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Truck flips, driver escapes with few injuries
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| Briggs' truck is towed away after the Saturday's accident in Livingston. Briggs and one passenger were not seriously injured despite extensive injury to the truck. (Robert Ragaini/Hudson-Catskill Newspapers) |
By Jamie Larson
Hudson-Catskill Newspapers
LIVINGSTON — A 16-year-old male flipped his truck upside-down on a winding back road in Livingston Saturday, pinning himself and his 18-year-old male passenger in the vehicle as gasoline leaked onto the road beneath their heads.
The two suffered only minor injuries but after witnessing the extent of the damage to the truck Police officials said the teens are lucky to have walked away from the single vehicle accident.
Jessie Briggs, 16, of Upper Red Hook, was driving his black 1986 Chevy north down a hill and around a curve on Pleasantvale Road in Livingston when he lost control and the vehicle slid off the road onto the left shoulder.
New York State Trooper Matthew Colwell, out of Livingston Barracks K, said it appeared that Briggs then pulled back onto the road and began to roll down the grade. Colwell said the number of times the truck rolled over is unknown but the drivers roof was “really smashed in.” The passenger side was less damaged.
The truck had an external roll-bar in the rear of the cab which was ripped off when it came in contact with the road. When the vehicle came to rest upside-down, Briggs was pinned between his seat and the steering wheel.
The passenger was cut free of his seat belt by a passer-by who came upon the remote scene before rescue officials arrived. The 18-year-old was released from the scene with minimal injury.
To free Briggs from the wreck, the Livingston Fire Department had to cut away the driver’s side door. The firefighters worked with caution as the vehicle slowly leaked gasoline on the roadway.
Despite the appearance of the truck Briggs only suffered minor injuries as well. Out of precaution the minor was back-boarded and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Colwell visited the young man in the hospital and said he was surprised at Briggs lack of injury, only suffering some soreness, nicks and a fat bloody lip. But Colwell didn’t go to Briggs bedside bearing flowers. The trooper served Briggs with a special hazard ticket for traveling at an unsafe speed for the condition of the road.
The two suffered only minor injuries but after witnessing the extent of the damage to the truck Police officials said the teens are lucky to have walked away from the single vehicle accident.
Jessie Briggs, 16, of Upper Red Hook, was driving his black 1986 Chevy north down a hill and around a curve on Pleasantvale Road in Livingston when he lost control and the vehicle slid off the road onto the left shoulder.
New York State Trooper Matthew Colwell, out of Livingston Barracks K, said it appeared that Briggs then pulled back onto the road and began to roll down the grade. Colwell said the number of times the truck rolled over is unknown but the drivers roof was “really smashed in.” The passenger side was less damaged.
The truck had an external roll-bar in the rear of the cab which was ripped off when it came in contact with the road. When the vehicle came to rest upside-down, Briggs was pinned between his seat and the steering wheel.
The passenger was cut free of his seat belt by a passer-by who came upon the remote scene before rescue officials arrived. The 18-year-old was released from the scene with minimal injury.
To free Briggs from the wreck, the Livingston Fire Department had to cut away the driver’s side door. The firefighters worked with caution as the vehicle slowly leaked gasoline on the roadway.
Despite the appearance of the truck Briggs only suffered minor injuries as well. Out of precaution the minor was back-boarded and was taken to St. Francis Hospital in Poughkeepsie.
Colwell visited the young man in the hospital and said he was surprised at Briggs lack of injury, only suffering some soreness, nicks and a fat bloody lip. But Colwell didn’t go to Briggs bedside bearing flowers. The trooper served Briggs with a special hazard ticket for traveling at an unsafe speed for the condition of the road.
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