Sometime around 6:15pm Wednesday evening, a truck making a turn at the intersection of Jericho Tpke. and Indian Head Rd. in Commack experienced a tire blowout and flipped on its side. According to people at the scene of the incident the driver was not seriously injured but was shaken up. One person who wanted to remain anonomous stated, “It was a freak accident. Thank God no one was killed, or injured. The driver wasn’t speeding, it was just a freak accident.”
The police were still at the scene at 11pm although the road blocks were being removed and traffic was once again being permitted to head north on Indian Head Rd.