Syracuse man critically injured when a tractor trailer crosses Thruway median; truck driver killed

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…

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