A series of truck accidents on Route 17 in Sullivan County continues.
On Wednesday, March 25, eastbound Route 17 in the Sullivan County town of Mamakating was closed for an hour after the driver of an Isuzu box truck rear-ended a Mack tractor trailer and became trapped in his cab, police say.
According to a state police press release, Edward Pierno, of Plymouth, New York, was operating the Mack truck when Alan Spoor, of Syracuse, drove the Isuzu box truck into his rig from behind.
It took first responders, which included the Wurtsboro Fire Department and EMS personnel, over an hour extricate Spoor, police say. Spoor sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was flown to Westchester Medical Center.
This is the third time Route 17 has been closed by a truck crash in four months.
In December 2014, a five tractor trailers were involved in a crash on Route 17 in the town of Thompson that caused the death of a 65-year-old New York City woman.
Earlier this month, on March 4, a truck driver fled the scene after sideswiping another truck on Route 17 in the town of Rockland and was tailed by a New York Department of Transportation employee for four exits before he was caught.
