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Romulus teenager credited with saving woman from burning car
Posted: 06.22.2011 at 11:29 AM
Megan Coleman

Megan Coleman anchors the 5:00p, 5:30p, and 6:00p newcasts on WSTM/NBC and serves as News Content Manager for the CNY Central media group.

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ROMULUS, SENECA CO. -- A Romulus teenager is credited with saving a woman from her burning car.

Seneca County Sheriff's deputies say 14-year-old William Petrie saw flames coming from the front of a car following an accident on State Route 96 in the Town of Fayette and pulled the driver from the burning car.

Deputies say 63-year-old Janet Rogers-Brown, of 1779 Yale Farm Rd., was headed southbound on St. Rt. 96 when she fell asleep at the wheel, flying off the road and slamming into a culvert. The car burst into flames and Petrie rescued the woman.

Rogers-Brown was later treated at the scene by North Seneca Ambulance for shoulder pain and transported to Geneva General Hospital.

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