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UPDATE 12/28: According to the Chemung County Sheriff's Office, Deputy Kaitlyn Fletcher was injured while directing traffic away from a one-car accident in the town of Big Flats on December 27th.
The Sheriff's Office says Deputy Fletcher was parked at the accident, stopped partially on the shoulder of the road, with her blinker on directing traffic away from the scene. Sheriff Schrom says as Deputy Fletcher was preparing to get out of the car, a semi-tractor trailer failed to move over and hit Fletcher's car. They say the truck was driven by Morris Reddout. The impact sent the patrol car off the shoulder and down an embankment, causing extensive damage to both the patrol car and truck.
Deputy Fletcher was taken to Corning Hospital to be treated for minor injuries, and was later released.
The Sheriff's Office says driver of the tractor trailer was not injured, and was issued tickets for Failure to Yield for an Emergency Vehicle and other violations.
The driver in the first accident was taken to Corning Hospital for treatment and released.
Sheriff Schrom says he would like to remind all drivers about the Move Over Law.
BIG FLATS, NY (WENY) -- A Chemung County Sheriff's deputy was taken to the hospital after an accident involving a tractor trailer Friday evening.
The incident happened around 7:30 P.M., in the eastbound lane of Interstate 86 in Big Flats, near the county line. According to Chemung County Sheriff Bill Schrom, the deputy was investigating an unrelated accident, and attempting to get traffic to move over into the passing lane. That's when a tractor-trailer clipped the sheriff's office patrol car, sending off the shoulder of the highway.
Schrom says the deputy was not seriously injured, but was taken to the hospital for minor injuries.
The accident caused a portion of I-86 eastbound to be shut down for several hours. Eastbound traffic was diverted off the highway at Exit 48, onto State Route 352.
More information is expected to be released soon.