TYRE — State Police responded to a crash involving a tractor-trailer on the westbound lanes of the NYS Thruway, just before Exit 41 in the town of Tyre, Seneca County, at about 11:41 a.m. Friday.
The investigation revealed that the tractor-trailer, being operated by Mokhtar Mohammadi, age 32, of Houston, Texas, was headed westbound when it struck the overpass at mile post marker 315.9.
A vehicle in an adjacent lane struck debris from the tractor-trailer.
A passenger in the vehicle was transported to Geneva General Hospital for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.
Mohammadi, who was not injured, was ticketed for operating an over-height vehicle.
The Thruway (I-90) is reopened in both directions.
Following an inspection, it was determined that the Route 89 overpass was damaged by the impact.
For the safety of the travelling public, Thruway maintenance personnel will be closing the southbound lane on Route 89 and setting up temporary traffic signals to allow for traffic to flow in both directions.
