UPDATE HERE (Sunday 8:30a.m.)
PRESS RELEASE
This morning at approximately 4:32 a.m. Troopers from Amity and Troop E responded to a one vehicle collision on County Route 13C in the town of Burns. Troopers say the vehicle with five occupants was traveling east bound on County Route 13C and failed to stop for a stop sign at the T-intersection at County Route 13C and County Route 13. The vehicle traveled through the intersection striking an earth embankment and then a tree. One of the passengers was taken by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital and is in stable condition. The operator and the other three occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.
New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Collision Reconstruction Unit assisted in this investigation.
No names will be released until notifications are made. Once families have been notified an updated release will be sent out.
Canaseraga, Almond, Dansville, Livingston County ALS and Medical Transport Service all responded.
This is still an ongoing investigation.
Scanner traffic from Allegany County 911 suggested that one of more occupants were ejected or partially ejected from the vehicle.
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This is one of the most significant vehicle crashes ever, in Allegany County. In 1995 four people were also initially killed when a car crashed on County Road 28 (East State Ext) in the Town of Wellsville. Killed in that crash, which was believed at the time to be the worst single automobile crash ever in Allegany County, were James A. Morley, 26; Daniel Payne, 28; and Deborah Dibble, 32, all of Wellsville; and Ms. Dibble's brother, Steve, 29, of Worcester, Mass.
A fifth person, Russell Stebbins, later succumbed to his injuries.PRESS RELEASE
This morning at approximately 4:32 a.m. Troopers from Amity and Troop E responded to a one vehicle collision on County Route 13C in the town of Burns. Troopers say the vehicle with five occupants was traveling east bound on County Route 13C and failed to stop for a stop sign at the T-intersection at County Route 13C and County Route 13. The vehicle traveled through the intersection striking an earth embankment and then a tree. One of the passengers was taken by Mercy Flight to Strong Memorial Hospital and is in stable condition. The operator and the other three occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.
New York State Police Bureau of Criminal Investigation, Collision Reconstruction Unit assisted in this investigation.
No names will be released until notifications are made. Once families have been notified an updated release will be sent out.
Canaseraga, Almond, Dansville, Livingston County ALS and Medical Transport Service all responded.
This is still an ongoing investigation.
Scanner traffic from Allegany County 911 suggested that one of more occupants were ejected or partially ejected from the vehicle.
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This is one of the most significant vehicle crashes ever, in Allegany County. In 1995 four people were also initially killed when a car crashed on County Road 28 (East State Ext) in the Town of Wellsville. Killed in that crash, which was believed at the time to be the worst single automobile crash ever in Allegany County, were James A. Morley, 26; Daniel Payne, 28; and Deborah Dibble, 32, all of Wellsville; and Ms. Dibble's brother, Steve, 29, of Worcester, Mass.
Also, in April 1949, five men were killed when the vehicle they were in struck a tree in Elm Valley, between Wellsville and Andover.
