Press release
The Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office is currently investigating a motor vehicle collision
resulting in one fatality.
On September 24, 2024, at 2:26p.m., the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office 911 Center received
the report of a multiple vehicle collision at the intersection of Wethersfield Road and Hermitage
Road in the Town of Wethersfield.
Upon arrival, deputies located two involved vehicles off the roadway to the northwest of the intersection. The involved vehicles were a 2024 Subaru and a 2022 Ram Tow Truck. The driver of the 2024 Subaru, Dr. Richard T. Milazzo, Jr., of Silver Creek, NY, was found unresponsive at the wheel and was pronounced deceased at the scene by a Wyoming County Coroner.
Assisting Wyoming County Sheriff’s Office Deputies at the scene were a Wyoming County
Sheriff’s Office Evidence Technician and the Wyoming County Crash Management Team.
Initial investigation has determined that Dr. Milazzo’s vehicle was westbound on Wethersfield
Road at a stop sign, when his vehicle proceeded into the intersection and into the path of a
southbound tow truck on Hermitage Road, which had the right of way. The tow truck collided
with the driver door of Dr. Milazzo’s vehicle, and both vehicles slid off the roadway to the
northwest. No charges have been filed at this time.
Other agencies assisting at the scene were Gainesville Fire Department, Wyoming County EMS,
and Silver Springs Fire Department.
If the tow truck was going southbound as the article indicates, and the Doctor was traveling westbound, it would be impossible for the tow truck to have struck the drivers side of his Subaru, also indicated in the article. Furthermore, both vehicles would also not have landed to the NW of the intersection if the tow truck was indeed headed southbound. Both vehicles would have likely ended up to the South-East in relation to the intersection. You cannot refute physics. One or more of the details within the article are false.
The information was provided by the Wyoming County Sheriff’s Department in a press release.