Clay, NY -- A 95-year-old woman was taken to the hospital for treatment of a head cut following a two-car accident this morning on West Taft Road in front of the North Medical Center. Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies said Margaret Peston, no address available, was a passenger in a Chrysler Sebring being driven east on West Taft shortly before 10:46...
Clay, NY -- A 95-year-old woman was taken to the hospital for treatment of a head cut following a two-car accident this morning on West Taft Road in front of the North Medical Center.
Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies said Margaret Peston, no address available, was a passenger in a Chrysler Sebring being driven east on West Taft shortly before 10:46 a.m. when the accident occurred.
Stan Backus, 70, of Baldwinsville, was trying to turn his Chevrolet 4x4 pickup truck left out of the medical center's parking lot onto West Taft, deputies said. Backus' view was blocked by a Centro bus at a stop west of the driveway and he did not see the eastbound Chrysler, deputies said.
Neither Backus nor the Chrysler's driver, Harold Hummel, no age available, of Solvay, was injured, deputies said.
Peston was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center for treatment.
No tickets were expected to be issued, deputies said.
Officials diverted eastbound traffic into the medical center parking lot and reduced westbound traffic to one lane as they removed Peston and put the stricken cars on flatbed trucks. The road reopened about 11:15 a.m.
Earlier:
Clay, NY --Eastbound traffic on West Taft Road is being diverted after a two-vehicle head-on crash in front of North Medical Center this morning.
A woman was taken away on a stretcher after her red car and a pickup truck collided at 10:46 a.m.
The crash happened in front of 5112 W. Taft Road, near the intersection with Buckley Road. Eastbound traffic was being diverted into the medical center's parking lot. One lane of westbound traffic remained open.
There was no word on the number or extent of injuries.
Onondaga County Sheriff's deputies are investigating.