ONEIDA COUNTY, N.Y. — Police in New York are looking into a work zone crash involving a semi truck.
According to a release from the New York State Police (NYSP), shortly after 6:00 a.m. on Thursday, State Police troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash on the New York State Thruway in Marcy, Oneida County.
Police say the investigation revealed that Katherine W. Swain, 63, of Halifax, Massachusetts, was traveling eastbound on the Thruway in a 2019 Volvo tractor-trailer when she failed to obey road signs indicating a lane change and entered an active work zone. Swain allegedly struck a concrete barrier and continued through the work zone, striking a 2020 Toyota pickup truck parked within the work zone, occupied by Andrew Pryslopski, 48, of Little Falls.
Swain was transported by ambulance to Wynn Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Pryslopski was transported by a third party to Wynn Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
Police say speed appeared to be a contributing factor in the crash. Swain was issued citations for vehicle and traffic law violations and is due in Marcy Town Court at a later date.
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