driver killed on N.Y. state thruway
A UPS driver was killed shortly before 6 p.m. in a crash on the state Thruway near Liverpool, state police said.
The driver, Robert Murdock, lived on Lake Avenue in Auburn, state police said.
The crash blocked the Thruway's eastbound lanes, according to the state Thruway Authority. As of 9 p.m., one eastbound lane remained closed.
The crash involved the UPS truck and three other vehicles: a tree services vehicle towing a sedan, a small tractor-trailer and a pickup truck towing a trailer loaded with furniture and other household items, state police said. The crash scattered the trailer's contents over the highway.
It's uncertain exactly who hit whom, state police said. The drivers slowed abruptly for traffic backed up by a previous, minor crash about 300 yards east on the Thruway, state police said. That crash was hidden by a curve in the road.
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