Car Under Tractor Trailer Details

Authorities are releasing some more details in connection with a crash April 4 in which a car ended up under a tractor trailer on Upper Court Street in the Town of Kirkwood.

New York State Police say the 57 year old Binghamton man, who was driving the Hyundai Sonata lost control at 11:25 a.m. and drove into the median.  Police say he overcorrected and drove into the trailer towed by a Freightliner tractor. The driver of the tractor trailer had been making a left turn from Colesville Road onto Route 11.

The driver of the car, who had to be cut from the vehicle by the Five Mile Point Fire Department, suffered severe head injuries. His name has not been released.

The investigation is continuing.