A tractor-trailer overturned Monday afternoon after striking an overpass on Interstate 87 in South Nyack, according to New York State Police.
State Police assigned to Troop T, SP Tarrytown, responded to the crash at about 12:20 p.m. Aug. 10 on the southbound Thruway.
Tractor-trailer strikes bridge, sedan
A preliminary investigation found that a 2020 Mack tractor-trailer struck the South Broadway Bridge overpass before overturning.
The tractor-trailer then struck a 2025 Toyota sedan that was parked on the right shoulder off the roadway. The Toyota driver was taken to Nyack Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. The tractor-trailer driver was not injured.
The driver of the tractor trailer, Pernell Harris, 50, of York, South Carolina, was ticketed for an over-height vehicle.
The vehicle is registered to Eastern Express, Inc. of Indiana.
The crash remains under investigation.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Tractor-trailer overturns after striking Thruway overpass in South Nyack
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