BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A 72-year-old man is facing charges after a woman was hit by a car at the intersection of 19th Street and Ferry Avenue last Friday, according to Niagara Falls Police.
Police responded around 9:30 a.m., where a 2012 Kia being driven by a 51-year-old man was traveling east on Ferry when he was hit by the 72-year-old’s Honda, which police say had run a red light. The Honda spun and hit a 42-year-old woman who was standing on the northeast corner of the intersection.
She was transported to ECMC and is being treated for multiple facial fractures and a broken toe.
The 72-year-old man, of Niagara Falls, is charged with reckless driving, failure to stop at a steady red light, imprudent speed and operating an uninspected vehicle.
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