Truck carrying beer overturns on the BQE, causing major delays
Eyewitness News
Updated 2 hrs 10 mins ago
NEW YORK (WABC) -- A tractor-trailer carrying beer overturned on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Monday morning, causing major problems for the rush hour commute.
All northbound lanes of the BQE and one southbound lane were shut at Hamilton Avenue after the crash at about 3:45 a.m. on a ramp of the Gowanus Expressway to the northbound BQE.
A Budweiser truck overturned in the northbound direction at Hamilton Avenue, spilling its cargo all over the roadway.
There is also a fuel spill which is complicating the cleanup.
NewsCopter 7 was over the scene of the accident:
The driver of the truck is hospitalized in stable condition.
There are extensive delays on the inbound side of the Gowanus and northbound BQE, going back all the way towards the Verrazano Bridge.
The trailer had to be suspended between two tow trucks and flipped upside down for the cleanup efforts.