Bel Air Man Involved In Tractor-Trailer Crash In New York: Police

SLOATSBURG, NY — A Bel Air man was involved in a serious crash in New York Monday morning, according to police. He had been asleep in the back of his parked tractor-trailer when a car slammed into the back of it in Rockland County, New York, officials said.

David M. Bucci, 43, of Bel Air, was not injured in the collision, according to New York State Police. Officials said he was in the sleeping berth of the tractor-trailer when a Toyota Avalon went off the side of Interstate 87 and rammed into the truck around 7:30 a.m.

The driver of the car, Louis M. Lupo, 52, of New Windsor, New York, was airlifted in critical condition to the Westchester Medical Center, police said. The front of his car was pinned under the tractor-trailer, and firefighters worked for nearly 50 minutes after the crash to rescue him.

Police said the crash remains under investigation.

New York Patch editor Lanning Taliaferro contributed to this report.