NORWICH – A tractor trailer tanker carrying a load of milk careened of state Route 8 in the Town of Norwich Tuesday and trapped the driver in the wreckage for more than two and half hours.

The driver, 51-year-old Raymond J. Melella, was trapped inside the truck’s cab for hours as crew worked to free him from the turned over truck. The accident took place at about 3 p.m. less than a mile south of Holmesville.

Melella was airlifted to Wilson Memorial Hospital in Binghamton. Crews at the scene said his injuries appeared non-life threatening and that he was speaking with emergency personnel during his rescue.