A Town of Tonawanda police cruiser was struck late Saturday night as an officer responded to a separate single-car accident on Interstate 290 near Niagara Falls Boulevard.
According to police, the officer was uninjured in the collision. The driver of the second vehicle, a man from Ransomville, was also unharmed, though his passenger suffered a minor leg injury.
The incident began shortly before midnight when officers were called to a crash around 11:30pm involving a car that had slammed into a concrete barrier on I-290. That vehicle was carrying a 19-year-old male driver and a 19-year-old female passenger. Both were taken to Erie County Medical Center for treatment of their injuries. A juvenile riding in the backseat sustained minor injuries and was transported to ECMC by relatives…