Tuxedo Police seek driver of hit and run tractor trailer

Tuxedo - The Town of Tuxedo Police are asking for the public’s help in their investigation of a hit-and-run accident on Feb. 16 involving a tractor trailer and a small car on State Route 17 northbound that left the driver of the car seriously injured. The incident happened at about 6:13 that Wednesday evening in the area of Patterson Hill Road. According to Lt. John P. Norton, Ellen M. Currid was driving her red Honda Civic in the right hand lane of northbound Route 17. A tractor trailer drifted into her car from the left-hand lane. Police said Currid slowed abruptly in an effort to get out from between the tractor trailer and the guard rail. However, the tractor trailer hit the car and force it into a snow bank and guard rail, which in turn activated the air bags in Currid’s vehicle. Currid, 35, of Warwick. was extricated by Tuxedo Joint Fire Department and taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in Suffern by Tuxedo Ambulance Corps, where she received care for damage and injury to her face. Norton said 135 stitches were required. The tractor trailer involved continued north on Route 17 without stopping. Norton noted that it is possible that the operator of the tractor was unaware of having hit the Honda. The tractor trailer involved is an 18-wheeler with a white cab. The trailer has reflective strips on the side and three on the rear. The trailer is covered in tarps. Tuxedo Police are asking anyone whom might have witnessed this accident or whom might have information concerning the vehicles involved to call police at 845-3511-5111 and speak to Officer Michael Eichengreen or Lt. John Norton. Have you seen this tractor trailer? Town of Tuxedo Police are searching for the driver of a tractor trailer that forced a small car off the road, injuring the driver, and continued north on Route 17 at about 6:13 on Wednesday evening, Feb. 16. Police said the tractor trailer involved is an 18-wheeler with a white cab. The trailer has reflective strips on the side and three on the rear. The trailer is covered in tarps. Tuxedo Police are asking anyone whom might have witnessed this accident or whom might have information concerning the vehicles involved to call police at 845-3511-5111 and speak to Officer Michael Eichengreen or Lt. John Norton.