Truck driver killed in late-night vehicle crash and fire in Tarrytown
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New York State Troopers said a man died early Friday morning after a crash caused his tractor-trailer to start on fire near the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge in Tarrytown.
State Police said in a news release it responded to a motor vehicle crash in Tarrytown around 12:52 a.m. where a tractor trailer was on fire on one of the northbound lanes heading toward the Gov. Mario M. Cuomo Bridge.
State Police identified the driver and sole victim as 53-year-old Richard A. Simmons of Clifton Park. Police said Simmons struck a guiderail and a storage outbuilding, which may have caused the truck fire.
Simmons was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigations are still ongoing surrounding the cause of the accident.
This article originally appeared on Rockland/Westchester Journal News: Driver killed in one-car crash in Tarrytown NY near Cuomo Bridge
