Tractor-Trailer Plummets Off Overpass onto NY Highway

Jan. 19, 2023
The rig's driver was pronounced dead at the scene while a man in a van was injured.

A truck driver was killed when his rig plummeted off an elevated ramp onto a highway in Harrison on Wednesday.

The truck hit a van that was headed westbound on I-287.

The driver of the van suffered fractures, according to PIX.

Traffic on the highway was snarled for several hours after the crash.

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