Box truck driver swerves and stops in highway median, Haverstraw NY


A box truck driver was driving erratically, swerving across lanes on a southbound highway near exit 16. The driver appeared disoriented or impaired, and the truck came to rest about 200 feet into the median. A tow truck was called to remove the vehicle.
Audio|Source: NYSP Troop F Haverstraw
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Transcript:
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612 South found a box truck driver jerking in and out of lanes.
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Caller said he seemed out of it.
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Where is you?
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headquarters to have 4-7.
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4-7.
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D&K is responding.
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Is that going to be a heavy wrecker? It's a regular fill.
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Stand by. Do you require a heavy wrecker?
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Not exactly sure that it's going to be at least 200 feet off the roadway.
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Just so we know that they're waiting long enough to reach the vehicle to drag it out.
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Received. I did tell the telegram driver that it's 200 feet off the roadway.
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Location mentioned:
Haverstraw, NY 10927
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