3-Truck Accident Snarls Route 287 ; One Driver Flees, Another Breaks Leg

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RIVERDALE - A fiery smashup between a tractor-trailer and two dump trucks left northbound traffic crawling for hours Thursday on Route 287 and launched a police search for one driver who fled the scene.

All three drivers walked away from the 8:08 a.m. collision near the off-ramp for Route 23 south. The operator of the tractor- trailer, John Coon III, sustained a fractured leg but was able to get out of his cab with help from two passing motorists - just as his punctured diesel tanks burst into flames, police said.

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3-Truck Accident Snarls Route 287 ; One Driver Flees, Another Breaks Leg

Police were searching for the man driving immediately ahead of the rig, whom witnesses saw flee his Mack truck on foot, State Trooper Greg Cyr...

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