BUFFALO, NY – Stranded vehicles are hindering the state’s recovery efforts plow snow-covered roadways after this week’s deadly winter storm. In Buffalo, the New York State Police is employing the ROOK, an armored tracked police vehicle fitted with a lift to simply lift the vehicles out of the snow to move them off the road so the plows can continue clearing roadways littered with abandoned vehicles.
State Police use ROOK armored, tracked vehicle to remove stranded vehicles from Buffalo roadways
he ROOK removing vehicles from the roadways in Buffalo, so the streets can be plowed! - Photo by NYSP