Crime & Safety
Tractor Trailer Strikes LIRR Overpass
The tractor trailer was wedged under the overpass, fire department officials say.
CENTER MORICHES, NY — A tractor trailer struck a Long Island Rail Road overpass in Center Moriches Thursday.
According to the Center Moriches Fire Department, a call came in at 7:24 p.m.; Center Moriches firefighters and EMTs were requested to the LIRR overpass at Montauk Hwy. and Wilcox Ave. after 911 received calls for a tractor trailer that had struck the overpass with unknown injuries, fire officials said.
Emergency personnel arrived and found the trailer portion of the truck wedged under the overpass; the driver of the truck was not injured, fire officials said.
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Suffolk County Police detoured traffic around the area while crews worked to remove the truck; firefighters were back in service within 15 minutes, the fire department said.
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