An Elba man who was a passenger injured in a February car accident has filed a lawsuit against the driver, who was charged with DWI by police.
Christopher W. Blake, 21, filed the suit April 8 in New York State Supreme Court against Levi K. Dieterle, 21, of Medina. On Feb. 27, Dieterle was driving a pickup truck, heading east on Lincoln Avenue, when he lost control of the vehicle and struck a snowbank and a mailbox before crossing over the median and hitting a tree on the other side of the road.