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Niagara Falls · Linwood Avenue · Serious MVA

A Pickup Slams Into a Tree on Linwood Avenue, Leaving a Driver Unresponsive as CPR Begins

Niagara County fire dispatch pushed a full ALS response to 116 Linwood Avenue after a pickup truck struck a tree, with a male reported unresponsive and CPR already in progress.

At about 12:37 PM, Niagara County fire dispatch put out a motor vehicle accident at 116 Linwood Avenue, describing a pickup truck that had gone into a tree with a male reported unresponsive and CPR already in progress. The dispatcher relayed the call as a priority run over NCFD TAC-1, sending an ALS response as crews rolled.

The traffic gave the picture of a serious single-vehicle wreck: the driver down, chest compressions underway before responders arrived, and the incident cleared off fire control at 12:37 PM as the units continued in. No word on the man's condition crossed the air before the thread moved off the channel.

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East Amherst · Youngs / Klein · Cyclist Struck

RESOLVED

A Cyclist Is Struck by a Vehicle at Youngs and Klein as Dispatch Struggles to Pin Down the Details

Amherst fire dispatch sent EMS to the East Amherst corner after a caller reported a bicycle hit by a vehicle, with the male cyclist down and information hard to draw from the complainant.

At about 7:24 AM, Amherst fire dispatch toned out a motor vehicle accident at Youngs Road and Klein Road in East Amherst, where a caller reported that a bicycle had been struck by a vehicle. The male cyclist was reported hit, and dispatch noted that details were difficult to obtain from the complainant as the call went out.

The response built quickly at the busy corner, with units marking in as the morning traffic thread continued. The radio gave no further word on the cyclist's condition before the call cleared the channel.

Niagara County · Indycon Corporate Drive · Assault

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An Umbrella and a Blast of Mace: A Strange Daylight Assault Near Indycon Corporate Drive

Niagara County dispatch sent EMS for a woman reported assaulted with an umbrella and exposed to mace along Lockport Road at Indycon Corporate Drive.

At about 12:42 PM, Niagara County fire dispatch relayed an EMS call at Lockport Road at Indycon Corporate Drive, describing a possible assault with an umbrella on a woman who had also been exposed to mace. The dispatcher passed the call to the fire and EMS response and cleared fire control at 12:42 PM.

The details that made it to the air were sparse but vivid — an umbrella as a weapon and a burst of mace — and the traffic carried no further word on the woman's condition or whether anyone was taken into custody before the call moved off the channel.


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Northtowns

Amherst · Stroke Alert

Stroke Symptoms Reported at Montebaro Heights Apartment on Ransom Road

Amherst Fire sent an ambulance at 1:32 PM to 4530 Ransom Road, Apartment 206, at Montebaro Heights, between Burke Tolles Road and Stage Road, after an alarm company relayed that the resident was already showing stroke-like symptoms.

Amherst · CO Detector

CO Detector With Symptoms Sends Crews to Sheridan Drive Senior

Amherst Fire was dispatched at 8:56 AM to a CO detector activation with symptoms at 4530 Sheridan Drive, between North Forest Road and Morgan Parkway, for a 78-year-old woman reporting a headache and dizziness.

Newstead · Medical Emergency

Newstead EMS Rushed to Elderly Woman's Arterial Bleed on Stage Road

Newstead EMS was dispatched at 10:42 AM to 13356 Stage Road, between North Ayers and Morrow Line, for an 88-year-old woman suffering an arterial bleed; Newstead's 9-4 unit acknowledged the call and was rolling within seconds.

Niagara County

Niagara County · CO Evacuation

Carbon Monoxide Alarm Prompts Evacuation Advisory on Woodland Court South

Niagara County Fire Control advised evacuating 3171 Woodland Court South just after 11:36 AM following a carbon monoxide alarm, with occupants reporting no symptoms; the call was closed at 11:37 AM as a precaution.

Other Calls of Note

Northtowns
[11:44 AM]Amherst · Fire Alarm A commercial fire alarm at 4949 Sheridan Drive, between Sheridan Circle and Village Green, turned out to be a malfunctioning attic sensor; Elk Creek's crew cleared the scene at 11:54 AM after finding no fire.
Niagara County
[11:10 AM]Niagara County · Water Flow Alarm Niagara County Fire Control sent Frontier and Berkholz crews to a water flow alarm at Precious Plate, a plating facility at 2124 Liberty Drive between Summit View Place and River Road; the call went out on the department's tactical channel and cleared within a minute with no further detail broadcast.
[11:41 AM]North Tonawanda · Fire Alarm A general fire alarm activation zoned to Zone 7 at Century School, 625 Ohio Avenue, brought Niagara County Fire Control's dispatch to North Tonawanda Fire; the call cleared a minute later with no further detail broadcast.
[1:16 PM]Niagara County · Medical Alarm A medical alarm activation at 7264 Chestnut Ridge Road brought Niagara County Fire Control to a 68-year-old female subscriber on a BLS-priority alert; fire control reported no patient contact was made before closing the call.
GLOW Counties
[9:00 AM]Wyoming County · Fall Injury A Wyoming County ambulance was sent to 6987 Camp Road for a woman who had fallen, was bleeding from the head, and was vomiting.
[1:40 PM]Outer Counties · Medical Transport A 75-year-old man complaining of pain in both arms was taken by ambulance to South Buffalo Mercy for evaluation, according to Wyoming County Fire radio traffic; a crew member who identified herself as Marcia O'Keefe was aboard for the transport.

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Editor’s Note

A quiet, alarm-heavy daytime window across Western New York, with most channels carrying carbon-monoxide detectors, commercial fire alarms, and routine elderly-medical runs rather than working incidents. The sharpest note came out of Niagara Falls, where a pickup truck struck a tree on Linwood Avenue and left a driver unresponsive with CPR underway. Around it, Amherst logged a morning cyclist-versus-vehicle crash at Youngs and Klein, and a strange midday assault near Indycon Corporate Drive rounded out an otherwise routine shift for the Niagara County and Wyoming County boards.

By the Numbers

Segments
619
Active systems
5
Busiest hour
12:00 PM–1:00 PM (Niagara County fire dispatch)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 3)
BucketSegs
Fire / EMS560
Police40
Other19
By Area (top 4)
BucketSegs
Niagara County300
Williamsville & Amherst220
Outer counties70
Clarence29

By-agency and by-area counts are proportional estimates from channel-family activity; conventional trunks are mapped by their home region.

The WNY Listening Post · Friday, September 11, 2026 · P.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 125
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