Hope everyone is going to be okay. Good job emergency depths, as always

i ride through that area of the highway everyday its not awell lit area of the highway and ive had and seen on many accounts the trucks pullout into 2 lanes and cutoff motorist anybody that rides through that area can tell you the same thing it happens that often.they realy need some kind of warning before you get to that point of the highway like a blinking warning light on the bridge just before the truck stop entrance...if somone does not address this issue theres going to be more accidents you can be sure of that ....... a concernd citizen

Rte 17 from 202 through MacArthur is very dangerous with cars/truck pulling in and out of the gas stations right into the flow of traffic. Lots of cars ride the shoulder as well. Hopefully everyone will be okay.

MFD/MPD, great job hope the Fedex driver has a quick recovery.

The entrance/exit for both the Pilot car entrance and truck entrance are very dangerous. There was one incident when I was driving in the slow lane traveling the speed of the highway and I encountered a tractor trailer leaving Pilot trying to merge on the highway and another tractor trailer was behind me in the slow lane, also going highway speed. It was impossible to see anything (for me to even move over a lane) and very frightening. This somehow needs to be improved. Hope everyone is okay and recovers quickly.

When entering 17S from Ramapo, first you almost get hit from cars exiting onto Ramapo from 17 S. If you safely make it onto 17, you then have to watch out for trucks entering Pilot... They will not look assist you in merging. They know they have the right of way & will cut you off if need be. I enter there at LEAST once a day and see it happen the majority of the time. Might not be what occurred in this instance, but won't be shocked if more accidents happen in this 1/2 mile stretch.

The Entrances and exits at the Pilot rest stop need to be re-worked. Having tractor trailers entering and exiting a highway without proper on ramps and off ramps is a very dangerous situation and I'm surprised no one had been seriously hurt before this. I hope Mr. Sevasta makes a cpmplete and speedy recovery.

Have any of you even been on a big rig? And it seems ya'll are trying to blame it on the trucker and not the FedEx driver who was driving quote at a high rate of speed around a truck stop. Idk how it is in NY, but down here in Texas people slow down around truck stops.

The blame lies on the Mahwah Planning Board who, in an effort to deter a "truck stop," required Pilot to design a station with inadequate and dangerous entrances and exits. As a former owner of a trucking company, it was easy to see that the design of this station was an accident waiting to happen. Well, it happened.

U go hank

Well my comment got deleted to and hank I agree with u that should never happen and I don't know about Texas but it is not safe or right to stop on any highway and the driver of the tractor trailer does not understand is whether his light where on or not It is not easy to see trucks pulling in or out of there I was by there last night and there was a truck pulling out and it was not that easy to see h and his lights where on. But the fact is there is a person in the the hospital and he is in bad shap because someone stopped there truck in the slow lane of a bizy highway not right.

You're all blaming the tractor trailer driver not the Fed Ex driver, who according to the article was driving at a high rate of speed and rear ended the tractor trailer in the right rear of the truck. Is it possible the Fed Ex driver wasn't paying attention? I see a lot of assumptions here blaming the truck stop and truck driver when the tractor trailer was rear ended.

The highway is a highway and most people are not going slow on a high at 55 to 60 miles per hour but ether way it is still not legal to stop u car truck or other vehicle on a highway in the slow lane and if it was blocked off by anoughter truck he should not have stoped there.

Are we reading the same article or is there information that you know about that was not reported? It says the tractor trailer was pulling into (not out of) the Pilot station with its signal on. I didn't read anything that said he was stopped on the road anywhere in the article. Why is everyone looking to blame the tractor trailer driver or Pilot, but not the driver who rear ended another vehicle, therefore causing the accident?

I have been reading the posts and have to ask is this about a wreck or the flow of traffic/convenience for cars? I live here and knowing there is a trucks top I drop a few mph till I see what is ahead of me. Before you ask, yes I have drove a truck. With that said , Hank is full of bullish, no driver especially one that is low or running out of hours is going to go in a five mile circle until he can make a turn at highway speed. They would lay the truck over.
If the FedEx driver had hit a loaded school bus or a car full of kids turning would you still be so quick to blame those hit for making a turn? The fact is truck drivers are expected to be perfect and when they're not they pay very large tickets. If the driver is this case was within those limits then FedEx needs to pay the price and put an end to the driver bashing.

First the artical said ( we believe he had his signal on ) we all know that reporters only report what they are told and that does not mean those are the facts. For ur information his truck was stopped in the the slow lane and I repeat my self it is illegal to stop on a highway and for anyone who drives in that area at night will notice that the entences to that pilot are well lit according to that artical and if u driving in that area it is not well til so if we are talking about facts how does the artical say it is well til when infact it is not. Feel free to drive by there at night and you will see what the people who live and work over there are talking about .

Your beef should be with Chief Batelli because the article quotes him contradicting what you're saying. Maybe you were there. And I grew up in this area and also live close by so I'm aware of the crazy driving that occurs there and everywhere else on Rt 17 on a daily basis

Sandy and the rest...
A couple days ago someone with the same name as the flat bed driver posted that he was stopped with his flashers on rt 17. He also posted some strange logic about the accident.
That is what Gb and I are refering to.
Once he realized that he may be incriminating himself his post was deleted as well as our answers to his post. The comments are all out of sync and I deleted my other comments because they don't make sense anymore.
Hank,former owner of sweatshop on wheels

Sean is a good friend of mine for years. Anyone who speculates just to kill time is being disrespectful. Sean is always a defensive driver, and having lived here my whole life i can say that New Jersey is a very hazardous place to drive any day of the week. He is recovering in Hackensack, NJ but it will take a while.

Ryan I don't know Sean but he has probably been to everyone of our houses one time or another delivering fed ex. He is part of the community. I hope he gets well and back to work soon.

Ryan, I am sorry your friend was hurt and I think I speak for all of those who posted that we wish him a full and speedy recovery. We were responding to the article posted, not being disrespectful because we have nothing else to do. That's all it was/is.

I'm sure Sean appreciates the concern. I was more referring to those that will criticize his driving or attention or try to place blame on someone who is already in a bad situation. He will most likely have a permanent limp.

Ryan, I'm guessing your friend will need rehab after he recovers from his injuries. Helen Hayes rehab in Stony Point NY is excellent and has many positive outcomes. Keep him away from Kessler in Saddle Brook though