The Sheriff s Office says victim died from injuries suffered Saturday morning in the Town of Ripley.
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RIPLEY, N.Y. An Ohio man has died from injuries suffered when a logging accident Saturday morning.
The Chautauqua County Sheriff s Office says David Byler, 46, of Middlefield Ohio was in a wooded area off Klondike Rd. in the Town of Ripley when one of the trees he was cutting fell on him.
Byler was taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital then airlifted to Hamot Hospital in Pennsylvania where he succumbed to him injuries Sunday afternoon.
An Ohio man has been killed in a logging accident in Ripley.
Chautauqua County Sheriff’s deputies responded to a report of a logging accident at 9:21 a.m. Saturday on Klondike Road in Ripley to help Ripley volunteer firefighters.
David Byler, 46, of Middlefield, Ohio, was about a half of a mile back in a wooded area cutting trees and, while doing so, had a tree fall on him. Ripley and South Ripley firefighters responded along with Chautauqua County EMS.
Byler was taken to Westfield Memorial Hospital and air lifted to Hamot Hospital in Pennsylvania. Byler died on Sunday.
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WESTFIELD Westfield Academy and Central School officials say they are resolved to be “proactive” by seeking consent forms for COVID-19 rapid testing in the event that the area should be designated a yellow zone, board of education members learned at their regular meeting Jan. 11.
Michael Cipolla, Westfield superintendent, told board members that there has been no indication that Westfield will be designated a yellow zone, in which case the district would be required to test 20% of its in-person population, including students and staff during a two-week period.
“We have to be prepared in the event New York State would designate Westfield as a yellow zone,” Cipolla said. “I think it’s time to be proactive and gather consents for testing.”
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CHAUTAUQUA An investigation into an accident in late November has led to charges against a Lakewood man for allegedly driving while under the influence of a combination of drugs.
Chautauqua County sheriff’s deputies reported Sunday that Shawn L. Arnold, 41, was also charged with third-degree aggravated unlicensed operation and failure to keep right after the afternoon accident with injuries that occurred on Nov. 25 on Route 430 in the town of Chautauqua.
Two vehicles, one operated by Jacqueline M. Tynan, 31, of Bemus Point, and the other operated by Arnold with Austin T. Syper, 42, of Westfield, as a passenger, were involved. At the time, Tynan was evaluated at the scene and released.
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UPMC Chautauqua is reporting an increase in âpatient COVID activityâ following the Thanksgiving holiday. Hospital president Brian Durniok said those with COVID are staying longer in the facility than those without the virus.
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Since the Thanksgiving holiday, UPMC Chautauqua has seen an increase in patients with COVID-19.
That’s according to Brian Durniok, president of the Jamestown facility, and comes as more people than ever with the virus are in Chautauqua County hospitals.
“We’ve seen an increase in patient COVID activity really since right after Thanksgiving,” Durniok said. “Things have ramped up, and it obviously has filled some of our beds up.”