Friday, June 30, 2006 10:14:44 PM
Tornado flips truck on New York highway 3 minutes ago
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - A tornado touched down in a Buffalo suburb Friday afternoon, flipping a truck driving along the New York State Thruway and a construction trailer with a worker inside. No serious injuries were reported.
The funnel cloud was sighted at about 3 p.m. and left a path that was 3 miles long and 100 yards wide, said Steve McLaughlin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Witnesses described watching a tractor-trailer being tossed onto its side amid hail and heavy rains.
"It was very scary, no doubt about it," said Albert Nigro of Amherst, who said he was driving about 200 yards behind the westbound truck.
Cars behind the truck spun out, he said. A shaken witness called a television station and said his car was lifted from the Thruway and dropped into oncoming traffic.
The truck driver had minor injuries.
A construction trailer near the Thruway was tossed into a nearby road, slightly injuring a worker inside, police said. The storm also ripped off tree limbs, damaged store signs and downed power lines.
CHEEKTOWAGA, N.Y. - A tornado touched down in a Buffalo suburb Friday afternoon, flipping a truck driving along the New York State Thruway and a construction trailer with a worker inside. No serious injuries were reported.
The funnel cloud was sighted at about 3 p.m. and left a path that was 3 miles long and 100 yards wide, said Steve McLaughlin, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service.
Witnesses described watching a tractor-trailer being tossed onto its side amid hail and heavy rains.
"It was very scary, no doubt about it," said Albert Nigro of Amherst, who said he was driving about 200 yards behind the westbound truck.
Cars behind the truck spun out, he said. A shaken witness called a television station and said his car was lifted from the Thruway and dropped into oncoming traffic.
The truck driver had minor injuries.
A construction trailer near the Thruway was tossed into a nearby road, slightly injuring a worker inside, police said. The storm also ripped off tree limbs, damaged store signs and downed power lines.
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