Tractor Trailer Jackknifed on I-195: Video

EAST PROVIDENCE, RI — A tractor trailer jackknifed on I-195 on Saturday around 11:30 a.m. All the lanes are open now, state police say. Lanes had been closed in East Providence. Patch user Peter Hanney was at the scene and sent this video.

Video Courtesy Peter Hanney

According to state police, lanes on both sides of the highway had to be closed for more than three hours. Capt. Matthew Moynihan said the driver, Ababacar Diouf, 39, of Pawtucket, was headed west on I-195 when his truck crashed into the median, just west of the Washington Bridge. He suffered minor injuries and was taken to the hospital. The truck came to rest atop the concrete barrier, with the cab hanging over the edge of the barrier, in the eastbound high-speed lane.

A car heading east was damaged when a piece of the truck hit it as it came over the barrier, Capt. Moynihan said. He described the damage as minor and said the motorist was able to drive it away.

"Rhode Island State Police closed all but one lane of traffic on both the westbound and eastbound lanes after the accident while crews worked to remove the truck and clean up the resulting fuel and oil spill," spokeswoman Laura Meade Kirk said. "All eastbound lanes were open about 2:30 p.m. The truck was finally removed from the scene and all westbound lanes were reopened by 3:15 p.m."

The cause of the crash is still under investigation. The truck is registered to J. Anthony Express of Maine, 55 Industrial Way, Seekonk, Mass.

Assisting Rhode Island State Police at the scene were East Providence Police, East Providence Fire and the state Department of Transportation.

Courtesy Photos: Peter Hanney