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Truck Accident On Hutchinson River Parkway Reveals Trucking Violations

Many drivers are familiar with the most common dangers of trucks - distracted truck drivers, driving under the influence, speeding, and reckless drivers. But many are not aware at the other ways that truckers can break the law and endanger the lives of others that are on the road.

A good example of these more subtle truck dangers occurred on the Hutchinson River Parkway in Rye Brook, New York earlier this month. A trucker that was traveling on I-287 got onto the Parkway, which does not allow big rigs. The truck struck the King Street Bridge, which was too low for the truck to clear. The King Street Bridge has been hit in a similar fashion several times in past months.

The New York truck accident, which was carrying several tons of onions, interrupted traffic on both King Street and on the Hutchinson River Parkway as emergency workers labored to remove the pallets of onions from the truck onto small truck beds and to clear the road.

The truck driver, Marco Pena, was charged with disobeying traffic directives, driving a restricted vehicle onto the parkway, and having an overweight vehicle. It is not clear whether or not he knew it was illegal to drive a truck on the parkway.

A car traveling behind the truck became wedged beneath the trailer during the 18-wheeler accident. No one was seriously injured in the New York big rig accident. The New York Department of Transportation told the media that they were looking in to reviewing the number of signs and visibility of signs that inform truckers not to use the parkway.

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