NEW YORK (WKBW) — The New York State Thruway Authority says a maintenance truck was struck by a tractor trailer Wednesday morning.
#MoveOver This morning, 2 Thruway Maintenance employees from Westfield Maintenance were doing routine cleanup when their pickup truck was hit by a tractor trailer forcing their truck off the road. Luckily, they were not in the truck at the time and were not injured. pic.twitter.com/Jd5mWflmNP
— NYSThruwayAuthority (@NYSThruway) July 17, 2019
The thruway authority says two workers were doing routine cleanup on the I-90 when their truck was struck, they were not in the vehicle at the time and were not injured.
They say motorists should be alert in work zones and slow down and move over.
"It came out of nowhere." Thruway Maintenance employees Chuck and Pete were simply picking up debris on I-90 in #WNY when a tractor trailer struck their truck this morning. Luckily, they were uninjured. #MoveOver #SlowDown pic.twitter.com/UR7WsIU9xP
— NYSThruwayAuthority (@NYSThruway) July 17, 2019
