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A 4-car crash in the Town of Rushford seriously injured one person this afternoon. State police say the chain reaction crash happened in a work zone on Route 243 near Balcom Beach Road. The road will be closed for another couple of hours or so while an accident reconstruction team is at work. Detours are in place. Troopers say they will release more information later today. Image from Google Earth © The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947

Police have released the name of the woman who died when a man who was charged with DWI hit a car head-on Saturday in Cuba. 71-year-old Amelia Murray of Rushford was taken to Olean General Hospital after the crash at 6:45 p.m. on North Shore Road, but was then taken by Mercy Flight to ECMC in Buffalo, where she died two hours later. Police say 46-year-old William Felicetti of Niagara Falls left his hunting camp and was on Mount Monroe when he didn’t slow down for yield sign and hit a car driven by 51-year-old Kenneth McElheny of Rushford. Murray was a passenger in McElheny’s car. McElheny and his other passenger, 50-year-old Susan McElheny, were treated at Olean General for minor injuries and then released. Cuba Police say they are waiting for an accident reconstruction team to finish its work before deciding whether to charge Felicetti with anything besides driving while intoxicated. The news leader of the Twin Tiers ... since 1947