Turnpike Accident In Bath Friday Morning

From The Bath Fire Dept:   Just after 9am Friday morning, the Bath Volunteer Fire Department was dispatched for a truck roll over with diesel fuel leaking. on the Turnpike Road in the town of Bath.

Bath units arrived on scene to find a tractor trailer flatbed fully loaded with bales of hay on its side completly blocking the road on the hill between the Steuben County Landfill and County Route 15. The road was covered in ice and when the truck was climbing the hill it started sliding and then overturned.

Fleetpride was requested to the scene and had to request the Steuben County Highway DOT to sand the hill so they could get access to the truck. The driver was not injured in the accident.

Bath units were back in service at 10:23am.

 

Allard: Crews Are Going From One Accident - To Another

FROM STEUBEN COUNTY SHERIFF JIM ALLARD: "The snow is quite light, and the temperature is still in the 20 degrees range.  This makes for icey roadways, especially in elevated areas.  We are experiencing a lot of slide offs, and mulit-vehicle crashes, and vehicles into trees.  I would just caution everybody, to slow down.  Remember that just reducing your speed by 10 miles an hour is only going to cost you a few minutes in travel time, but may save your life."

FROM STEUBEN COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICES:  A clipper system will bring 3"-5" of snow throughout our region during the day today.  Currently, all highway crews are out and working, but road conditions are snow-covered, wet, and slippery.  Several Accidents have been reported to 911 this morning.  Slow Down and Move Over for Emergency Vehicles.  Watch for slow-moving plow trucks and give them room.  If you don't have to travel, stay home.  Delay travel plans until the snow stops.  If you must travel, please slow down and use caution.  Call Ahead, make sure your place of destination is still open.

 

Corning Community Honor Society Frat Inductees
Corning Community College is Inducting 28 students into Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, one is from Campbell, eight are from Corning, three of the students are from Painted Post, four from Horseheads, one is from Lindley and one is from Watkins Glen.

 

Beaver Dams, NY: Amber Donnell

Campbell, NY: Shawna Newman 
Corning, NY: Cherie Donnelly, Corinne Harpending, Jessica Jamison, Claire Maurer, Ava May, Destiney McNeill, Michael Orcutt, Avery Underwood

Elmira, NY: Xavier Carl, Christian Cicconi, Lorraine Hoff, Melissa Steele, Keenan Wood

Horseheads, NY: Brandon Dildine, Hayden Lenhardt, Mark Sierzant, Emily Whitcomb

Lindley, NY: Cassarah Bixby

Painted Post, NY: Skylar Kellar, Robert Taylor, Maricela Trejo-Moore

Watkins Glen, NY: Alexis Hatch

 

Two Former Members Of Hornell PD, Have Passed Away

Two former Hornell Police Officers died this past week. Former Sgt Howard Plank and former Officer Paul Cappluzi.   Cappaluzi was with Hornell Police for seven years, beginning in the late 1980’s, and Plank was with the department for 23 years, starting in 1964.  Calling hours for Howard Plank are going on from 11am-2pm today, and then again from 4pm-7pm today, at the Bishop Johnson and DeSanto Funeral home in Hornell.  Howard Plank’s funeral, is tomorrow at 1pm at the Hillside Baptist Church, County Route 66, Hornell. 

Funeral arrangements will be announced next week for Paul Cappluzzi.    
 

Palmesano: Why Is The PSC Holding Back On Numbers?

Corning Republican Assemblyman Phil Palmesano says the Public Service Commission won’t let New York State residents know, how much the Climate Change plans for the state, are going to cost.  The Public Service Commission said they want to get more data together before they release the numbers on the cost.

 

Sheriff's Dept Comes In 2nd Place In Tree Contest

The Steuben County Sheriff’s Department says, they won second place in the best Christmas Tree contest, from the Central Steuben Chamber of Commerce.