Brutus, N.Y. — A tractor trailer driver died and two people were seriously injured Thursday when the rig crossed the Thruway median in Cayuga County and hit a car, State Police said Saturday.
The driver of the car, a Syracuse man, was airlifted to a Syracuse hospital, troopers said.
Around 4:57 p.m. Thursday, Mark S. Shidler, 50, of Apple Creek, Ohio, was driving a tractor trailer west on I-90 in the town of Brutus when it crossed the median and guard rail into the eastbound lanes, according to a news release from State Police on Saturday…