A 27-year-old woman died Friday afternoon after a two-vehicle crash at the intersection of Rapids Road and Bartz Road in the Town of Lockport, according to officials. She was driving a 2015 Ford Fiesta that collided with a 2020 Jeep Grand Cherokee around 3:18 p.m., and she was later pronounced dead at Erie County Medical Center.
According to yahoo.com, the Jeep Grand Cherokee failed to yield the right of way at the intersection and was struck by the Ford Fiesta, which had been traveling southeast on Rapids Road. The Ford driver suffered life-threatening injuries in the collision and was rushed to Erie County Medical Center, where she was declared dead. Officials have withheld her name while they notify family members, the outlet reported.
The crash was also detailed by WIVB News 4, which reported that officers responded to the intersection shortly after 3:15 p.m. on Thursday. Per that account, the Jeep Grand Cherokee had been traveling west on Bartz Road before the Jeep driver failed to yield the right of way at the intersection with Rapids Road. The Niagara County Sheriff's Office reported that the woman died following the crash, per the station's report.
Jeep Driver Treated at Scene, Cooperating With Investigators
The Jeep driver sustained only minor injuries and was treated at the scene, according to the same News 4 Buffalo account. That driver is cooperating with the investigation, police said. The crash remains under investigation, and no further details about its cause have been released beyond the reported failure to yield.
Same Stretch of Road Has Seen Prior Crashes
The Rapids Road and Bartz Road intersection was also the site of a fatal two-vehicle collision on October 19, when troopers from the Lockport barracks responded to a crash there involving a 2021 Jeep and a 2008 Mack concrete truck, according to the New York State Police. Elsewhere in Lockport, a June crash left two people seriously injured after a car became lodged under a van near South Transit and Rapids Road, as reported by WKBW. A separate crash involving a concrete truck in Lockport also killed one person, according to a report from WIVB News 4.
No additional information about the woman's identity, the Jeep driver, or the investigation's next steps has been released. Hoodline will update this story as officials release further details.
