An RV is reportedly on fire in the area of mile marker 387 in the westbound lanes of the Thruway.
Town of Batavia fire dispatched.
The operator of the RV called in the fire and said they are towing a vehicle and there are five dogs inside the RV.
UPDATE 9:10 p.m.: A trooper on scene reports all dogs are out safely. The RV is not engulfed. Only wires are burning.
A tractor trailer traveling eastbound on the Thruway this afternoon lost its drive shaft, which hit one of its saddle tanks, opening a gash in the tank and leading to a fuel spill of up to 80 gallons diesel.
Nobody was hurt in the accident, though two cars on the Thruway hit the drive shaft and were damaged.
The truck was able to coast into the the Pembroke Service Area, leaving a trail of slick diesel from the point of the original mechanical failure to the parking lot.
Most of the fuel leaked in the service area parking lot and flowed toward a storm drain.
Diesel fuel was found a few hundred yards down stream flowing into the nearby creak, but firefighters were able to set up barriers and contain the spill at the creek entrance.
Crews were called in to spread absorbent material to clean up the spill in the parking lot.
Thruway crews spread salt on the roadway surface to provide traction and soak up the spilled fuel.
East Pembroke, Pembroke and Indian Falls fire departments responded along with the county's Emergency Management team and the hazmat team. NYSP Troop T assisted at the scene.
A tractor-trailer fire is reported on the Thruway near mile marker 381 in the westbound lane.
At least one caller has reported the fire. It's not known what cargo the truck may be carrying.
Le Roy Fire Department is responding.
Mile marker 381 is just west of the West Bergen Road overpass.
UPDATE 5:09 p.m.: A chief on scene reports there is no fire. The truck driver is having mechanical trouble.
A semi-truck is having mechanical trouble at the Le Roy Service Center off the Thruway near Vallance Road and is leaking a large quantity of diesel fuel, according to dispatchers.
The leak is coming from its saddle tanks.
Le Roy fire is dispatched to the scene.
UPDATE 8:56 a.m.: Chief asks for notification to the Department of Environmental Conservation. The fuel has leaked into one of the drainage ditches.
UPDATE 9:03 a.m.: There are more than 30 gallons on the ground.
UPDATE 9:32 a.m.: Le Roy assignment back in service.
A motor-vehicle accident has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 386.7 in the eastbound lane.
As many as three cars may be involved and there are possible injuries.
Town of Batavia Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 4:52 p.m.: Fire crews on scene. There are no reports of any serious injuries.
A fuel leak of approximately 50 gallons is reported at the Pembroke service area on the Thruway.
East Pembroke Fire Department is being dispatched.
A tractor-trailer has reportedly rear-ended a passenger vehicle on the eastbound off ramp of Thruway Exit 48A and there are injuries reported.
Pembroke and Indian Falls responding along with Mercy EMS.
UPDATE 8:52 p.m.: The location is eastbound just before the off ramp.
UPDATE 8:59 p.m.: There are two injuries. One person is walking around. The other person is still in the car.
UPDATE 9:26 p.m.: There were two dogs in the vehicle. One crated, the other not. There's no indication either animal was injured. Animal control is in route to assist with the dogs.
A 42-year-old Porter Avenue resident is in custody facing multiple criminal charges following a high-speed chase Monday night on the Thruway that covered 43 miles, both west and east, and reached speeds of 107 mph.
The chase ended at the toll booth road and Route 98, Batavia, when Ronald L. Worthington allegedly rammed a State Police car not once, but twice, and Worthington's sedan became disabled.
It already had two driver-side flat tires from hitting spike strips placed on the westbound Thruway exit by a deputy.
Worthington is charged with DWI, resisting arrest, criminal mischief, reckless endangerment, speeding and numerous other vehicle and traffic law violations, according to the State Police.
He was arraigned in city court and ordered held in the Genesee County Jail.
The chase started in the westbound lane of the Thruway, mile marker 401 in Pembroke, at 10:48 p.m.
Worthington allegedly continued west until reaching the toll booth plaza in Williamsville, at which point, the white sedan made a U-turn and headed back eastbound on the Thruway.
State Police units assigned to Troop A, Batavia, were dispatched to the Thruway. Deputies were sent to the Batavia exit -- knowing the suspect was driving a vehicle registered to a Porter Avenue resident -- and a deputy deployed the spike strips just minutes before the suspect reached Batavia.
After running over the spike strips, through the toll both and ramming the trooper car, the white sedan came to a stop and police officers from the State Police, Sheriff's Office and Batavia PD descended on the vehicle. The window on the driver's side was smashed out and officers grabbed Worthington and pulled him out of the vehicle.
Worthington was treated by Mercy EMS personnel for minor cuts caused by broken glass.
At this time, there is no report of a Taser or similar device being used to subdue the suspect.
An accident blocking both westbound lanes of the Thruway has been reported in the area of mile marker 390.2.
No word on injuries.
Town of Batavia Fire Department dispatched.
UPDATE 2:44 p.m.: The location is right by the toll booth overpass, just east of Route 98. Three cars are involved. It may be that only one lane is blocked.
UPDATE 2:50 p.m.: Mercy medics on scene report no injuries. Town of Batavia fire will help troopers with traffic control.
A three-car accident with minor to no injuries is reported on the Thruway near mile marker 396 and in the westbound lane.
East Pembroke fire dispatched. It's the second call in the district for East Pembroke.
Mercy EMS dispatched as a precaution.
UPDATE 1:58 p.m.: The "car that caused it all took off" reports a chief on scene. Two cars involved on scene. No injuries. Town of Batavia Fire Department requested to the Thruway to check the west bound lane. Dispatch is receiving reports of several accidents in the westbound lanes of the Thruway. An East Pembroke chief has been told of another three-car accident "back there" in the median. All available manpower requested to the Thruway.
UPDATED 2:02 p.m.: Confirmed two-car accident at mile marker 294.8.
UPDATE 2:04 p.m.: No injuries in the accident at 294.8. Town of Batavia fire is going back in service.
UPDATE 2:13 p.m.: East Pembroke assignment to the Thruway back in service.
Le Roy Fire and Le Roy Ambulance are being dispatched to mile marker 379.9 westbound on the Thruway near Le Roy for a car/deer accident. One subject has minor injuries due to glass in the face. State Police are also on location.
One person is believed still in the vehicle after a one-car rollover accident on the Thruway near mile marker 290.8.
Town of Batavia Fire and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 3:12 a.m.: One occupant, out of the vehicle, declining medical treatment.
UPDATE 3:26 a.m.: Town of Batavia back in service.
A truck driver was injured in an overnight crash on the Thruway and transported by Mercy Flight to an area hospital.
The accident was reported at about 12:30 a.m., according to a dispatcher, about five miles east of Exit 48, which is in the East Pembroke Fire District. Town of Batavia also responded mutual aid. Both fire companies were back in service by 1:30 a.m.
The driver's name has not yet been released.
He was transporting a load of bananas.
The accident is being investigated by Troop T of the State Police.
A one-vehicle rollover accident has been reported on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 386.
Town of Batavia Fire Department and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 6:41 a.m.: Very minor injuries. The location is just east of the Clinton Street Road overpass.
UPDATE 6:44 a.m.: Rescue 20 back in service. Engine 24 to the scene to secure the vehicle.
UPDATE 6:46 a.m.: At the request of the NYS Thruway Authority, Engine 24's response cancelled. Town of Batavia back in service.
A car has hit a deer on the Thruway in the area of mile marker 387.7 in the eastbound lane.
A person is reportedly injured.
The location would put it in the area adjacent the college.
Town of Batavia Fire Department and Mercy EMS responding.
A one-vehicle rollover accident has been reported in the westbound lane of the Thruway near mile marker 398.2.
No word on injuries.
East Pembroke Fire Department and Mercy EMS responding.
UPDATE 10:03 p.m.: Two vehicle occupants are out of the car and walking, being evaluated for injuries.
A two-car accident with one person possibly suffering a head injury is reported in the eastbound lane of the Thruway in the area of mile marker 386.8.
Town of Batavia Fire responding. Mercy EMS on scene.
Mercy Flight on standby.
UPDATE 3:08 p.m.: No update on injuries. Town of Batavia assignment being held to equipment on scene.
UPDATE 3:20 p.m.: Two patients going to Strong and two going to UMMC, all by ground ambulance.
A fully involved car fire is reported in the eastbound lane of the Thruway at mile marker 391.2.
It's unknown if there are any injuries, so Mercy EMS dispatched as a precaution.
Town of Batavia Fire Department dispatched.
UPDATE 7:52 a.m.: The location is just behind the Home Depot off Veterans Memorial Drive. Image Source, New York State Thruway.
UPDATE 8:37 a.m.: Town of Batavia back in service.
A one-vehicle accident is reported on the Thruway with one occupant entrapped and possibly unconscious.
Mercy Flight is on standby.
The accident is in the area of mile marker 383.6 in the eastbound lane.
Le Roy fire and ambulance dispatched.
UPDATE 1:09 p.m.: A dispatcher informed the Le Roy chief that he spoke with somebody in the toll booth center who said the Thruway Authority did not want Mercy Flight dispatched. The dispatcher said he informed the person that it was the fire chief's call.
UPDATE 1:14 p.m.: The victim is out of the car and with State Troopers on scene. The car is well off the road and on its side. Mercy Flight can stand down.
UPDATE 1:39 p.m.: Le Roy Ambulance Service is headed to Strong Memorial Hospital with two patients on board. Le Roy fire crews are back in service.
A vehicle has gone down an embankment on the westbound side of the Thruway in the area of mile marker 391 or 391.
Dispatchers have received several calls and they believe the car was eastbound and crossed over the median and across the westbound lanes.
Unknown injuries.
Town of Batavia Fire Department and Mercy EMS dispatched.
UPDATE 10:23 p.m.: The vehicle came to rest in the front yard of a residence on Cheryl Lane. Two people are out of the car and apparently uninjured.
UPDATE 10:29 p.m.: All Town of Batavia units back in service.
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