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Collision sends five to hospital,
police charge man with DWI
LANCASTER, N.Y. (WIVB) - An accident in Lancaster sent
five people to the hospital.
A two-car collision sent five people to the hospital. Lancaster Police say they responded
to the accident around 11:20 p.m. Monday. They say 23-year-old Eric Berst of Kenmore caused the crash. Police charged him with driving while
intoxicated and failure to keep right.
Police say Juliette Peterson of Buffalo operated the car
that was hit. Three other
passengers in that car include a 43-year-old male, a 29-year-old female
and a 13-year-old female. The 13
year old is at Children's Hospital Tuesday morning recovering from
facial, hip and leg injuries.
Mercy Flight
called in Lancaster crash that leads to DWI charge
By
Gene Warner
NEWS
STAFF REPORTER, BUFFALO NEWS
July
28, 2009, 8:59 AM /
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One
driver was injured and a second was charged with driving while
intoxicated following a head-on crash involving two SUVs in Lancaster
late Monday night, Lancaster police reported today.
Both drivers and
three passengers were taken to area hospitals, following the collision
that occurred shortly after 11 p.m. Monday on Walden Avenue, near
Sheldon Avenue.
Police say a
westbound SUV driven by Eric J. Berst, 23, of
Kenmore, crossed into the eastbound lane, striking the eastbound SUV
driven by Juliette Peterson, 30, of Buffalo.
Peterson was taken
by Mercy Flight to Erie County Medical Center, where she was being
treated in the emergency room and expected to be transferred to a
regular room.
Three passengers
in her vehicle, two adults and a 13-year-old girl, were taken to area
hospitals with a combination of facial, leg and other injuries, police
said.
Berst also was taken to ECMC,
where he was treated and released into the custody of Lancaster police.
They charged him with DWI and failure to keep right, and police said
additional charges are expected.
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