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On January 9, 2026, at approximately 12:30 am, The Niagara Falls Police Department Crash Investigation Unit responded to the intersection of 16 th Street and Cleveland Avenue to investigate a two-vehicle crash involving a marked police cruiser.
A 2014 Ford Fusion, operated by a 49-year-old Niagara Falls man, was traveling north on 16th St., disregarded the stop sign and struck a 2016 Ford Taurus police vehicle that was traveling east on Cleveland Avenue. The impact of the crash spun the police vehicle around. The Ford Fusion struck a telephone pole on the northeast corner of the intersection before striking a parked and unoccupied 2010 Ford F150 truck…