Officials, neighbors respond to slew of car accidents in recent weeks [Video]

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — Within the past few weeks, News 4 has reported on over six separate vehicle accidents that involved serious injuries and pedestrians being hit.

It’s a trend that experts say is common during these summer months, but can easily be avoided.

“Everyone needs to share this responsibility to keep everyone safe,” AAA Director of Public Relations in WNY Elizabeth Carey said. “It’s so important. These are tragedies. No one wants to see this happen.”

A four-vehicle crash on Sheridan Drive in Amherst Wednesday and a three-vehicle crash involving a tractor-trailer in Genesee County last week sent five people to the hospital, some in critical condition.

Overnight between Wednesday and Thursday, a car hit a tree on Humboldt Parkway in Buffalo just before 1 a.m. and another crash took place on Route 33 near I-90 in Cheektowaga just hours before that.

1 in critical condition, another injured after …