Crummy Situation: Crouton Truck Hits Overpass On Hutch

WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY — A bridge that is infamous for being struck by trucks, sometimes causing absurd messes on the roadway, claimed another victim late Monday night.

Traffic was backed up for miles and one lane of the northbound Hutchinson River Parkway was closed overnight after a truck struck the King Street overpass in Rye Brook, according to Total Traffic NYC.

A truck loaded with croutons hit the bridge around 10:15 p.m., police told News 12 Westchester. The driver was not injured in the collision. Crews had to remove the well-seasoned, crumbly contents of the truck before they could move it from the parkway.

The scene was cleared and the parkway was reopened 5:30 a.m. Monday morning, just before the morning rush.

The King Street Bridge is known for being hit by trucks more times than any other bridge in New York. In 2018 alone, the bridge was struck 24 times.

In 2019, the state completed a $1.8 million project to mitigate bridge strikes at King Street. That project included installing an over-height vehicle detection system in advance of the bridge and placing additional warnings on the face of the bridge, which was struck by vehicles 130 times from 2008 to 2018.

In October 2014, a truck carrying butter and margarine, struck the overpass and burst into flames causing the Hutch to be closed entirely for hours and clogging traffic in both New York and Connecticut.

In February of last year, the bridge was hit by a tractor-trailer filled with empty beverage cans blocking both northbound lanes. At the time, the Rye Brook Police Department posted photos on its Facebook page of the aftermath of the bridge strike, showing the roof of the trailer sheared off and thousands of soda cans strewn all over the roadway.

SEE ALSO:

• County Says Bridge Strikes Reduced In Rye Brook
• Tractor-Trailer Filled With Empty Cans Hits King Street Bridge
• Parkway Reopened in Nightmare Aftermath of Truck Fire on Hutchinson

Patch's Michael Woyton contributed to this report.