UPDATE: Driver ticketed for truck being over legal height after crashing into pedestrian bridge on Mt. Read Blvd.
Mt. Read Boulevard crash (Photo: WHEC)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – Mt. Read Boulevard is open between Ridge Road and Ridgeway Avenue after a crash on Tuesday, Dec. 17.
Police say the bed of a truck was in a position that was too tall for the roadway and crashed into a pedestrian bridge on Mt. Read, causing a portion of the bridge to come tumbling down.
Officials say a blue Kia was driving behind the truck and crashed into fallen debris.
Both the Kia driver and truck driver were taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
The truck operator received two tickets for the truck being over the legal height.
Photos from the scene:
