Twisted and burnt wreckage of fiery 18 wheeler crash with 2 passenger cars in LeRoy, NY on September 30, 2011 left several people injured and two cars destroyed.

LeRoy is located in Genesee County, New York in the western part of the state about 108 miles southwest of Cicero, 104 miles southwest of Syracuse, 339 miles northwest of Manhattan and New York City and 10 miles southeast of Batavia.

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The fiery semi truck crash occurred just before 8:00 a.m. Friday morning in LeRoy when a big rig, traveling northbound on Route 19 struck the rear of a red 2008 Mazda. The Mazda was slowing down to make a left turn onto Griswold Rd. at the time of the incident.

The driver of the red Mazda was Gregory Wodzicki, 22 years old, from Rush, NY. The Mazda was knocked to the side of the road and the tractor-trailer jackknifed and then crashed head-on into a second passenger car, a 2006 Chevy Impala driven by Patricia Ireland, 55 years old, from Bergen, NY located about 4 miles up Route 19 to the north from the scene of the accident.

After the semi truck hit the first car, it went off into the shoulder of the road, jackknifed, swung wide across the road and then tipped over. The big rig smashed into the Impala, caught fire and spilled its load of gravel onto the roadway.

Map showing location of fiery 18 wheeler crash in LeRoy, NY at the intersection of Route 19 and Griswold Rd.

The force of the impact to the Impala knocked it backwards about 150 feet. The Collision was so serious that Patricia Ireland had to be extricated from the vehicle by emergency crews. Ireland was airlifted by helicopter to Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, NY.

Wodzicki was also traveling with a passenger in the red Mazda, Jason Hightower, 23 years old, also from Rush. Both were transported to Strong Memorial Hospital by ground ambulance. The condition and extent of the passenger’s injuries is unknown, but Wodzicki was treated and released. Patricia Ireland’s was reported to be in “guarded” condition.

The semi truck was driven by Howard Mcintyre, 44 years old, from Vestal, NY. He was reported to have suffered internal injuries, but was able to escape from the burning truck by himself. He was also taken to Strong Memorial Hospital.

Two units from the LeRoy Fire Department were on the scene, the first unit handling the extrication of Patricia Ireland from her 2006 Impala and the second unit handling the fire suppression of the semi truck. The Bergen Fire Department also assisted with the fire suppression.

The crash is under investigation by authorites.

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On Tuesday night an unidentified truck driver was westbound on the New York Thruway, also known as Interstate 90. At the time of the truck accident it was dark and snowing and the highway surface was icy in areas. The cargo and destination of the semi trailer is not known.

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At about 6:30 p.m. the semi driver was traveling just west of the borderline between Onondaga and Cayuga counties when the truck accident occurred. As the tractor trailer was approaching the #39 exit on the thruway near the city of Van Buren the driver suddenly lost control of the 18 wheeler. The semi trailer slid across the westbound lanes and then jackknifed. The tractor trailer then flipped over on its side, falling across all westbound lanes of the NYT/I-90.

A second semi trailer came up on the crash site almost immediately and apparently the second driver did not see the overturned 18 wheeler in time to avoid a collision. The semi driver plowed into the flipped tractor trailer. A few seconds later a third westbound semi truck arrived and crashed into the pile created by the chain reaction truck accident. The disabled trucks would end up completely blocking westbound traffic and part of the interstate’s grassy median. One of the drivers was trapped inside the cab section of their truck.

The force of the chain reaction collision damaged at least one of the fuel tanks and a fire broke out in the pile of crashed semi trucks. A trailer section on one of the 18 wheelers broke open and an unspecified amount of cargo spilled out. Firefighters with the Lakeside Fire Department rushed to the truck accident scene and began to battle the flames while a rescue team began to extricate the trapped semi driver. Once he was free EMTs began to give aid to the three drivers who had sustained a range of injuries in the crash.

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Authorities would alter identify the three truck drivers as 35 year old Troy Nestor, 39 year old Mark Hutchings, and 26 year old Raefael Mekhridze. Officials did not indicate which driver was in the first semi that jackknifed and set off the chain reaction truck accident, and the two drivers who subsequently crashed into the overturned tractor trailer.

Mr. Nestor and Mr. Hutchings were hurt in the crash and were stabilized at the scene before being transported to Upstate University Hospital in Syracuse. The extent of their injuries was not released but they were described at non-life threatening. The third driver, Mr. Mekhridze, was not injured in the truck accident.

NY State Police responded to the multi vehicle collision and helped divert westbound traffic around the disabled semis. The westbound lanes of NYT/I-90 were closed between exits 34 and 40 and drivers were rerouted to secondary routes. Highway crews were brought to the truck accident site to help clear the wreckage of the burnt semi, the spilled cargo and other debris that was scattered on the highway. Heavy duty tow trucks were brought to the crash site to haul away the downed tractor trailers. All lanes reopened shortly before 11:30 p.m. Tuesday night.

Authorities are in the preliminary stages of their investigation and have not released any details. It is not known if the truck accident was caused by icy roads, driver error, or mechanical failure. Officers reconstructed the incident and it is believed the wreckage of the first tractor trailer would be looked at for any mechanical problems.

No charges have been made pending the completion of the truck accident investigation.

The Thruway was closed for seven hours after 3,000 gallons of chlorine spilled from the semi.

At about 1:50 a.m. Monday morning 55 year old Robert Lawrence of Galway, NY was driving a semi tanker truck north on the New York Thruway in Greene County, NY. Mr. Lawrence was driving a tanker truck owned by Slack Chemical Company based in Cartage, NY. He was carrying a cargo of about 4,700 gallons of hypochlorite solution, a bleach-like chemical. According to experts the chemical is similar to swimming pool-shock treatment and stronger than regular household bleach. 

As Mr. Lawrence drove his tanker truck north on the thruway he apparently encountered a deer on the highway between exits 20 and 21. He lost control of his rig when he swerved his large truck to avoid hitting the animal. The tanker truck crashed into the guardrail at the side of the thruway and then flipped over onto its side close to mile marker 110.9. The force of the truck accident damaged the tank and it spilled about 3,200 gallons of its chemical cargo out onto the highway.

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Numerous departments responded to the truck accident scene including several local fire and rescue teams and officials with the New York State Police.
The driver suffered minor injuries in the rollover truck accident. He was transported via ground ambulance to Albany Medical Center Hospital where he was treated for lacerations and released sometime Monday.

NY State Police shut down the thruway surrounding the truck accident site between Saugerties and Catskill while the various crews worked to clean and contain the chemical spill. Departments working on the spill included NY State Department of Environmental Conservation and the Greene County HazMat Team. They were able to keep the chemical from entering the nearby water systems and also keep it from harming area wildlife. Workers also monitored air quality and tested for chemical contamination.

The northbound lanes of the NY Thruway around the tanker truck accident were closed for about seven hours. NYSP rerouted vehicles at exit 20 and at times traffic was backed up for ten miles. The lanes were finally reopened at about 9:00 a.m. Monday morning.

At this time no charges have been made and the truck accident remains under investigation.

Tom Brokaw

NEW YORK -  According to MSNBC Tom Brokaw and his wife were involved in a three-car accident on a New York City highway that killed one woman. Neither Brokaw nor his wife were injured, but the out of control SUV driver who caused the accident was killed.

The accident happened Friday afternoon on the Bruckner Expressway. Brokaw says he was driving in the highway’s left lane when he saw a spool of cable bouncing along the far right lane. Brokaw said he saw a green SUV coming up in the right lane that went out of control.

Brokaw and police say the SUV driver, an unidentified woman, slid into the middle lane, forcing a mail truck in front of Brokaw’s car. Brokaw says his car slid into the median and collided with the mail truck.

Police say the SUV driver was thrown from the vehicle, off the highway and down onto train tracks below and killed. The 69-year-old Brokaw and his wife, Meredith, were not injured.

The postal service truck driver, 54, was injured in the accident and was taken to Westchester Medical

A statement from Brokaw said he and his wife “are greatly saddened by this loss of life.

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Photo shows tree covering the dump truck

RIVERDALE, N.Y. – Accordinging to MyFoxNY a truck carrying garbage slammed into several parked cars and a tree on Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

The crash occurred at around 5:30 a.m on Wednesday near West 259th Street near West 259th Street.

Police report that the driver was severely injured.

It’s not clear what caused the driver to lose control of the truck.

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