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Monday, July 29, 2019

State Police: Vehicle in Allegany County crash that killed four teens-used without owner's knowledge

Law enforcement, families and communities continue to try and make sense of a crash Saturday morning that left four Dansville teenagers dead. The crash happened at 4:30 a.m. at the intersection of County Roads 13 and 13C in the Allegany County town of Burns.
 
Front seat passenger, Kelsi A. Bird, 16 of Dansville, NY was taken by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital for multiple non-life-threatening injuries and was the only person wearing a seat belt during the collision. Police said she suffered a broken leg and rib. The operator of the SUV, Rebecca L. Earner, 16 of Dansville, NY and the other three occupants, Ambra E. Eddleton, 16, Justin D. Carpenter, 14 and Kyrstin L. Wolfanger, 14 all of Dansville, NY, were pronounced dead at the scene.

James O'Callaghan is the Public Information Officer for the New York State Police in Batavia. He told WHEC-TV
"The registered owner of the vehicle had no knowledge these kids had taken the vehicle." He added "one of the occupants took the vehicle without that person's knowledge, picked up a couple of their friends and that's why this collision took place at 4:30 in the morning." There was a large turnout Sunday at Babcock Park in Dansville for an impromptu memorial service.