East Amherst · Youngs / Klein · Cyclist Struck

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

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.

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 · 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.