another vehicle off the roadway and then left the scene. Law enforcement is looking for that vehicle. It did not have any damage.
UPDATE 2:17 p.m.: The fire response from Bethany is cancelled. A trooper on scene reports one lane is closed, the other is open and the scene has been mostly cleaned up. Tow(s) is in route.
An accident with injuries is reported in front of the Arby's restaurant on West Main Street in the City of Batavia. City firefighters and Mercy medics are on location.
UPDATE 5:18 p.m.: The city fire assignment is back in service and Mercy medics will handle the sign-offs for the three people involved.
UPDATE 5:20 p.m.: The Mercy unit is back in service.
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