Update: Van Buren, NY -- State police estimate driving conditions will return to normal by 8:25 a.m. around the scene of an accident on the state Thruway eastbound between Weedsport and Baldwinsville. Earlier: Van Buren, NY – Emergency services are responding to an accident about 6:20 a.m. involving a tractor trailer on the eastbound lanes of the state Thruway in...
Update:
Van Buren, NY -- State police estimate driving conditions will return to normal by 8:25 a.m. around the scene of an accident on the state Thruway eastbound between Weedsport and Baldwinsville.
Earlier:
Van Buren, NY – Emergency services are responding to an accident about 6:20 a.m. involving a tractor trailer on the eastbound lanes of the state Thruway in Van Buren, state police report.
The truck went over a concrete barrier separating the passing lane from the median near mile marker 294 and got hung up on it, Sgt. Martin Zubrzycki said. The spot is east of the Weedsport on ramp and west of the Baldwinsville off ramp,
No other vehicles are reported to be involved in the accident, he said.
The driver of the truck reportedly was not hurt, but an ambulance has been called in as a precaution, Zubrzycki said.
The passing lane is partially blocked but traffic is running freely around it, he said.