Hit-and-run tractor trailer crash at rest area

Heard on: Tri-County Public Safety

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Complaint: motor vehicle accident, I-88 eastbound, Unadilla rest area.

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Station.

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One to nine.

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Two 411 , your status location.

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They've been in the highway too.

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Two 415 , your status location.

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Okay, $2.30 . We can be around Exit 9, I-88.

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This is 1C23 , you're in route 03:34 .

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Caller reporting a red tractor trailer hauling cars sideswiped him in the rest area.

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That vehicle has since left.

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Caller is also in a tractor trailer.

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States it just happened.

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Three 35 .

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Tree's been removed to the shoulder.

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Please advise DOT that there's a large amount of debris to be cleaned up and they've also got approximately

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50 feet of guardrail that is down.

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Signal, make the notification.

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Thank you, sir.

7/22/2026 12:33 AM

Traffic

Senator Warren M. Anderson Expy, Sidney Center, NY 13839

Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, radio traffic reports a possible sideswipe collision between two tractor trailers at the Unadilla rest area on Interstate 88 eastbound. The red car‑hauling tractor trailer reportedly left the scene, and debris and damaged guardrail were later noted along the roadway.