Emergency personnel assist an elderly woman on South Transit Road this afternoon after she struck a tree with her car. The woman refused treatment after the accident. (PHOTOS CONTRIBUTED BY STEPHEN M. WALLACE)

ENP STAFF REPORTS
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Southbound traffic was halted while emergency crews assisted the driver of the red car that hit the tree.

TOWN OF LOCKPORT — An elderly woman refused treatment after striking a tree with her car on South Transit Road early this afternoon.

South Lockport Fire Co., under the direction of Chief Tim Glaser, responded to the front of the VALU parking lot around 1:09 p.m. for the report of a car that hit a tree. Glaser had his engines shut down part of the southbound traffic to protect emergency personnel as firefighters and the New York State Police worked the scene.

New York State Police are investigating the cause of the accident.

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