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Tractor-trailer accident ties up traffic on the Inner Loop for hours

A tractor-trailer overturned on the eastbound side of the Inner Loop in Rochester on Wed. morning, 11/15/23, causing severe arm injuries to the driver of the big big rig and blocking traffic on the Inner Loop for several hours.
Ryan Williamson
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WXXI News
A tractor-trailer overturned on the eastbound side of the Inner Loop in Rochester on Wed. morning, 11/15/23, causing severe arm injuries to the driver of the big big rig and blocking traffic on the Inner Loop for several hours.

A tractor-trailer crash on the Inner Loop in Rochester Wed. morning injured the driver of the big rig and also shut down part of that highway for hours.

According to State Police it happened just after 7 a.m., near St. Paul Street.

Troopers say the tractor-trailer was traveling east when it struck a guardrail and overturned.

Police say the 64-year-old man driving the truck was taken to Strong Hospital for treatment of a severe arm injury.

Troopers say there was no evidence of the driver having been impaired and the investigation is continuing.

The Inner Loop was shut down in both directions near St. Paul Street throughout the morning.

Before retiring in March 2025, Randy Gorbman was WXXI's director of news and public affairs and managed the day-to-day operations of WXXI News on radio, television, and online.