By Brian Niemietz
New York Daily News
ROCHESTER, N.Y. 鈥� A 鈥渕ajor crash鈥� left five people, including an infant, injured and from an upstate New York bridge Thursday morning.
The West Henrietta Fire Department, along with state police and paramedics, responded to calls 鈥渙n I-90 eastbound for a reported tractor-trailer rollover crash with the truck hanging off the bridge鈥� in Pittsford, N.Y., around 8:30 a.m., according to fire officials.
鈥淯nits arrived to find a two-vehicle crash involving the tractor-trailer with tandem trailers and an SUV,鈥� the West Henrietta Fire Department wrote on Facebook.
Three other fire departments were called to secure the area, where one trailer had fallen onto the highway below and another hung suspended between the road and the truck鈥檚 cabin, which remained on the bridge supported by a guardrail. The truck鈥檚 driver managed to remove himself from his badly damaged vehicle.
Due to the semi鈥檚 precarious position, authorities established 鈥渁 collapse zone鈥� under the bridge on Mendon Center Road and prepared for a possible fire.
鈥淐ompanies mitigated a large fuel and oil spill and secured hazards,鈥� fire officials added.
Roughly fuel was spilled, according to WHAM-TV in Rochester. Five people were reportedly treated for non-life-threatening injuries. Hazmat crews and various recovery agencies remained on the scene.
West Henrietta Fire Chief Mark Cholach told reporters the truck鈥檚 trailers were empty, which may have saved the driver from being pulled off the bridge and onto the road below. That fall would have likely been 鈥渘ot survivable,鈥� according to Cholach.
鈥淚鈥檓 quite flabbergasted he did survive with very minor injuries,鈥� the chief said.
Cholach called it a 鈥渕iracle鈥� the truck鈥檚 driver was able to get himself to safety.
The FedEx vehicle was operating out of Pennsylvania.
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