THE SENECA COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTS ON 8/11/19 AT 7:05 AM DEPUTIES RESPONDED TO A MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT WITH INJURIES IN THE TOWN OF COVERT. DEPUTIES REPORT A DUMP TRUCK HAULING TOP SOIL WAS TRAVELING EASTBOUND ON COUNTY RD 141 B WHEN THE DRIVER, MICHAEL WILLIAMSON AGE 53 OF ROMULUS, FAILED TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN AT STATE ROUTE 89. DEPUTIES REPORT A WITNESS STATED THE DUMPTRUCK APPEARED TO BE GOING TOO FAST DOWN THE HILL ON COUNTY RD 141 B AND WAS UNABLE TO STOP AT THE STOP SIGN WHEN THEY REACHED STATE ROUTE 89. WILLIAMSON ATTEMPTED TO TURN SOUTHBOUND ON STATE ROUTE 89 AND WENT OFF THE ROADWAY OVERTURNING HIS DUMP TRUCK INTO THE EAST SIDE DITCH OF ROUTE 89. WILLIAMSON WAS ENTRAPPED IN THE VEHICLE AND RESPONDING FIRE FIGHTERS WERE ABLE TO SUCESSFULLY EXTRACT HIM. WILLIAMSON HAD COMPLAINTS OF MINOR INJURIES. WILLIAMSON WAS TRANSPORTED BY TRUMANSBURG AMBULANCE TO CAYUGA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL TO BE TREATED FOR HIS INJURIES. WILLIAMSON WAS CITED FOR FAILURE TO STOP AT A STOP SIGN AND IS DUE TO APPEAR IN THE TOWN OF COVERT COURT ON 9/2/19 TO ANSWER TO THE CHARGE. DEPUTIES WERE ASSISTED ON SCENE BY THE NYSP, OVID, LODI, INTERLAKEN, AND TRUMANSBURG FIRE DEPARTMENTS AND LIFENET.
Update – Williamson is being transferred to Robert Packer hospital in Sayre PA for a fractured spine
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