Amherst · Main Street · Extrication MVA

A Three-Car Crash With a Pinned Driver Shuts Main Street Both Directions in Amherst

Yesterday evening, Amherst Fire toned out a three-car wreck on Main Street between Shimerville and Thompson, closing the road in both directions with one driver trapped in the wreckage.

At about 7:01 PM yesterday, Amherst Fire dispatch put units on a three-car motor vehicle accident at 8995 Main Street, between Shimerville Road[*] and Thompson Road[*], confirming twice on the air that crews would be “closing Main Street both directions”.

By about 7:08 PM the response had been toned out for extrication — dispatch noting "at least one that's going to need to be extricated" — and a North Bailey company reported the trapped party was the driver of a vehicle that was pinned in. Crews cleared the scene with one patient a definite transport, one taken for evaluation and one sign-off, and command asked that the heavy rescue respond first.

Lancaster · Graceway · Missing Child

A Search Launches for a Missing Three-Year-Old Girl Last Seen at Graceway in Lancaster

Late yesterday afternoon, Lancaster police opened a search for a blonde three-year-old in a white shirt and blue pants after she went missing at Graceway.

At about 5:36 PM yesterday, Lancaster police began a search for a missing three-year-old girl last seen at Graceway in Lancaster, described as having blonde hair and wearing a white shirt and blue pants.

The call was carried as a search in progress, with units working the area through the early evening. The scanner traffic did not establish that the child had been located before the thread closed.

Cattaraugus County · Hinsdale · Extrication MVA

A Van Wedged Under a Semi-Truck Near Hinsdale Traps Three and Forces an Extrication

Yesterday evening on Route 16 in the Hinsdale area, a two-vehicle crash left a van pinned beneath a tractor-trailer with occupants trapped inside.

At about 7:51 PM yesterday, Cattaraugus County deputies and fire units responded to a two-car motor vehicle accident on Route 16 in the Hinsdale area, where a van had come to rest under a semi-truck with people trapped inside.

The crash was reported with three occupants and extrication required, and the call ran on the air for roughly half an hour. Injuries described in the traffic were minor — reported to the face and ankle — as crews worked to free those inside.

Buffalo · West Delaware · Large Fight

A Twenty-Person Street Fight on West Delaware Draws a Call for All Cars

Early this morning, a Buffalo officer reported roughly twenty people fighting outside on Delaware, and dispatch sent every available car.

At about 2:32 AM, a B District car radioed that there were “20 people fighting outside” outside on West Delaware, and dispatch put out an all-cars assist for the brawl.

Units reported being a ways off as they converged, but by roughly 2:36 AM the first cars on scene found the crowd dispersed — "no one's fighting" — and dispatch told the rest of the responding cars to slow down. The scanner traffic recorded no injuries or arrests before the thread closed.

Cheektowaga · Cayuga Creek Road · Missing Person

A 67-Year-Old Woman Walks Away From a Cheektowaga Memory-Care Unit, Prompting a Search

Yesterday evening, a woman missing from the memory-care unit at Peregrine's Landing on Cayuga Creek Road drew a search, last seen in a dark track suit carrying a large shopping bag.

At about 7:44 PM yesterday, Cheektowaga units were sent to 575 Cayuga Creek Road, Peregrine's Landing, for a 67-year-old woman reported missing from the facility's memory-care unit, last seen wearing a dark track suit and carrying a large shopping bag.

The call was carried as a search for a vulnerable adult who had left on foot. The scanner traffic did not establish that she had been located before the thread closed.

WNY · Farm Radio · Winter Lament

No Cab, No Mercy: A Farmhand's Weary Ode to Fighting the Snow Fence All Winter

A voice on the business band offered the night a tired little poem of open-cab tractors and frozen driveways.

Somewhere on the FRS band yesterday evening, a weary farmhand delivered an unprompted meditation on the season to come: “Up here through the winter, cold temperatures, that's tough. Snow fence, it's a battle in the driveway. Just get out there on the tractor and freeze, no cab on the tractor, just an open cab with a bucket. It's a little slow going sometimes” It is the sound of a Western New York winter arriving, narrated by a man who already knows how it ends.

Thruway · I-190 · Traffic Control

Dog Between the Lanes: A Trooper Calls for Backup to Shepherd an Obstacle Off the 190

A hit dog in the roadway rated, of all things, a second unit for traffic control.

Yesterday just before 5:51 PM, a unit on I-190 near the 5.8 marker keyed up with an unusual request: “I'm gonna need another unit for traffic control to move this dog. It's between the left and middle lane” Dispatch obliged, sending a second car northbound to help clear the animal, hit by a vehicle, from the lanes — traffic control and all.

Cheektowaga · Welfare Check · Happy Ending

Walker Restored, Pizza Delivered: A Cheektowaga Officer Files the Day's Happiest Clearance

Not every call ends in a report. Some end in dinner.

Yesterday at about 3:36 PM, a Cheektowaga officer clearing a call offered dispatch the rare fully-resolved resolution: “got him back in his little walker thing and he got his pizza express delivery so he's happy” Nothing further needed from the department. Case closed, pizza warm.

Jamestown · Dispatch · Odd Request

Vacancy for Two Adults and Five Children: A Jamestown Sergeant Works the Phones for a Hotel Room

Police work, late yesterday afternoon, meant cold-calling for lodging.

Yesterday afternoon, a Jamestown dispatcher put a quietly human task to a supervisor: “Sergeant, would you be able to reach out to hotels and see if they have vacancy for two adults and five children” It is the kind of errand that never makes a blotter but makes the night, somewhere, bearable.

Cattaraugus County · Deputy · Cryptic Code

Need Five Little Eggs, I'm Out: A Cattaraugus Deputy Signs Off With the Window's Best Riddle

Whatever it meant, it closed the transmission cleanly.

Yesterday at about 5:31 PM, amid routine mileage calls and a handoff to Olean police, a Cattaraugus deputy keyed up with five words that explain nothing and linger anyway: “Need five little eggs, I'm out” The channel moved on, the riddle did not.

Amherst · Niagara Falls Boulevard · Vehicle Crash

Two Hurt, Heavy Rescue Called to Niagara Falls Boulevard Crash

Yesterday at 7:09 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch reported a motor vehicle accident on Niagara Falls Boulevard with one person possibly trapped and needing extrication, prompting a request for a heavy-rescue response. North Bailey units found two people injured — one was transported for evaluation while the other was examined and released at the scene.

Amherst · West Forest Drive · Stolen Vehicle

Corolla Stolen in Buffalo Tracked to Amherst Apartment Complex

This morning at 6:38 AM, Amherst Police Dispatch sent a unit to check the Precinct Court Apartments at 2402 West Forest Drive[*] after a man reported his wife's car stolen in Buffalo roughly two hours earlier and said it had been tracked to that address, though nothing was showing in the system yet. Dispatch described the vehicle as a red 2023 Toyota Corolla bearing plate Michael-Boy-Boy 4965; officers later reported the car had apparently been taken with the keys left inside.

Clarence · Main Street · Vehicle Crash

Car-Versus-Semi Crash on Main Street Closes Road in Clarence

Yesterday at 6:57 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch sent companies — including Twin City Fire Co. out of Clarence — to a car-versus-semi-truck crash reported with one person suffering a neck injury. Dispatch pinpointed the scene to 8995 Main Street, between Shimerville Road[*] and Thompson Road[*], and closed the roadway in both directions.

Buffalo · Marilla Street · Water Main Break

Water Main Break Knocks Out Nine Buffalo Hydrants for Hours

Yesterday at 3:18 PM, Buffalo Fire Dispatch alerted companies that the Water Department had reported a 16-inch water-main break on Marilla Street from the 390 block to Hopkins Street, plus a second 16-inch main on Hopkins Street between Marilla Street and Reading Street, leaving nine hydrants out of service for an estimated four to six hours.

Buffalo · Niagara Street · Stabbing

Buffalo Man Stabbed in Arm With Kitchen Knife by Known Woman

Yesterday at 11:43 PM, Buffalo police D District dispatch sent units toward ECMC to locate a complainant identified as Kyle, who dispatch said had been stabbed in the arm with a kitchen knife by a woman he knew, in an incident recorded at 10:20 PM at 2485 Niagara Street.

Officers were also sent back to Niagara Street itself to try to locate the scene of the stabbing, and dispatch noted the report had already been completed under incident number 1375.

West Seneca · Seneca and Chamberlain · Domestic Call

West Seneca Domestic Call: Man Accused of Blocking Woman From Calling for Help

Yesterday at 9:27 PM, West Seneca police sent units 29 and 23 to a domestic call at the corner of Seneca Street and Chamberlain Avenue, after a third-party caller — identified as the woman's grandmother — told dispatch her granddaughter, identified only as Sierra, had been on the phone with family when the father of her child got into her car, a black pickup truck, and was “not letting her talk to the family members or call for help”.

Searching units could not locate the vehicle; one officer checking Chamberlain Avenue said mechanics at a shop there hadn't seen or heard anything recent, and dispatch noted the grandmother did not know the suspect's name or have a plate for the truck.

Hamburg · South Shore Drive · Water Rescue

Fire Crews, Coast Guard Chase Paddleboarders Adrift Off Lake Erie's South Shore

At 5:11 PM, Hamburg Fire Dispatch sent Woodlawn's water rescue unit and Lake Shore 8 to the area of South Shore Drive for a report of a paddleboarder in distress, riding what the caller described as a red and yellow board. Patrol located him roughly 400 to 500 yards offshore in a black wetsuit, reportedly having fallen off the board more than once, and dispatch launched Hamburg's Marine 1 with four personnel aboard while notifying the Coast Guard. Shortly after, a dispatcher radioed that the Coast Guard boat appeared to be “going the wrong way” and needed to turn back toward shore. By 5:43 PM the paddleboarder had been joined by three others and no longer appeared to be in distress, though fire officials said the Coast Guard vessel still seemed out of position as it continued toward the scene.

Jamestown · Barrow Street · Missing Juvenile

Jamestown Police Search for Missing 15-Year-Old

Yesterday at 6:36 PM, Jamestown Police Dispatch issued a locate request for Connor Jimerson Miller, a 15-year-old described as 5-foot-4 and 110 pounds with brown hair and brown eyes, last seen leaving his residence on Barrow Street on foot wearing a blue shirt, black shorts and black-and-white sneakers. Dispatch asked any unit that found him to “check his well-being and have him return home”; a follow-up check with a local safe house came back negative.

Cattaraugus County · Portville · Brush Fire

Spreading Brush Fire Near Portville Draws Mutual Aid, Repeated Manpower Calls

Yesterday at 4:27 PM, Cattaraugus County fire dispatch toned out Portville's Engine 252 for a grass and brush fire at 467 Forestlands Road, describing it as spreading.

Minutes later, a Westons Mills mutual-aid unit was also sent to the same address as the fire continued to spread, and crews were still radioing for additional manpower at Forestlands Road as late as 4:31 PM.