{"id":67340,"date":"2025-08-22T19:06:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=67340"},"modified":"2025-08-22T19:06:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:06:10","slug":"genesee-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-a-double-fatal-accident-in-le-roy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/08\/22\/genesee-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-a-double-fatal-accident-in-le-roy\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Sheriff’s Office investigating a double fatal accident in Le Roy"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred at about 6:19am on August 22, 2025, at the intersection of West Bergen and Griswold Roads in the Town of LeRoy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preliminary investigation shows that Brianna R. Welsh, age 20, of Apopka, Florida was operating a 2014 Nissan sedan westbound on Griswold Road. Welsh failed to stop at the stop sign at the intersection of Griswold Road and collided with a 2018 Ford dump truck and trailer combination traveling northbound on West Bergen Road.
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Both Welsh and a passenger in her vehicle, Mallen A. Mello, age 20, also from Apopka, Florida, suffered fatal injuries and were pronounced dead at the scene. The operator of the dump truck, Timothy E. Briggs, age 36, of Piffard, NY was uninjured.
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Investigation is continuing by the Genesee County Sheriff’s Office. Assistance was provided by the Genesee County Coroner’s Office, New York State Police, LeRoy police department, LeRoy Fire Department and Bergen Fire Department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Press release The Genesee County Sheriff’s Office is investigating a fatal motor vehicle crash that occurred at about 6:19am on August 22, 2025, at the intersection of West Bergen and Griswold Roads in the Town of LeRoy. Preliminary investigation shows that Brianna R. Welsh, age 20, of Apopka, Florida was \u2026<\/p>\n

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