Milk truck driver trapped in wreck for more than 2 hours
NORWICH – A tractor trailer tanker carrying a load of milk careened of state Route 8 in the Town of Norwich Tuesday and trapped the driver in the wreckage for more than two and half hours.
The driver, 51-year-old Raymond J. Melella, was trapped inside the truck’s cab for hours as crew worked to free him from the turned over truck. The accident took place at about 3 p.m. less than a mile south of Holmesville.
Melella was airlifted to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Binghamton. Crews at the scene said his injuries appeared non-life threatening and that he was speaking with emergency personnel during his rescue.
New York State Troopers are investigating the accident and have not yet ruled a determination of cause or issued any tickets.
The truck, owned by Coventry Transport, spilled its entire load of milk and leaked diesel fuel prompting the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to respond.
The 18-wheeler left the left side of the roadway as it was heading north and rolled over into a nearby culvert leaving a 60 yard ditch dug into the earth that submerged the cab upside-down in nearly two feet of mud.
The South New Berlin and Mt Upton Fire Departments responded to the scene with aid from Norwich. Crews opened the road back up at around 9:30 p.m. after the badly damaged cab was towed and the tanker loaded onto the back of another tractor trailer.
– Tyler Murphy
The driver, 51-year-old Raymond J. Melella, was trapped inside the truck’s cab for hours as crew worked to free him from the turned over truck. The accident took place at about 3 p.m. less than a mile south of Holmesville.
Melella was airlifted to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Binghamton. Crews at the scene said his injuries appeared non-life threatening and that he was speaking with emergency personnel during his rescue.
New York State Troopers are investigating the accident and have not yet ruled a determination of cause or issued any tickets.
The truck, owned by Coventry Transport, spilled its entire load of milk and leaked diesel fuel prompting the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to respond.
The 18-wheeler left the left side of the roadway as it was heading north and rolled over into a nearby culvert leaving a 60 yard ditch dug into the earth that submerged the cab upside-down in nearly two feet of mud.
The South New Berlin and Mt Upton Fire Departments responded to the scene with aid from Norwich. Crews opened the road back up at around 9:30 p.m. after the badly damaged cab was towed and the tanker loaded onto the back of another tractor trailer.
– Tyler Murphy
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