BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — The Erie County District Attorney's Office announced that 49-year-old Alan P. Bulera of Cheektowaga received an indeterminate sentence of two to six years in prison and his New York State driver’s license was revoked.
According to the DA, on August 11, 2024, Bulera was driving his SUV at a high rate of speed east on Clinton Street when he caused a rear-end collision with a minivan at the intersection of Borden Road in West Seneca. Bulera and the driver of the other vehicle, 76-year-old Irene Mair of West Seneca, were taken by ambulance to ECMC. Mair was pronounced dead at the hospital, and Bulera was hospitalized for a few weeks to be treated for injuries.
Bulera pleaded guilty to one count of second-degree manslaughter in June 2025.