• A gust of hurricane-force wind flipped a truck on Route 22 in Copake. Photo: Columbia County Sheriff's Office
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A gust of hurricane-force wind flipped a truck on Route 22 in Copake.
A gust of hurricane-force wind flipped a truck on Route 22 in Copake.
Photo: Columbia County Sheriff's Office

COPAKE - A gust of hurricane-force winds flipped an empty tractor trailer on its side on Route 22 just south of Weed Mine Road on Monday morning, Columbia County Sheriff's Office said.

Deputies said a gusts on Copake Flats rushed underneath the trailer causing it to topple and slide down an embankment at 9:22 a.m. The driver, 53-year-old Meyette Howard of Altamont, was taken to Columbia Memorial Hospital with back pain.

The truck is owned by Power Pallet Inc. of Amsterdam. The state Department of Transportation closed Route 22 in the area of the crash until 5:20 p.m. due to weather conditions.