State Police investigate a flurry of vehicles crashes on Fri 12/21/24
There was no rest for the weary state police on Friday when
troopers were called to 43 vehicles crashes in Allegany, Cattaraugus and
Steuben counties. Luckily, none involved personal injury.
In Allegany County. Troopers handled a dozen crashes. Here
is the breakdown:
Amity: 5
Andover: 1
Friendship:1
Burns: 1
And one each in Almond, Rushford, Allen and Wellsville.
Across the region, state police cleared 22 crashes in
Steuben County and 9 in Cattaraugus County.
In addition, in the town of Caneadea, a vehicle crash led to
an arrest. Fillmore-based troopers charged Chad Christopher Havens, 54, of
Caneadea with driving while intoxicated in an incident reported at 11:26 p.m.
He was held in the county jail for Central arraignment.
However, it was grim scene when three people were killed in
a two-vehicle crash in Tioga County, NY. From the State Police at Owego:
On December 20, 2024, at approximately 1:26 p.m., New York State Police at Owego responded to State Route 34 in the town of Barton for a head-on collision with injuries. Members of Great Valley EMS and Waverly Barton Fire also responded to the scene.
A preliminary investigation at the scene revealed that a Toyota Highlander was traveling north on State Route 34 when it crossed into the opposite lane of travel and struck a Chevy Silverado pick-up truck head-on that was traveling south on State Route 34.
Four people were traveling inside the Toyota Highlander. The driver of the Highlander, a 42-year-old female from the Bronx was transported by ambulance to Robert Packer in critical condition. A 56-year-old male passenger from the Bronx was transported by ambulance to Robert Packer Hospital for what appear to be non-life-threatening injuries. A rear seat passenger, a 41-year-old male from the Bronx was pronounced deceased on scene. A rear seat passenger, 38-year-old female from the Bronx was transported by ambulance to Robert Packer and later succumbed to her injuries at the hospital.
One person was traveling in the Chevy Silverado pick-up, a 68-year-old male of Athens, PA who was pronounced deceased on scene.
The investigation is on-going.
No names will be released at this time as notifications to the next of kin have not been made to all of the victims.
State Route 34 was closed between Old Route 34 and Oxbow Road for several hours while members of the New York State Police Collision Reconstruction Unit conducted their investigation.
