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12-01-2003, 04:23 PM
Road conflict results in crash
By Gary Craig
Staff writer
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/images/1201G452H1IH1_news_1.jpgANNETTE LEIN staff photographer
Rochester and Brighton firefighters work where a car crashed into an office at 435 Westfall Road on Sunday. A witness said road rage may have been a factor in the crash that injured four people. [Day in Photos (http://cf.democratandchronicle.com/photo/day.cfm)]
(December 1, 2003) — A driver, engaged in what witnesses say may have been a “road rage” confrontation, lost control of his car Sunday as he was speeding along Westfall Road, and plowed headfirst into the side of an office.
Witnesses said that a white BMW and a minivan were speeding westbound on Westfall Road near the Brighton and Rochester border around 11:50 a.m. The vehicles passed each other several times, before the BMW either lost control or was forced off the road. It crashed into a house that now serves as an office building at 435 Westfall Road.
Iyman Zakhary, of 40 Barclay Square Drive, was driving the BMW with his family, including two sons, inside. Zakhary, 36, was in satisfactory condition at Strong Memorial Hospital on Sunday, while his wife, Nermine, 35, was in guarded condition.
Her condition was upgraded to “satisfactory” this morning.
Nermine was the only one not wearing a seatbelt, police said. The two sons, Matthew, 10, and John, 7, were treated and released from Strong.
Police say the two vehicles were speeding, but they were unsure whether the drivers were racing, or angry and trying to pass one another. The van left the scene, police said.
One witness, Tracy Grant, said he saw the vehicles speeding westbound, and the BMW tried to pass on the left of the van and entered the oncoming lane.
The van then moved to the left, Grant said. “The van was trying to knock it off the road,” he said.
Zakhary’s car left the road and smashed into the office with so much force that only the BMW’s trunk was outside the office.
Debra Gebhardt of Fairport, who was driving behind the two vehicles, said they kept passing each other, crossing the double lines, as their speeds increased.
“They were jockeying for position,” she said.
By Gary Craig
Staff writer
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/images/1201G452H1IH1_news_1.jpgANNETTE LEIN staff photographer
Rochester and Brighton firefighters work where a car crashed into an office at 435 Westfall Road on Sunday. A witness said road rage may have been a factor in the crash that injured four people. [Day in Photos (http://cf.democratandchronicle.com/photo/day.cfm)]
(December 1, 2003) — A driver, engaged in what witnesses say may have been a “road rage” confrontation, lost control of his car Sunday as he was speeding along Westfall Road, and plowed headfirst into the side of an office.
Witnesses said that a white BMW and a minivan were speeding westbound on Westfall Road near the Brighton and Rochester border around 11:50 a.m. The vehicles passed each other several times, before the BMW either lost control or was forced off the road. It crashed into a house that now serves as an office building at 435 Westfall Road.
Iyman Zakhary, of 40 Barclay Square Drive, was driving the BMW with his family, including two sons, inside. Zakhary, 36, was in satisfactory condition at Strong Memorial Hospital on Sunday, while his wife, Nermine, 35, was in guarded condition.
Her condition was upgraded to “satisfactory” this morning.
Nermine was the only one not wearing a seatbelt, police said. The two sons, Matthew, 10, and John, 7, were treated and released from Strong.
Police say the two vehicles were speeding, but they were unsure whether the drivers were racing, or angry and trying to pass one another. The van left the scene, police said.
One witness, Tracy Grant, said he saw the vehicles speeding westbound, and the BMW tried to pass on the left of the van and entered the oncoming lane.
The van then moved to the left, Grant said. “The van was trying to knock it off the road,” he said.
Zakhary’s car left the road and smashed into the office with so much force that only the BMW’s trunk was outside the office.
Debra Gebhardt of Fairport, who was driving behind the two vehicles, said they kept passing each other, crossing the double lines, as their speeds increased.
“They were jockeying for position,” she said.