Crime & Safety
3 Hospitalized After Cadillac, 3 Trucks Crash On NJ Turnpike In Bergen County
Three drivers were taken to the hospital after a chain-reaction crash on the NJ Turnpike on Wednesday.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — Three drivers were treated at area hospitals on Wednesday after a chain-reaction crash on the New Jersey Turnpike, police said.
According to state police, before 8 a.m., the driver of a Freightliner tractor-trailer lost control around milepost 119.2 in Teaneck, striking the center median, then hitting an IHC box truck.
The IHC truck then struck the rear of a Cadillac SUV. The Cadillac then rear-ended a Hyundai box truck, said Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron.
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The drivers of the Freightliner, Cadillac, and IHC box truck sustained minor injuries and were taken to an area hospital, Lebron said.
No other injuries were reported.
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Two northbound lanes were closed for approximately two hours after the crash, Lebron said.
The crash remains under investigation, and no other information was available Wednesday afternoon, he said.
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