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One person killed in overnight Thruway accident
Posted at: 02/09/2012 4:23 AM | Updated at: 02/09/2012 4:51 AM
A deadly crash late Wednesday night shut down part of the Thruway between Rochester and Buffalo for several hours overnight.
State Police say a tractor trailer hit a cargo van in the westbound lane of the Thruway neat the town of Pembroke.
Both vehicles went off the side of the road and rolled over.
Police say the driver of the van died at the scene. That person's name has not been released because police are still trying to notify family members. The driver of the tractor trailer was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Police are still trying to determine what caused the accident.
Both westbound lanes of the Thruway, between exits 48A and 49, have been reopened.
For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.
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Posted at: 02/09/2012 4:23 AM | Updated at: 02/09/2012 4:51 AM
A deadly crash late Wednesday night shut down part of the Thruway between Rochester and Buffalo for several hours overnight.
State Police say a tractor trailer hit a cargo van in the westbound lane of the Thruway neat the town of Pembroke.
Both vehicles went off the side of the road and rolled over.
Police say the driver of the van died at the scene. That person's name has not been released because police are still trying to notify family members. The driver of the tractor trailer was hospitalized with non-life threatening injuries.
Police are still trying to determine what caused the accident.
Both westbound lanes of the Thruway, between exits 48A and 49, have been reopened.
For more Rochester, N.Y. news go to our website www.whec.com.
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