WARSAW, N.Y. — A man faces charges after seven people were injured in a car crash Thursday night in Wyoming County.
The crash happened around 6 p.m. Thursday at Route 238 and Route 20A, west of the Town of Warsaw.
The crash in the Town of Orangeville led to seven people being taken to Erie County Medical Center — three by Mercy Flight helicopter and four by ambulance. All seven people had injuries that were not considered life-threatening, and all of them have been released from the hospital, according to the Wyoming County Sheriff's Office.
Arrested at the scene was 23-year-old Kuanysh Baimurat of Kazakhstan, who was not injured and refused medical treatment. The charges faced by Baimurat include reckless endangerment, reckless driving, unlicensed operator, speeding over 55 mph, failure to keep right, unsafe lane changes, and other traffic violations.
Baimurat was issued an appearance ticket and released. He is scheduled to appear Sept. 6 in Orangeville Town Court.
Baimurat was driving a vehicle with six passengers despite having only a New York State permit without a licensed driver in the vehicle. He was driving a 2023 Chevrolet Traverse from Niagara Falls to Philadelphia.
The county sheriff's said Baimurat was "passing multiple vehicles at a time, and passing in a no passing zone, just prior to the collision. Baimurat was also reported to have been traveling at reckless, extreme speeds."
Then at the crash site, a 2018 Ford Explorer heading east on State Route 20A slowed to make a left turn onto State Route 238.
"Baimurat’s vehicle was traveling at such extreme speeds it was unable to slow and avoid colliding with the 2018 Ford Explorer," on the Ford's driver side, the county sheriff's office said.
The Ford Explorer came to a rest partially off the roadway. Baimurat's Chevrolet Traverse, which included several people who did not wear a seat belt, left the roadway and overturned several times.
"Occupants of Baimurat’s vehicle were either ejected from the vehicle or injured from being thrown throughout the interior of the vehicle," the sheriff's office said.
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