Crime & Safety
Hungry Hollow Road Closed After Truck Smashes Thruway Overpass
Crews must finish assessing the damage a truck did to the overpass. Thruway traffic southbound was clogged for hours.

A truck on the Thruway struck the Hungry Hollow Road overpass on Wednesday afternoon. Thruway traffic southbound was clogged for hours. At 3 p.m. Ramapo police shut down that section of the road at the request of the New York State Police.
By 9:30 p.m. Ramapo police warned local drivers that the overpass would stay closed till a thorough damage assessment had been completed.
To reach Hungry Hollow Road, use Margetts Road and Chestnut Ridge Road as alternatives.
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Thruway authorities said the southbound bottleneck was cleared by 1 a.m. Thursday.
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