Presidents Day Mishap: Tanker Jackknifes on 9A in Greenburgh

Most people slept in a little later than usual to enjoy the Presidents Day holiday. The Elmsford Fire Department and Greenburgh Police Department responded to a fuel tanker truck accident at about 4:30 AM., on Monday morning. Apparently, Mustang Bulk Carriers, from Brooklyn, NY, was transporting a gasoline fuel tanker during the night. ABG was unable to get close enough to the scene to get much information and the police officer we briefly spoke to would only say a fuel tanker truck had jackknifed on 9A at Executive Boulevard during the early morning hours. No other vehicles were involved and miraculously, the driver, whom we saw walking around at the scene, was unhurt from the mishap. Apparently, no fuel was spilled from the tanker. A Greenburgh police officer informed us that the truck was traveling southbound on 9A during the snowstorm, somehow jackknifed and skid off the road into a lightly wooded area on the corner of Rt 9A and Executive Boulevard.

Pictured above in uniform is a Greenburgh Police Officer named Preiser. We're told he is the brother to the owner of Glens Towing, of Greenburgh. He was wearing his Greenburgh uniform, gun, radio, hoodie and tan gloves. We appreciate wanting to help his brother, but if he was on-duty and on the GPD clock, he owes the taxpayers of Greenburgh who are paying him to work as a police officer, doing police functions, not recovery. If he was off-duty and permitted to be there, he should have changed from his police uniform into street clothes. A second issue was Greenburgh Police set up their command center on Executive Boulevard, away from the other agencies involved with this scene. We wonder what the benefit of this could be?

We continued on to our offices at around 10AM., and came out again for lunch at noon. Driving past the scene again, we saw two lanes of traffic moving on Route 9A, and the truck was still not out of the woods. 

We were later pleased to confirm no gasoline was spilled from the truck, there were no injuries and Glen's Towing was successful with their early morning challenge. We applaud the outstanding efforts of the Elmsford Fire Department, County Hazardous Material Team, the Con Edison crews and the Greenburgh police. Truly a "Presidential" effort, we offer a hearty, well done!