In almost exact circumstances, a second 49-year-old woman was killed this morning crossing Niagara Falls Boulevard at Willow Ridge Drive at the Amherst-Town of Tonawanda border.
The Buffalo woman, whose identity was withheld pending notification of her relatives, had stopped into a convenience store at the intersection on the Amherst side of the boulevard to try and arrange for a ride back home. When she could not reach anyone by phone, she decided to cross the intersection to wait for a bus, authorities said.
Like Jeraldine Tater on June 5, this woman did not make it alive across the boulevard.
A southbound car struck the woman shortly after 5 a.m. today in the predawn darkness and rain, according to Lt. Paul Yacono of the Town of Tonawanda Police accident investigation unit.
“It’s the same exact thing,” Yacono said referring to the previous fatal accident that claimed Tater.
Tater was killed instantly as she crossed from east to west on the boulevard, struck by a Chevy Cruz. She had just left the 7-Eleven store, after using the store phone to try and contact a landlord and make arrangements for her move to a West Side apartment.
In this latest tragedy, the woman had also entered the 7-Eleven and asked to use the phone, according to store manager Sue DiMartino.
“She was trying to arrange for a ride,” DiMartino said.
Ali Ramadan, the store clerk who allowed the woman to use the phone, said that after trying unsuccessfully to call someone, she asked how much bus fare is and decided to cross the boulevard to wait at a southbound Metro Bus stop on the Tonawanda side.
The driver of the Ford Taurus that struck the pedestrian told police he did not see the woman in the lane closest to the curb of the roadway, where the collision occurred. The impact of the collision knocked off the woman’s white sneakers, which remained in the road as investigators processed the scene.
“An investigation is continuing but it does not appear there will be charges,” Yacono said.
In a separate accident farther north on Niagara Falls Boulevard this morning in Niagara Falls, a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Military Road, another busy boulevard intersection, according to police.
Police and fire officials arrived at the scene at about 7:10 a.m. and the bicyclist, whose name was unavailable, was transported to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, where his condition worsened, according to Niagara Falls Police Capt. William Thomson.
“We know he is still alive at this point,” Thomson said.
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The Buffalo woman, whose identity was withheld pending notification of her relatives, had stopped into a convenience store at the intersection on the Amherst side of the boulevard to try and arrange for a ride back home. When she could not reach anyone by phone, she decided to cross the intersection to wait for a bus, authorities said.
Like Jeraldine Tater on June 5, this woman did not make it alive across the boulevard.
A southbound car struck the woman shortly after 5 a.m. today in the predawn darkness and rain, according to Lt. Paul Yacono of the Town of Tonawanda Police accident investigation unit.
“It’s the same exact thing,” Yacono said referring to the previous fatal accident that claimed Tater.
Tater was killed instantly as she crossed from east to west on the boulevard, struck by a Chevy Cruz. She had just left the 7-Eleven store, after using the store phone to try and contact a landlord and make arrangements for her move to a West Side apartment.
In this latest tragedy, the woman had also entered the 7-Eleven and asked to use the phone, according to store manager Sue DiMartino.
“She was trying to arrange for a ride,” DiMartino said.
Ali Ramadan, the store clerk who allowed the woman to use the phone, said that after trying unsuccessfully to call someone, she asked how much bus fare is and decided to cross the boulevard to wait at a southbound Metro Bus stop on the Tonawanda side.
The driver of the Ford Taurus that struck the pedestrian told police he did not see the woman in the lane closest to the curb of the roadway, where the collision occurred. The impact of the collision knocked off the woman’s white sneakers, which remained in the road as investigators processed the scene.
“An investigation is continuing but it does not appear there will be charges,” Yacono said.
In a separate accident farther north on Niagara Falls Boulevard this morning in Niagara Falls, a bicyclist was struck by a vehicle at the intersection of Military Road, another busy boulevard intersection, according to police.
Police and fire officials arrived at the scene at about 7:10 a.m. and the bicyclist, whose name was unavailable, was transported to Niagara Falls Memorial Medical Center, where his condition worsened, according to Niagara Falls Police Capt. William Thomson.
“We know he is still alive at this point,” Thomson said.
email: lmichel@buffnews.com