The driver of a white pickup truck needed to be extricated from his vehicle after he apparently swerved into oncoming traffic on Route 98 and nearly hit a Thruway maintenance truck head on.
The driver, whose identity is not available, was transported to an area hospital by Mercy Flight.
There were no injuries reported in the Thruway truck.
Witnesses and State Police say the pickup truck driver was southbound when he crossed into the northbound lane. His small truck caught the left front fender of the Thruway truck and nearly sheared off the front wheel.
The pickup truck came to rest about 100 yards down the road, rolling down (but apparently not rolling over) an embankment.
Route 98 was closed in both directions between Park Road and West Saile Drive.
