Driver killed in 1-vehicle wreck on Route 6

August 29, 2012

One person was killed and another was injured when this vehicle left Route 6 and hit a tree. The accident scene is on the south side of Route 6, just west of the former Lobo Inn. Photo by Ted Lutz.

One person was killed and another was injured in a one-vehicle accident at 5:20 p.m. Wednesday on Route 6, just west of the former Lobo Inn.
Bernice A. Pierson, age 57, of 511 Barden Brook Rd., Eldred, died in the crash. The injured passenger, Meghan C. Pierson, age 24, of the same address, was flown to Hamot Medical Center in Erie with moderate injuries.
Members of the Kane Volunteer Fire Department responded to the scene just one hour after clearing the scene of a tanker truck accident near Fraley and Greeves streets in Kane. The accident resulted in a mandatory evacuation in the borough. No injuries were reported.