MULTI-VEHICLE ACCIDENT IN UPSTATE NEW YORK INVOLVES CARS AND TRUCKS; ADULTS AND CHILDREN ALIKE SUFFER SERIOUS PERSONAL INJURY

From: New York attorney Gary E. Rosenberg (personal injury and accident attorney and lawyer; serving Brooklyn Queens Bronx; Queens Accident Attorney)

This accident is out of upstate New York.

On Wednesday April 7, 2010 at 4:30 AM, the tail end of a dump truck struck a bridge over the New York State Thruway, east of the city of Rochester. Two other cars slammed into the wreck and became part of the accident, seriously injuring five adults and 12 children.

Police say the bed of the dump trunk lifted while it was driving past the bridge, ripping off the bed and flinging it into lanes of moving traffic.

A van carrying two adults and eight children, driven by Max Itzkowitz, age 47 of Brooklyn, struck the detached bed of the dump truck. A second vehicle then struck the pile, injuring all seven occupants, four of them children. The injured people were all taken to Rochester-area hospitals -- two of the children were taken by helicopter, the others were taken by ambulance.

New York State police report serious injuries, but the number of major injuries is still uncertain.

After being closed for several hours, all lanes of the New York State Thruway have re-opened.

New York State transportation officials are inspecting the bridge for damage.