Woodbury, NY - Wednesday evening, a person was hit and killed by a car on the NYS Thruway, while trying to resist arrest.

The incident happed in the middle of rush hour between exits 16 and 17 on the Thruway.

State police had the driver pulled over on the northbound lanes, and when the tried to arrest the person, the driver ran into northbound traffic and was hit and killed by a passing car, reported by TWC News.

The incident caused a major back up for traffic, and they closed that portion of the thruway to complete their investigation.


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