Troopers charge Arkport motorist with three felonies in crash that injured DOT workers
Hornell-based New York State Police said a 2019 Nissan Pathfinder driven by Brooke A. Burdett, 30, was southbound on state Route 36 at around 11 a.m. when it struck a trio of New York state Department of Transportation employees.
The workers were washing down a bridge when the vehicle plowed into the work zone at 36 and county Road 70A., Hornell public safety officials said.
The Pathfinder then collided with a DOT vehicle stationed at the site, troopers said.
Two of the workers, ages 52 and 60, were taken to St. James Hospital in Hornell. The third, a 30-year-old, was airlifted to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester.
All three were released from the hospital with serious but non-life-threatening injuries, State Police said.
Burdett was charged with three counts of first-degree reckless endangerment, a class D felony, driving while ability impaired by drugs, a misdemeanor, and several traffic infractions.
Troopers said Burdett appeared in Steuben County Central Arraignment Court.
Three Hornell Fire Department rigs went to the crash, according to Fire Chief Frank Brzozowski.
'When the first call came in, it said bad accident, a car plowed through a construction area, several people injured. So we were addressing it as a mass casualty incident,' Brzozowski told the Hornell Board of Public Safety Thursday.
"That is our primary area, so we dispatched automatically with North Hornell Fire (Department).'
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Brzozowski said fire department personnel were gratified there were not as many people hurt as originally feared.
The Hornell Police Department also responded to the scene, providing safety control and investigative assistance, Police Chief TJ Murray said.
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