{"id":318301,"date":"2026-08-11T01:50:17","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318301\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T01:50:17","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T01:50:17","slug":"terrifying-footage-captures-tractor-trailer-slam-into-new-york-overpass-in-cloud-of-shredded-wreckage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/318301\/","title":{"rendered":"Terrifying footage captures tractor trailer slam into New York overpass in cloud of shredded wreckage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shocking footage captured a huge tractor-trailer <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/08\/08\/us-news\/usps-truck-fatally-strikes-man-and-flees-scene-sources\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">slamming into the bottom of<\/a> a New York highway overpass \u2014 sending debris scattering across the roadway and nearby drivers swerving to safety. <\/p>\n<p>The wild wreck happened Monday around 12:20 p.m. on I-87, where the New York State Thruway passes through South Nyack, and was captured on the dashcam of a AAA garbage truck.<\/p>\n<p>A tractor trailer was cruising in the middle lane and right before the South Broadway overpass the driver appears to slam on the brakes.  <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40278009\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/www-cbsnews-com-newyork-news-137023281.jpg\" alt=\"Dashcam video shows a tractor-trailer smashing into an overpass on I-87 in South Nyack, N.Y.\" class=\"wp-image-40278009\"  \/>The truck struck the top of the South Broadway overpass on I-87 and sent debris scattered across the highway. AAA Carting truck<\/p>\n<p>The truck struck the bottom of the overpass and heeled over onto its right wheels \u2014 before a cloud of debris shot across the highway. <\/p>\n<p>The entire rig then tipped over and slid on its side, blocking three lanes of traffic.<\/p>\n<p>Startled drivers slammed on their breaks and switched lanes to avoid colliding with the truck. <\/p>\n<p>Miraculously, the driver of the tractor trailer \u2014 50-year-old Pernell Harris \u2014 was unhurt, according to the New York State Police. <\/p>\n<p><img style=\"aspect-ratio:1.50146628;display:block\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-modal-image=\"40278013\" width=\"886\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/www-cbsnews-com-newyork-news-137023286.jpg\" alt=\"A tractor-trailer lying on its side on a multi-lane highway after colliding with an overpass.\" class=\"wp-image-40278013\"  \/>After sliding down the highway and leaving huge scars in its wake the tractor trailer finally ground to a halt. AAA Carting truck<\/p>\n<p>But somebody sitting in an unlucky Toyota sedan parked in the breakdown lane by the bridge was evacuated and hospitalized. The extent of injuries remain unclear, but they were expected to survive, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/newyork\/news\/video-tractor-trailer-hits-i87-overpass-south-nyack-ny\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CBS News reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Harris did receive a ticket for driving an over-height vehicle, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lohud.com\/story\/news\/2026\/08\/10\/tractor-trailer-crash-i87-south-nyack\/91246311007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">according to LoHud<\/a>, while the crash remains under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>Two lanes of traffic were closed as teams descended on I-87 to clean up. <\/p>\n<p>The South Broadway bridge was struck before in a similar incident in 2023, CBS reported.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Shocking footage captured a huge tractor-trailer slamming into the bottom of a New York highway overpass \u2014 sending&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":318302,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1605,254,57,9,24,55,54,56,8018,16733,58,1115],"class_list":["post-318301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-bridges","tag-car-crashes","tag-metro","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-roads","tag-trucks","tag-us-news","tag-video"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=318301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/318301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/318302"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=318301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=318301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=318301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}