.
Feedback

Cement Truck Overturns at Wilson Park Construction Site

Getting the truck righted is a bigger job than cleaning up the minor fuel spill.

A cement truck flipped into a ditch on Lake Terrace at 10:20 a.m., injuring the driver slightly and spilling a small amount of diesel fuel.

"It's a minor arm injury; really it's more of a process getting the truck up," said Tarrytown police Det. David Kapica as two cranes from Stiloski's Towing operation were working to hoist the heavy vehicle.

The cement truck had made a delivery to the Toll Brothers' Wilson Park development lot No. 4, little more than a dirt lot now. It was backing down to the wash station at adjacent site 3 in front of a house under development when a rear wheel caught an edge and the truck veered into the ditch.

The whole neighborhood is a maze of tight one-lane roads and steep hills, only complicated by this heavy construction. At the foot of nearby Cobb Lane, going straight up off Broadway to Wilson Park, a sign warns construction vehicles to enter by way of Tower Hill Road.

Some neighbors were milling around surveying the scene, but most of the streets were taken up with large emergency response vehicles.

Tarrytown Fire Department is there in full force, along with County Haz Mat trucks for the fuel spillage. State Police are on hand to do a commercial inspection of the truck when it is righted, said Kapica. Kapica was also waiting to interview the driver. 

Like us on Facebook  |  Follow us on Twitter  |  Sign up for our newsletter

Newsletter & Alerts

Get the best stories each day and important breaking news

Subscribe

Not from Tarrytown-Sleepy Hollow Patch? Find your Local Patch »

Loading comments ...
Note Article
Just a short thought to get the word out quickly about anything in your neighborhood.
Share something with your neighbors. Write a new post... What's up? Make an announcement, speak your mind, or sell something
Julia Costa takes a shot on goal against North Salem
Krista Madsen (Editor) May 22, 2013 at 08:19 am
Hurray Mustangs!
Krista Madsen (Editor) May 21, 2013 at 10:37 pm
Quirk of our new system: for anyone posting just press hard returns twice to make paragraph breaks.Read More Thanks for posting this Mike! Great video!!
Stephanie Segarra May 20, 2013 at 04:56 pm
it happens all over..even whole food! check every date!!!!!!!
Krista Madsen (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 10:42 am
Has this happened to others? black juice...ewww! Thanks for writing.
medibeads@gmail.com
Krista Madsen (Editor) May 20, 2013 at 10:44 am
Thanks Blanca for posting. Again contact: medibeads@gmail.com if you want to hear more about gettingRead More a beading party hosted by Blanca Medina. Here's more on her on Patch: http://tarrytown.patch.com/groups/around-town/p/would-you-like-to-learn-how-to-do-this
Krista Madsen (Editor) May 18, 2013 at 02:50 pm
sounds like great stuff, thanks for posting!
Peter Neidell May 18, 2013 at 08:48 am
PLEASE NOTE CHANGE TO ABOVE: Sale is Sunday only- 10 am-3 pm thanks!
Heron May 20, 2013 at 06:28 pm
A big part of the problem is that the teachers' expectations about what supplies are necessary haveRead More become so extreme. When my kids were in school in Tarrytown, we would get a list at the beginning of every school year of the supplies we needed to buy. The parents were asked to buy a separate looseleaf binder for every single class our kids were taking and, for some classes, they asked for a looseleaf AND a spiral notebook. When I was in school, each kid had ONE looseleaf and we separated classes with dividers. Having SIX or seven loose leafs adds to backpack weight and costs a lot of money. My kids supply bills were often close to $100 apiece. The teachers have bought into this idea that all of these supplies are necessary and they are not. I'm not surprised that Staples is offering "rewards programs." Their advertising and marketing efforts have convinced the teachers that you must have a package of 12 red correcting pens, per child.