BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Buffalo police are investigating a deadly crash Sunday night on the 33 eastbound near the Grider Street exit.
According to police, a Nissan Altima was traveling the wrong way when it struck another vehicle head-on around 9:30 p.m.
Cell phone video on social media shows several people working together to pull one of the victims from a vehicle, while other bystanders direct traffic around the crash until police arrive.
"There's somebody in there!" screamed a woman who was among the good Samaritans who stopped to try to help.
"He needs the jaws of life, Jen!" said Joseph, the man who recorded the video that's been seen by hundreds of thousands of people on Facebook.
"I know. But I'm not leaving!" she can be heard yelling back to him as a crowd tries to open the door of the crushed car.
Police said a 26-year-old man was driving the vehicle that was going the wrong way. He was taken by ambulance to ECMC and later died. Police identified him Tuesday afternoon as 26-year-old Grant Beyer of Williamsville.
7 News spoke with Buffalo Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia on Tuesday afternoon who provided an update on the investigation.
"It appears during the investigation that the vehicle was traveling in the wrong direction on the 33," said Commissioner Gramaglia. "Unfortunately from time to time it happens, but in this particular investigation it appears that alcohol played a role in it."
The two occupants in the other vehicle were transported by ambulance to ECMC to be treated for apparent non-life-threatening injuries.
The crash remains under investigation.
