NY Police Seek Tractor-Trailer Driver In Double-Fatal Crash

MONROE COUNTY, NY — Two people died early Friday when police said a tractor-trailer driver made a U-turn across the New York State Thruway.

The tractor-trailer is described as a yellow Volvo truck with a sleeper cab and driver-side damage. Anyone with information is requested to call the New York State Police at 518-436-2825 or 585-398-4100.

The tractor-trailer driver was starting a U-turn across the westbound lanes near Exit 47 at 4:15 a.m. when the vehicle was struck by a driver also traveling west, New York State Police said. The car ended up under the truck; the driver and passenger died.

The tractor-trailer driver finished the U-turn and headed east. Police said driver exited the thruway at Exit 46 and pulled momentarily into the parking lot of the Doubletree Hotel at the intersection of Jefferson Road and East Henrietta Road. The driver then drove off.

The identities of the victims are being withheld pending notification of next of kin.

The thruway westbound was closed for hours.