{"id":49755,"date":"2023-01-30T07:25:19","date_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:25:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/?p=49755"},"modified":"2023-01-30T07:25:19","modified_gmt":"2023-01-30T12:25:19","slug":"two-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-i-86-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/two-killed-in-head-on-crash-on-i-86-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Killed in Head-On Crash on I-86 Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Two people were killed Saturday night in a head-on crash<\/strong> on I-86<\/strong> in the town of Ellicott<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

State Police in Jamestown<\/strong> report that a car driven by 30-year old Mathew Berry<\/strong> of Randolph was traveling the wrong way in the westbound lane of I-86 without headlights when he was truck by a Ram truck head on. The collision caused the truck to go into the right lane where it was struck by a Freightliner.<\/p>\n

Berry was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the truck, 57-year old Todd Town<\/strong> of Jamestown, was taken to UMPC Chautauqua where he died from his injuries. The passenger in the truck, 54-year old Sandra Town<\/strong>, is in serious condition at UPMC Hamot. The driver of the Freightliner had no injuries.<\/p>\n

State Police said an investigation determined that Berry suffered from mental illness and had been reported missing earlier Saturday evening.<\/p>\n

They added the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Two people were killed Saturday night in a head-on crash on I-86 in the town of Ellicott. State Police in Jamestown report that a car driven by 30-year old Mathew Berry of Randolph was traveling the wrong way in the westbound lane of I-86 without headlights when he was truck by a Ram truck head […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":11310,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[4],"tags":[6884,1057,12800,1694,12802,12801,2275],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.wrfalp.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/statepolice.jpg?fit=332%2C190&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3YlJ4-cWv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2539,"url":"https:\/\/www.wrfalp.com\/morning-news-city-man-faces-charges-following-high-speed-chase-with-police\/","url_meta":{"origin":49755,"position":0},"title":"MORNING NEWS: City Man Faces Charges Following High-Speed Chase with Police","author":"WRFA Radio","date":"August 20, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"JAMESTOWN - A Jamestown man led state troopers and local police on a high-speed chase Friday before they used a tire-deflating device to stop him. 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