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Truck driver issued speeding ticket after sending beer all over Route 44 in Salisbury

Truck driver issued speeding ticket after sending beer all over Route 44 in Salisbury

An extensive clean-up effort was required after a June 29 tractor-trailer crash sent beer all over Route 44. The driver, reportedly unharmed, was issued a ticket for driving too fast under the conditions.

Photo Courtesy of Troop B

SALISBURY – An early morning crash on Route 44 near Twin Lakes Road sent dozens, if not hundreds, of beer cases onto the road when a speeding tractor-trailer failed to make a right turn. The truck went off the road just after 5:30 a.m. on Monday, June 29, crashing into several signs and trees. The driver, whose license is registered in Illinois, was reportedly unharmed.

Officer Joshua DaSilva of Troop B responded to the scene before the road was closed for several hours to facilitate an extensive clean-up effort. Drivers were forced to seek alternate routes during the closure.

The detour was necessary, police said, so they could clear the large volume of debris and safely remove the “severely damaged truck and trailer,” which was towed to Arnold’s Garage in Canaan.

The driver, Filmon Mahari Zerae, 36, was issued a ticket for driving too fast for the conditions.

This crash remains under investigation, and police are asking witnesses to contact Trooper DaSilva #915 at (860) 626-1820.

An extensive clean-up effort was required after a June 29 tractor-trailer crash sent beer all over Route 44. The driver, reportedly unharmed, was issued a ticket for driving too fast under the conditions. Photo Courtesy of Troop B

Aly Morrissey
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Aly Morrissey joined LJMN in 2025 as a reporter and photographer for The Millerton News, covering local government, community life and the arts across northeastern Dutchess County and northwest Connecticut before moving into newsroom leadership. A graduate of Quinnipiac University, she began her journalism career in Boston, working in radio before joining the Boston Herald as an editorial assistant and City Desk reporter covering breaking news. Her career spans nearly two decades in journalism, communications and professional photography. A lifelong theater enthusiast, Aly spent several seasons as production photographer for Sharon Playhouse and now happily embraces her newest role as a budding stage mom.
Christian Murray
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Christian Murray is executive editor of The Lakeville Journal and The Millerton News. A graduate of the Columbia Journalism School, he is a veteran journalist, founding the Queens Post and its network of neighborhood news sites—including the Sunnyside Post, Astoria Post, LIC Post and Jackson Heights Post—and helping pioneer hyperlocal digital journalism in New York City. Before joining LJMN in 2025, he served as managing editor at Schneps Media, overseeing amNewYork, the Queens Courier, the Bronx Times and other local publications. Earlier in his career, Murray was a political reporter for Newsday and a business reporter for Reuters. A native of New Zealand, he says northwest Connecticut reminds him of the landscapes where he grew up—a connection that made the region feel like home from the start.

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