If you happen to have been driving within the Horseheads space early Tuesday morning, you might need seen a number of thick smoke and possibly some flames.
You additionally might need needed to take care of detours and delays when you have been utilizing Interstate 86 all through the day.
Round 6:15 a.m., a tractor trailer touring east on I-86 struck a guardrail on the south shoulder of the roadway, inflicting the operator to lose management, in line with the Village of Horseheads Police Division.
The rig finally got here to a cease obstructing each eastbound lanes after which caught on hearth, police stated.
No different automobiles have been concerned within the crash and there have been no hazardous supplies concerned.
The truck driver was the one occupant of the Central Transport LLC tractor trailer. He sustained minor accidents and was transported by ambulance to Guthrie Corning Hospital for therapy.
Potential visitors prices are pending additional investigation into the crash, police stated.
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It was mid-afternoon earlier than all of the wreckage was eliminated and interstate visitors was in a position to circulate usually once more.
Horseheads police have been assisted on the scene by the Chemung County Sheriff’s Workplace, New York State Police, Elmira Heights police, the City and Nation, Elmira Heights, Large Flats, Millport, Breesport, Corning and Village of Horseheads hearth departments, New York State Division of Transportation, Dave’s Towing and B & W Towing.
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