Truck Accidents 360 Newswire

WEEDSPORT, NY- A driver was injured when his semi trailer truck rolled over early Tuesday morning, August 24, on a highway in Cayuga County, New York. The truck accident occurred on the New York Thruway just west of the exit for Weedsport, NY. The accident area is in the north central section of the state near the city of Syracuse, about 126 miles west of Buffalo, NY and about 79 miles north of Elmira, NY.

Shortly after 5:30 a.m. Tuesday morning 40 year old Michael E. Sullivan of Felicity, Ohio was driving a semi trailer truck east on the New York Thruway in Cayuga County, NY. The trailer of the truck was loaded with a cargo of cardboard boxes. The New York Thruway is also known as I-90.

As the semi traveled the interstate approaching the city of Weedsport it was cut off by a car that suddenly moved into the trailer truck’s lane. The truck driver attempted to slow and swerve to avoid colliding with the smaller vehicle.

The maneuver may have caused the trailer truck’s brakes to lock up, throwing the rig out of control. The semi left the highway and went onto the right-hand shoulder of the road. The 18 wheeler truck then slammed into a guardrail alongside the thruway and flipped over on its side. The trailer section of the semi truck landed across lanes of traffic.

No other persons or vehicles were involved in the truck accident.

Local emergency medical personnel and rescue teams responded to the site of the truck accident. The truck driver was extricated from the cab of the semi and stabilized at the scene. He was then transported to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. Mr. Sullivan suffered injuries to his neck, back and hip. His condition is unknown but his injuries are considered non life threatening.

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The trailer of the truck was able to hold onto its cargo during the rollover however the impact of the truck accident apparently punctured at least one of the gas tanks and diesel fuel began to spill out on the highway. Officials reported that about 100 gallons of fuel leaked onto the road surface. Hazmat teams from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation reported to the site of the truck accident to clean up the fuel spill.

Highway crews and a heavy duty wrecker were brought to the site of the truck accident to get the semi trailer back up on its wheels. The work would take several hours and caused delays during the morning commuter rush.

State Police shut down a section of the eastbound lanes of New York Thruway/I-90 around the truck accident and diverted traffic around the disabled semi. Officers used the off and on ramps to Weedsport to reroute drivers around the site. The westbound lanes of the thruway were not affected by the crash. The lanes were cleared and traffic was flowing again by 9:00 a.m. Tuesday morning.

NY State Police conducted a reconstruction of the truck accident to determine the cause of the crash. The state’s commercial trucking commission will likely conduct their own investigation and inspection of the semi trailer truck and its braking system.

No charges have been brought at this time and the truck accident remains under investigation.

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