Crime & Safety
WATCH: Drivers Crash Into One Another On GWB
People got out of the vehicles and walk on the snow-covered bridge.
Oops!! the winter weather has started. The GWB is a total lockdown. Expect Heavy traffic. pic.twitter.com/uYP0N067ka
— NYC Scanner (@NYScanner) November 15, 2018
Editor's note: The attached video contains profanity.
FORT LEE, NJ — People were getting out of their vehicles and walking on the George Washington Bridge's upper level Thursday afternoon as snow and sleet blanketed North Jersey during the area's first nor'easter.
A video posted to Twitter showed a man walking around the bridge describing several fender benders involving tractor-trailers. The man asked one driver if he was alright. Traffic was not moving.
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The eastbound upper level of the bridge was closed Thursday afternoon.
Other Twitter users reported other multiple-vehicle crashes on the bridge.
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The nor'easter is forecast to bring several inches of snow or rain, 55-mph winds and creating the potential for many power outages. (See Related: Hour-By-Hour Forecast Of NJ Nor'easter Snow, Rain, 55-MPH Winds)
People are getting out of their cars and wandering around on the GWB because it's snowing. https://t.co/nTbQxZ5mBX
— Sandy Johnston (@sandypsj) November 15, 2018
@ShepNewsTeam Snow has stopped the upper GWB INbound pic.twitter.com/KCX0pplxFX
— marjie Rose (@marjieros) November 15, 2018
Email: daniel.hubbard@patch.com
Photo: A multi-vehicle crash on the George Washington Bridge Thursday afternoon. (Courtesy NYC Scanner, used with permission)
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