{"id":57644,"date":"2024-10-03T12:35:35","date_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:35:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=57644"},"modified":"2024-10-03T12:35:35","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T16:35:35","slug":"wyoming-county-tonawanda-man-transported-by-mercy-flight-after-colliding-with-a-stopped-vehicle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/wyoming-county-tonawanda-man-transported-by-mercy-flight-after-colliding-with-a-stopped-vehicle\/","title":{"rendered":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Tonawanda man transported by Mercy Flight after colliding with a stopped vehicle"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Information from a provided press release)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One driver was transported by Mercy Flight following a motorcycle versus car collision in the<br>Town of Arcade.<br>On October 2, 2024, at approximately 6:05p.m., the Wyoming County 911 Center received a call<br>reporting a motorcycle versus car collision on Route 98 in the Town of Arcade. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Deputies responded to the scene where they located a 2019 Nissan Altima and a 1993 Honda motorcycle. Following investigation, it was determined the 2019 Nissan Altima<br>was northbound on Route 98, and stopped in traffic while waiting to turn westbound onto<br>Genesee Road. Evidence at the scene and statements by the drivers, indicate the 1993 Honda<br>motorcycle was also northbound on Route 98. The motorcycle operator failed to see the<br>2019 Nissan Altima in time and drove into the rear of the stopped vehicle. The motorcycle<br>operator was partially pinned under the rear of the Nissan, and he was flown by Mercy Flight to<br>Erie County Medical Center with non-life threatening injuries.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The driver of the Nissan Altima was not injured, and no charges are expected. The driver of the<br>Honda motorcycle, Edward P. Schunk, 41, of Tonawanda, NY, was found to be at fault for<br>the collision, and was also found to have a non-driver identification card only, with fourteen [14]<br>active suspensions and\/or revocations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Various vehicle and traffic charges against Schunk are pending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Agencies responding to the scene were:<br>Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office<br>Wyoming County Crash Management Team<br>Arcade Police Department<br>Arcade Fire Department<br>North Java Fire Department<br>Wyoming County EMS<br>Mercy Flight<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Information from a provided press release) One driver was transported by Mercy Flight following a motorcycle versus car collision in theTown of Arcade.On October 2, 2024, at approximately 6:05p.m., the Wyoming County 911 Center received a callreporting a motorcycle versus car collision on Route 98 in the Town of Arcade. \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/10\/03\/wyoming-county-tonawanda-man-transported-by-mercy-flight-after-colliding-with-a-stopped-vehicle\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":165,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[281,16],"tags":[34,4644],"class_list":["post-57644","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-arcade","category-wyoming-county","tag-accident","tag-edward-p-schunk"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-eZK","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":20380,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2020\/10\/27\/wyoming-county-holland-man-succumbs-to-injuries-sustained-in-a-motorcycle-accident-in-java\/","url_meta":{"origin":57644,"position":0},"title":"WYOMING COUNTY\/Holland man succumbs to injuries sustained in a motorcycle accident in Java","author":"aka","date":"October 27, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"On October 23, 2020, members of the Wyoming County Sheriff\u2019s Office responded to Route 78 in the Town of Java, for a report of a motorcycle accident. 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