New York State Police say a Rochester truck driver is dead after a crash Thursday afternoon on the Thruway in Seneca County.
They say 32-year-old Sylvester Thomas Jr. was driving a box truck westbound in the Town of Tyre near the Del Lago casino when he failed to notice traffic slowing down ahead of him. He plowed into the back of a tractor trailer being driven by a Pennsylvania man. Thomas was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the other truck was not injured.
The crash forced troopers to close all westbound lanes at exit 40 in Weedsport for about two hours while they reconstructed the accident.