HYDE PARK – A fatal accident occurred Monday morning at 504 Salt Point Turnpike as a tractor trailer crashed into a building, causing a partial collapse.
Police and fire personnel from multiple agencies, along with several ambulance companies responded to Junior’s Lounge at 504 Salt Point Turnpike at approximately 10:45 a.m. for numerous reports of a tractor-trailer that had crashed into the building, causing a partial collapse.
Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro said, “Our prayers are with the family and loved ones of the driver who perished in the accident.”
Police are investigating a string of earlier accidents that occurred between a tractor-trailer and several other vehicles that took place on Salt Point Turnpike between Innis Avenue and Junior’s Lounge, including one vehicle that was overturned on the northbound shoulder of the road just before the building that was struck.
New York State Police are conducting the accident investigation.
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