Crime & Safety
1 Dead In Car, Tractor-Trailer Crash On I-87
Southbound traffic is being diverted around the scene through the commercial vehicle inspection area.
WOODBURY, NY — Police are investigating a fatal crash Monday on Interstate 87 in the town of Woodbury.
The New York State Police said the crash happened around 6:15 a.m. Monday on the southbound interstate at mile marker 45. 1, just south of exit 16 (Harriman/Rt 17).
A preliminary investigation found the crash involved a tractor-trailer and a passenger vehicle which was stopped on the right shoulder and re-entered the roadway into the path of the tractor-trailer.
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Troopers said the driver of the passenger vehicle was killed in the crash.
All southbound lanes remain closed.
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Southbound traffic is being diverted around the scene through the commercial vehicle inspection area while accident reconstruction is being completed.
Police said more information will be released as it becomes available.
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