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A Fredonia man and Dunkirk woman are accused of assaulting two other people early Thursday morning in the Town of Sheridan. Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies say 30-year-old Victor Arce and 21-year-old Jessica Robb followed the victims for a long period of them on West Sheridan Road and when their cars were stopped at the same time, Robb started fighting with one of the victims, resulting in a bruised eye socket. Arce is also accused of hitting the other victim several times with a blunt object to prevent her from participating in the fight. She suffered a minor arm injury. Acre and Robb are scheduled to appear in court at a later date.

A freight train pushed a car more than a mile after it got lodged on tracks in the Town of Pomfret in Chautauqua County late last night. Police say 38-year-old James Spiller of Dunkirk was driving across the railroad tracks when his car went off the shoulder of the crossing and got stuck. Spiller got out of the car and called 911 in an attempt to have train traffic stopped, but a CSX train with three engines and 36 cars that weighed nearly 7,700 tons hit the car. The train, which was traveling at 60 miles per hour, had minor damage to its snowplow and front stairs. Spiller was cited for moving from a lane unsafely and obstructing a railroad crossing.