Tractor-Trailer Strikes Overpass on Route 114

A tractor-trailer struck a Long Island Rail Road overpass on Route 114 in East Hampton and turned over onto its side on Tuesday morning, shutting a portion of the road between Toilsome Lane and Cove Hollow Road. 

The accident occurred just before 8:45 a.m. when the driver tried to fit the trailer underneath the train trestle, and struck the bridge, according to East Hampton Fire Department Chief Richard Osterberg Jr. Before the trailer flipped onto its side, some of the roof was ripped off. Small plants and greenery spilled out of the top of the trailer onto the roadway,  and pieces of insulation were strewn about the road. 

The driver was not hurt, and refused medical attention from the East Hampton Village Ambulance Association. 

East Hampton Town police asked for the Long Island Rail Road to inspect the overpass, though Chief Osterberg said he did not think there had been any structural damage. 

The road was still closed in both directions between Toilsome Lane and Cove Hollow Road as of 9:30 a.m., while police waited for tow trucks to remove the tractor trailer.