Tractor-trailer overturns at Thruway service area, driver injured, trash spilled

A tractor-trailer rolled over at the Malden Service Area on the New York State Thruway in Saugerties, sending the driver to the hospital and spilling a load of refuse across the trucking parking lot. State Police said the crash happened shortly before 9 p.m. on June 25, 2026, and it never blocked traffic on I-87.

Troopers assigned to State Police Troop T and SP Kingston said Michelle Paulino Rosario, 35, of Kearny, New Jersey, was driving a 2016 Freightliner when she lost control while entering the service area. The truck overturned in the lot and scattered garbage across the pavement. Police said speed appeared to be a contributing factor in the crash.

Fire and EMS crews extricated Rosario from the cab and took her to Kingston Hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. State Police said she was later issued citations for vehicle and traffic law violations and is due in Saugerties Town Court at a later date.

Thruway personnel cleared the debris and a tow removed the vehicle from the service area. Police said the incident happened entirely within the trucking parking lot, with no lanes closed and no obstruction in or out of the service area.

The crash adds another reminder of how quickly a routine stop for a truck driver can become a hazard when a tractor-trailer enters a service area too fast or loses control in a confined parking lot. At busy Thruway stops, heavy vehicles, passenger cars and workers move through the same entrances, curbs and parking lanes, and even when the roadway itself stays open, a rollover can still trigger an emergency response, hospital transport and a cleanup that disrupts the truck lot until crews finish.