Joe....I live in western NY, also....there was a car that just crashed into a motel/apartment building on  Ridge Rd....are you referring to that one? If so, we don't live far from one another!  Last week there were two suicides by hanging that I know of...my cousin's 30 year old son, in PA and a 14 yr old girl my grand daughter knew in the next town over from me.  I believe the spirits of death have been released exponentially in these last days! Robin B