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Lancaster · Rollover MVA

Lancaster Rollover at Genesee and Crittenden Pulls Newstead's Heavy Rescue East

At 2:39 PM, Amherst Fire Dispatch flagged a motor vehicle accident on the 290 westbound with a vehicle sitting on top of the guardrail near the Main Street exit. Twelve minutes later the same channel toned Newstead mutual aid for their heavy rescue to Lancaster, this time for a rollover MVA at Genesee Street and Crittenden Road — a separate incident on the eastern edge of the town.

Lancaster fire dispatch confirmed a child in the back of one of the vehicles was being attended to; injuries were unclear on the air. Snyder units were also responding through the afternoon, and the response was still active as this edition went to press.

Top StoriesThe best of the wires — county-wide

Amherst · I-990 · Reckless Driver

ONGOING

State Radio Chases a Weaving Black Jeep Down the 990 After a Passerby Says the Driver Was Drinking

An Amherst PD unit relayed a call from a passerby who said a black Jeep Compass with a red stripe was heading southbound on the 990 from Millersport with what appeared to be a drinking driver at the wheel. The plate came back as Lincoln-Adam-Adam-6902.

The officer told state radio he was already on the 997 as the vehicle passed, coordinating the handoff. No stop had been reported by 3 PM.

Wyndham · Working Structure Fire

ONGOING

Southtowns Departments Converge on 5715 Ellis Road for a Wyndham Structure Fire

Just before 11:30 AM, Hamburg toned Woodlawn on mutual aid to Wyndham for a structure fire at 5715 Ellis Road. East Aurora dispatch layered in West Falls, Beach Lake, and Yorkshire Park with one engine to the scene, and Boston and North Boston were rolled in to stand by at other stations.

The call ran as a working fire with multi-department response through the noon hour. No injuries were mentioned on the trunk in the window covered by this edition.

Buffalo · Domestic With Weapon

Boyfriend at the Door With a Gun Tries to Kick It Down, Buffalo Districts D and W Get the Call

Just past 11:25 AM, Buffalo PD's Districts D and W channel toned a domestic in progress: a complainant reported her boyfriend at the door with a gun, kicking to get in. The dispatcher pushed the call over to the district cars without further detail on the trunk this edition captured.

Amherst · Longmeadow · Family Fight

Longmeadow Mother Calls in a Physical Fight Between Her Husband and Her 26-Year-Old Son

At 11:33 AM, an Amherst PD unit pushed a domestic on Longmeadow: a female caller said the fight was between her husband and her son, and confirmed to dispatch that it was physical. The son, dispatch said, was 26.

Roughly seven minutes later dispatch flagged a domestic history at the address dating to 2021 in which the male was reported to have handguns in a drawer, adding a note that they could not confirm the same subject still lived there. The call was still active on the channel when the window closed.

Springville · Cardiac Arrest

CPR in Progress at 7 South Edgewood as Springville Fires Off a Full Response

Just before 7:40 AM, Springville Fire Control put out an ALS request for 7 South Edgewood, calling out a 70-year-old male not breathing. The call was handed to MERS for pre-arrival while Springville 9, 95, and flight-car 10 all rolled.

By 7:41 AM the crews were on scene with CPR in progress. A few minutes later the on-air update was that the scene was clearing and Life 1 would carry command — phrasing consistent with a patient handed off to the medic. No further updates hit the channel in this window.

Hamburg · McKinley Parkway · Fall With Head Injury

An 80-Year-Old Man Falls and Bleeds Badly at 1696 McKinley Parkway; Hamburg Rolls Through the Garage

Hamburg town EMS was toned at 11:10 AM to 1696 McKinley Parkway, between East Prospect and Newton, for an 80-year-old man who had fallen and was reported to be bleeding seriously. Responders were told to enter through the garage on the East Prospect side of the house.


Overheard: The WiresCops, cabbies, custodians, dispatchers — off-script

Amherst · Neighborly Projectile

The Neighbor Was Just Mowing the Lawn When a Stone Went Airborne, Crossed the Street, and Hit a Guy and His Truck

Amherst PD, 11:16 AM: “The neighbor was mowing the lawn and a stone got struck, flew across the street, struck our caller and his truck. No injuries, refusing AMS.” The follow-up transmission was the entire poetry of suburban dispute resolution: “That'll work.”

Amherst · Univera Parking Lot

Amherst PD Spends Two Hours Trying to Get Buffalo to Come Tow the Stolen Car That Buffalo Already Recovered

A car sitting occupied in the Univera parking lot turned out, per Amherst PD, to be a vehicle that had been recovered stolen in Buffalo “the other day” — BPD had been notified but never came to pull it. The owner's wife showed up in the lot at 9:31 AM to sort it out. An hour later the officer was still going: the wife had confirmed BPD had promised to remove it, they still hadn't, and B-District over the phone insisted they needed a fresh locate report before they'd move on it. He'd just finished typing the locate.

Amherst · Sagewood Terrace

“They Don't Want an Ambulance. They Want to See a Police Officer Because of Their Fall.”

At 9:37 AM, an Amherst PD unit relayed a citizen call from 138 Sagewood Terrace[*]. A resident had fallen on the sidewalk in front of a neighbor's house and was bleeding from the nose. They wanted, specifically, an officer — not an ambulance — to come see about the fall.

Amherst · Abandoned in Snyder

RESOLVED

White SUV Abandoned on the Wrong Side of South Parish With the Trunk Popped and Looking Rummaged

Amherst PD arrived just past 8 AM at 53 South Parish to find a white SUV parked on the wrong side of the road, trunk open, and — in the officer's words on the air — “possibly also gone through.” A relative was on the way to collect it before 8:10 AM.


Regional BlotterThe rest of the record, by region

Other Calls of Note

[1:17 PM]Newstead · EMS Newstead EMS toned to 13479 Bloomingdale Road[*], between Scotland Road and the Village Line, for a 76-year-old female medical-alarm activation with no voice contact; cleared as accidental within ten minutes.
[8:20 AM]Amherst · EMS Snyder Fire EMS run to 4511 Harlem Road at Snyder Square North, between Main Street and Burroughs Drive, for a 44-year-old male outside; Snyder 95 responding.
[9:10 AM]Getzville · EMS Getzville EMS at 84 Marine Drive[*], between Sunshine Drive[*] and Spadina Drive[*], for a 52-year-old female with trouble breathing.
[12:41 PM]Eggertsville · EMS Eggertsville EMS to 423 Sherry Zetnick Housing, Apartment 218, for a 76-year-old female with trouble breathing.
[11:05 AM]Amherst · EMS Snyder EMS to 259 Roycroft Boulevard[*], between Kings Highway and Saratoga, for a 60-year-old female with a medical complaint.
[1:29 PM]East Amherst · EMS East Amherst EMS toned to 9380 Transit Road at Unbridled Cafe, near Casey Road[*] [heard: St. Casey Road], for a 50-year-old female passing out.
[2:19 PM]North Tonawanda · EMS Niagara Fire Control ran Main-Transit Engine 4 to 316 Robert Drive, between East Goundry and Wright Avenue in North Tonawanda, for a 91-year-old female with high blood pressure and a possible language barrier; BLS priority.
[1:10 PM]Niagara Falls · Chest Pain 68 Hyde Park Boulevard, between McKinley and Sherman, ALS priority: 80-year-old male, chest pain radiating to the arm and trouble breathing.
[1:35 PM]Alden · EMS Alden EMS run to 1357 Chestnut Street for a 75-year-old.
[10:16 AM]Hamburg · Lakeview · Smoke Detector Community Services group home at 6140 Southwestern, Wilson-Pleasant — smoke-detector activation, full Lakeview assignment plus North Evans engine mutual aid.
[7:28 AM]Amherst · Foxbury Area Amherst PD called to a Foxbury-area apartment complex for a homeless man on the porch refusing to leave (white male, green sweater, blue jeans); a resident pointed to Apartment A, the subject was moved along without further incident.
[9:14 AM]Amherst · Grover Cleveland Hwy Unknown-trouble call near Little Pace of China at 602 Grover Cleveland Highway; the callback came via CPS after a caller (per dispatch, a woman named Malitha Aksan) asked officers to respond and then couldn't be reached again.
[10:04 AM]Amherst · Alarm Alarm activation at 3310 Sheridan Drive; no further detail on the trunk before Amherst went back in service, avoidable, at 10:09 AM.
[12:07 PM]North Tonawanda · Lift Assist Tranquility TMS at 2333 Niagara Falls Boulevard for an 83-year-old male who slipped from a chair; lift-assist standard.

Editor’s Note

A busy summer weekday: 3,559 segments across 27 active systems in the eight hours since this morning's edition, with EMS runs dominating from Williamsville and Amherst out to Hamburg, Alden, and North Tonawanda. The afternoon closed with a rollover MVA in Lancaster that pulled Newstead's heavy rescue east on mutual aid, and with Amherst PD chasing an alleged drunk driver in a black Jeep Compass on the 990. A quieter thread ran through Buffalo airport ramps and BuffaloLimo's cab dispatch, where the day's chatter drifted, as usual, toward fruit slushies and burnt toast.

Daily Gem

That'll work”

— Amherst PD, 11:16 AM (closing out the neighbor-mower-stone-through-the-street call)

By the Numbers

Segments
3,559
Active systems
27
Busiest hour
10:00 AM–11:00 AM (Buffalo PD, Amherst Fire, Hamburg activity)
Regional Breaking
0
Updates
0
By Agency (top 5)
BucketSegs
Police1420
Fire / EMS1080
Hotel / shuttle / taxi220
Airport / aviation130
Other709
By Area (top 5)
BucketSegs
Buffalo1140
Williamsville & Amherst640
Cheektowaga / Lancaster / Depew340
Other Erie County810
Niagara County200

Agency & area buckets are estimated by mapping ProScan channels to categories; totals are approximate.

[*] = a name the scanner audio left uncertain and could not be confirmed against an official source; treat as unverified. Routine street-name fixes against official municipal lists are applied silently.
The WNY Listening Post · Friday, July 31, 2026 · P.M. Edition · Vol. I, No. 83
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