The Lockport US&J reports....
FATAL ACCIDENT: Gasport woman dies after Amherst car crash
A 21-year-old Gasport woman died Tuesday evening in a car crash on Transit Road in the Town of Amherst. Police said the victim, Kahlea Hendel, was traveling northbound on Transit Road at 6:50 p.m. when her white Pontiac Grand Am crossed the center line and struck an oncoming tractor-trailer. Amherst police said Hendel was extricated from her vehicle by firemen from the nearby Swormville Fire Department. She was transported by Twin City Ambulance to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. According to police, the driver of the tractor-trailer, 56-year-old Jeffrey C. Senn of Grand Island, was also taken to Millard Fillmore, where he was treated for back pain. There were no other passengers in either vehicle.
Amherst police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash, and witnesses are asked to call 689-1355 to speak with investigators.
FATAL ACCIDENT: Gasport woman dies after Amherst car crash
A 21-year-old Gasport woman died Tuesday evening in a car crash on Transit Road in the Town of Amherst. Police said the victim, Kahlea Hendel, was traveling northbound on Transit Road at 6:50 p.m. when her white Pontiac Grand Am crossed the center line and struck an oncoming tractor-trailer. Amherst police said Hendel was extricated from her vehicle by firemen from the nearby Swormville Fire Department. She was transported by Twin City Ambulance to Millard Fillmore Suburban Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. According to police, the driver of the tractor-trailer, 56-year-old Jeffrey C. Senn of Grand Island, was also taken to Millard Fillmore, where he was treated for back pain. There were no other passengers in either vehicle.
Amherst police are continuing to investigate the cause of the crash, and witnesses are asked to call 689-1355 to speak with investigators.
