Crime & Safety
UPDATE: 2 Dead in Friday AM Thruway Crash
Police are diverting southbound traffic at Exit 15 and traffic is heavy northbound.
Police confirm two people dead in the the multi-vehicle collision involving one tractor-trailer, two box trucks, and one addition vehicle on I-87 at Exit 14B (Airmont Road).
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Police say their preliminary investigation has revealed that one of the vehicles was traveling northbound, crossed over into southbound traffic causing the collision.
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UPDATE: All southbound traffic is being diverted at Exit 15, to Route 17 South, state police said
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State police report a fatal crash at 9:47 a.m. Friday on the New York State Thruway.
The multi-vehicle collision involved a tractor-trailer, two box trucks, and one additional vehicle, police said.
It happened on I-87 at Exit 14B (Airmont Road).
Both the Commercial Vehicle Enforcement Unit (CVEU) and Collision Reconstruction Unit are en route to the scene.
Traffic is being diverted at Exit 15.
More information will be released as it becomes available, police said.
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