{"id":319459,"date":"2026-08-12T13:08:44","date_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:08:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319459\/"},"modified":"2026-08-12T13:08:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-12T13:08:44","slug":"video-oversized-truck-rams-into-overpass-on-new-york-throughway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/319459\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: Oversized truck rams into overpass on New York throughway"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. (<a href=\"https:\/\/pix11.com\/news\/local-news\/oversized-truck-rams-into-overpass-on-ny-throughway\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WPIX<\/a>) \u2013 A Mack truck driver somehow walked away unscathed after crashing into an overpass on I-87 in New York, but one other person was hospitalized as a result of the crash.<\/p>\n<p>Dashcam video obtained by Nexstar\u2019s WPIX shows the moment a 50-year-old driver from South Carolina crashed his tractor-trailer into the overpass at around noon on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/business\/your-money\/canadian-travel-dropped\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tCanadian travel to the US dropped 25% last year, data shows\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The crash sent cargo and debris from the trailer flying all over the road and toppled the truck over on its side as it skidded down the pavement.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/vlcsnap-2026-08-10-18h46m44s179.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4491422\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\"\/>A Mack truck driver somehow walked away unscathed after crashing into an overpass on I-87 in South Nyack, but one person was hospitalized as a result. (Credit: AAA Carting)<\/p>\n<p>Police said the truck hit a parked car that was on the side of the road. The driver of that car was sent to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries, according to authorities.<\/p>\n<p>\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/business\/tech\/delta-united-ban-humanoid-robots\/\" class=\"promo-link__link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\tDelta, United ban humanoid and animal robots from flights\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The truck driver was ticketed for an over-height vehicle. The truck is registered to Eastern Express, Inc., of Indiana, police said.<\/p>\n<p>The investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SOUTH NYACK, N.Y. (WPIX) \u2013 A Mack truck driver somehow walked away unscathed after crashing into an overpass&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":319460,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-319459","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319459","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=319459"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/319459\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/319460"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=319459"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=319459"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=319459"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}