Traffic & Transit
Raging Truck Fire On NJ Turnpike Holds Up Traffic (VIDEO)
A raging truck fire on the NJ Turnpike in Kearny threw a monkey wrench into the Wednesday morning commute, reports said.
HUDSON COUNTY, NJ — A raging truck fire on the NJ Turnpike in Kearny threw a monkey wrench into the Wednesday morning commute, reports said.
Twitter user @EJDooley posted a video of the blaze, calling it a “terrible truck fire.” (Watch video below)
In a Wednesday morning tweet, NJ Transit stated that bus service traveling southbound on the turnpike near interchange 15 was subject to delays of up to 15 minutes “due to a vehicle fire in Kearny.”
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According to 511NJ.org, as of 9:49 a.m., there were “rubbernecking delays” stretching up to a mile on the NJ Turnpike’s eastern spur southbound in the vicinity of interchange 15W and I-280 in Kearny.
Terrible truck fire on the turnpike in Kearny, NJ #NewJersey @ABCNJC @NBCNewYork pic.twitter.com/8JKk3MaK5i
— Ted Dooley (@EJDooley) December 12, 2018
Bus service traveling southbound on the Turnpike near interchange 15 is subject to delays of up to 15 minutes due to a vehicle fire in Kearny.
— NJ TRANSIT - NBUS (@NJTRANSIT_NBUS) December 12, 2018
Kearny Tractor Trailer Fire NJ Turnpike 15W Mutual Aid 2&1 from Newark to supply tank water to Kearny. https://t.co/OryNLB38CU
— NorthJersey FireNews (@NJFires) December 12, 2018
Accident in #Kearny on NJ Tnpke Eastern Spur SB approaching x15W, stopped traffic back to X16e, delay of 40 mins #traffic
— Total Traffic NYC (@TotalTrafficNYC) December 12, 2018
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