The New York State Thruway Authority is celebrating this week as one of the most traveled roads in New York become a little more "convenient" for Hudson Valley drivers.
The bridge collapse in Baltimore, which took the lives of ten people, has brought me back to the morning of April 5, 1987, when the heavily traveled Thruway bridge collapsed into the flooded and raging Schoharie Creek. I was almost on that bridge that day.
New York State Police on the Thruway have released details surrounding a fatal motor vehicle accident over the holiday weekend involving a tractor trailer and a burning Prius.
An accident on the New York State Thruway involving a disabled oversized truck sends two people the hospital after a minivan crashed into vehicles partially stopped in a travel lane.
Our thoughts are with the families and friends of those who sadly lost their lives in the tragic accident on the Thruway this morning. We also send our best to the first responders who raced to the scene in an attempt to save lives and rescue those who were in grave danger - and we thank them for their heroic efforts.
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