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Truck Accident
Police & Fire
Truck Slams Into Overpass On Parkway In Hudson Valley: Was Following GPS, Police Say
Multiple lanes of a busy parkway in Northern Westchester had to be temporarily closed after a truck crashed into an overpass, police said. The incident happened on Saturday, Jan. 27 just before 1 p.m., when a box truck crashed into the Bedford Road overpass on the northbound Saw Mill River Parkway near Exit 28 in Pleasantville, according to Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary. The collision damaged the truck's cargo area and caused debris to scatter on the parkway, forcing authorities to close the northbound lanes for a cleanup. The lanes were eventually reop…
Police & Fire
Monkey Business: Truck Carrying Bananas Slams Into Overpass On Parkway In Hudson Valley
A truckload of bananas had to be offloaded from a tractor-trailer after it struck an overpass on a busy parkway in Westchester. The crash happened on Thursday, March 23 at 7:40 p.m., when a tractor-trailer traveling north on the Hutchinson River Parkway in New Rochelle hit the Wilmot Road Bridge, according to Westchester County Police Spokesman Kieran O'Leary. Luckily, the bananas that the truck was carrying did not spill out onto the busy parkway. However, the fruits had to be taken from the trailer before it was towed away. The driver, who was headed to Massachusetts, w…
Police & Fire
Fuel Spill With Side Of Fries: Tractor-Trailer Hits Overpass On Hudson Valley Parkway
This story has been updated. A truck carrying 42,000 pounds of frozen french fries struck an overpass on a Westchester County parkway, causing a fuel spill and a closure of the roadway's lanes in one direction. The incident happened on Wednesday morning, Feb. 1 around 6:50 a.m., when a tractor-trailer traveling south on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Scarsdale hit the Mamaroneck Road bridge, Westchester County Police Public Information Officer Kieran O'Leary said. As a result of the crash, 75 gallons of diesel fuel spilled from the trailer's refrigeration unit onto the parkway and int…
Police & Fire
Driver Killed After Truck Crashes Into Bar In Area
This story has been updated. One person was killed after a truck plowed into the front of a popular Hudson Valley bar and music venue. The crash took place in Dutchess County around 10:40 a.m. on Monday, June 20 in the Town of Poughkeepsie at Junior's Lounge at 504 Salt Point Turnpike. Responding officers found the 2020 Peterbilt tractor pulling a dump truck partially in the establisgment when officers responded to a report of a two-vehicle crash, said Hyde Park Police Chief Robert Benson. The building was occupied by two people when the Peterbilt struck it, Benson said. Both were…
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Woman Dies When Dump Truck Crashes Into Hudson Valley Home, Starts Fire
A woman has died after an out-of-control dump truck slammed into a Capital District house, sparking a massive fire that destroyed two homes. Emergency crews in Greene County first got word of the crash at around 1:30 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, when 911 callers reported a dump truck striking a home in Ashland, near State Route 23 and West Settlement Road. By the time police and firefighters arrived, the house was fully engulfed in flames and fire had spread to a neighboring home, according to the Greene County Sheriff’s Office. A group of workers who were in the area tried to rescue the woma…
Police & Fire
Truck Nearly Crashes Off Mountain Into River On Orange County Roadway
A dump truck driver nearly crashed off a mountain and into the Delaware River after losing control of his vehicle and hitting a rock retaining wall. The incident took place in Orange County around 8:20 a.m., Thursday, in Sparrow Bush, said the Sparrow Bush Fire Department. According to the department, they were dispatched to Route 97 in the area of Hawks Nest for an accident involving a dump truck with possible injuries. When they arrived on the scene, firefighters found the dump truck had struck the mountainside then went across the highway into the rock retaining wall, coming to a stop …
Police & Fire
One Killed In I-87 Crash In Orange County
The operator of a box truck was killed after he drove off the left shoulder while driving northbound on I-87, striking a post in the road's median that catapulted his vehicle off the road's right shoulder into a guide rail and caused the truck to overturn, police said. Driver Domingo Ramirez Vargas of the Bronx, 35, was pronounced dead at the scene of the incident, which took place at approximately 5:15 a.m. on Wednesday, Nov. 25, in New Windsor, according to state troopers. The right lane in that area of I-87 was closed for several hours while the vehicle was removed. St…
Police & Fire
Fuel Tank Leak Causes Road Closure In Area Tractor-Trailer Crash
A truck driver lost control of his tractor-trailer in Rockland County, crashing off-road and striking a rock, spilling hundreds of gallons of diesel fuel, and forcing a road closure for several hours in Blauvelt. Officers from the Orangetown Police Department received a report shortly before 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Aug. 14, when a Freightliner tractor-trailer heading west on Clausland Mountain Road went off-road, crashing onto private property. Police said that due to the collision, two 120 gallon diesel fuel tanks began to leak, along with other fluids from the engine of the tractor-trailer. …
Police & Fire
Asphalt Truck Rolls Off I-87 In Area
There was no immediate word on possible injuries after a truck loaded with asphalt rolled off the New York State Thruway in Sloatsburg early Monday. The crash occurred around 8:30 a.m. near Exit 15 for Routes 287 and 17. Witnesses said the truck rolled one and a half times.
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