Trucker Hit More Than A Dozen Overpasses On NYS Thruway Over 60 Miles, Police Say

The incident happened on Wednesday, March 18, at around 1:45 p.m. between Exits 30 and 36 on Interstate 90 in Central New York, New York State Police announced on Thursday, March 19.

According to police, the driver was hauling an over-height excavator on a flatbed trailer when the vehicle struck multiple overpasses while traveling westbound.

Troopers later stopped the truck at the Mattydale tandem lot in the town of Salina and identified the driver as Oleksander Tarakanovskyi, 38, of North Carolina, police said…

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