Crime & Safety
Two Big Accidents, Partial Shutdowns Of N.J. Highway
Two big accidents have led to partial shutdowns of a New Jersey highway overnight and on Wednesday morning.
Two big accidents have led to partial shutdowns of a New Jersey highway overnight and on Wednesday morning.
Express lanes were closed on the George Washington Bridge outbound because of an overturned tractor trailer early Wednesday.
A tractor-trailer also burst into flames overnight on the New Jersey Turnpike and closed lanes on the highway, according to state transportation officials [see video below].
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Here are some of the latest reports on the GWB accident:
Here's a look at the overturned truck on I-95 SB near X72 coming off the #GWB @GloriaChapa1 has more pic.twitter.com/lutTyzBONh
— FiOS1 New Jersey (@FiOS1NewsNJ) October 5, 2016
The truck-fire happened near mile marker 97.7 in Linden and the left two southbound lanes were closed Tuesday night.
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The driver escaped with minor injuries, and it's not known how the truck caught fire just before 8 p.m., according to nj.com.
The incident is still under investigation.
Truck caught on fire on the turnpike..... second one I've seen this week........ pic.twitter.com/aiobeYUU4W
— kar (@xkarencitaa) October 4, 2016
Bad truck fire on the NJ Turnpike #traffic #njt pic.twitter.com/kyUDlWgVKt
— Dan Greenstein (@dg12x) October 4, 2016
Photo by Dan Greenstein @dg12x
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