Tractor-trailer carrying gummy bears, Swedish fish crashes into Rye yard

RYE - A tractor-trailer carrying candy plunged down an embankment today and ended up in the front yard of a home along the ramp from eastbound Interstate 287 to northbound Interstate 95.

The accident happened around 6:10 a.m. on the curving ramp. The truck, which Rye Police Commissioner Michael Corcoran said was hauling gummy bears and Swedish fish, ended up in the yard of a home on a private road off Grace Church Street.

The driver suffered minor injuries, state police said, and was taken to a hospital. Police said no one at the home was injured.

Rye firefighters, Rye police, state police and a tow truck were on the scene. Neighbors watched as workers were cutting branches that had fallen onto the truck, which smashed into a tree.

One lane was getting by on the ramp to I-95. Eastbound traffic on I-287 was slow from Exit 10 to I-95.