A tractor-trailer driver was taken to the hospital after his truck collided with an SUV and overturned across both lanes of Route 13 in Dryden around noon Monday.
New York State Police said a 2021 Kia SUV entered the intersection from Gulf Hill Road while attempting a left turn onto Route 13 and failed to yield to the northbound truck.
The Mix Brothers tractor-trailer was hauling pavement millings, and its driver was unable to avoid hitting the rear corner of the SUV, police said.
The SUV spun off the road into a ditch, while the truck left the road and overturned onto its passenger side.
The tractor came to rest in a ditch, and the trailer blocked the northbound and southbound lanes.
Truck driver Leo Faucett, 68, of Freeville, was transported to Guthrie Cortland Medical Center.
SUV driver Harry Dahl, 75, of Binghamton, was not transported to a hospital and was issued traffic tickets.
Troopers from Ithaca responded to the crash, and the State Police Commercial Enforcement Unit assisted with the investigation.
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