Driver Ticketed After Truck Hits Overpass

Yet another truck hit the Long Island Rail Road overpass on North Main Street in East Hampton Village Monday morning.

A Sid Wainer & Son box truck delivering specialty produce and foods from Brooklyn got stuck as it tried to go underneath the train trestle at about 10:25 a.m.

East Hampton Village Police Chief Gerard Larsen said the road was shut down for a couple of hours, while the truck, which had significant damage, was towed.

The driver, whose name was not immediately available, was issued a summons. "We always issue a summons for disregarding the warning signs," Chief Larsen said. No one was injured.

Inspections of the track and bridge turned up no damage, according to Salvatore Arena, a spokesman for the L.I.R.R.

The clearance under the bridge is 10 feet. It has been hit many times over the years, and several times this spring. After a garbage truck hit it in May, the bridge had to be repaired, shutting down train service east of Bridgehampton in the days before the busy Memorial Day weekend.