CANTON — The Rev. Michael P. Catanzaro, pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Canton Village Mayor Michael E. Dalton and Canton Village Police Chief James R. Santimaw addressed the Canton Central
CANTON — The village police force will maintain a staff of six patrol officers after absorbing Canton Central School District’s school resource officer last year.
CANTON â The head-on motor vehicle crash that killed a Canton resident this week is believed to be the first such incident the village has seen in roughly two decades.
Canton Police Chief James R. Santimaw, who has been on the village force in varying capacities since 1998, said he can remember several collisions but doesnât recall a fatal crash like Wednesdayâs. A few state troopers, he added, were âastonishedâ there was a fatal crash in the middle of the village.
An eyewitness on East Main Street near Romoda Drive and St. Lawrence Health Systemâs EJ Noble Medical Laboratory told police a vehicle traveling west toward downtown crossed over the turning lane and center line into oncoming traffic shortly after 4 p.m.