I-287 Car Accident Slows Rush Hour Traffic

A motor vehicle accident Wednesday slowed traffic on Interstate 287 throughout most of the early evening rush hour.

A silver four-door vehicle was in the left shoulder of the west-bound lane just short of the Underhill Road overpass. It was towed from the scene at 3 p.m.

One west-bound lane was closed at 3 p.m. while all lanes were open on the east-bound side. Traffic was significantly backed up in the west-bound direction but east-bound traffic was mostly unaffected..

Vehicles were also temporarily backed-up on exit roads surrounding the accident in West Harrison.