Traffic & Transit

Jack-Knifed FedEx Semi Closes I-95 In New Rochelle

Southbound lanes of the New England Thruway were blocked in New Rochelle by the disabled tractor-trailer.

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A Thruway camera captured live images of the accident at 10:46 p.m.
A Thruway camera captured live images of the accident at 10:46 p.m. (NYS Thruway Authority )

NEW ROCHELLE, NY — A crash involving a tractor-trailer closed the southbound lanes of the New England Thruway in New Rochelle, late Thursday night.

A FedEx truck jack-knifed on I-95 near Exit 17 for Larchmont just before 10 p.m., according to the NYSDOT. The crash at mile post 6.9 closed southbound lanes. At one point, traffic backups extended all the way to Harrison.

A Thruway Authority camera showed that the disabled tractor-trailer was blocking several lanes of the interstate highway with emergency crews on the scene late into the night.

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