Crime & Safety

Three-Vehicle Accident Delays Traffic On Route 80 East

Early afternoon accident involves a car, garbage truck, and tractor-trailer, police said.

Expect delays on Route 80 near exit 57 due to an accident involving a tractor-trailer.

Three people were injured, one seriously, in a three-vehicle accident on Route 80 east in Paterson early Friday afternoon, state police Sgt. Gregory Williams said.

State police received a call at 12:49 p.m. about an accident involving a car, garbage truck, and tractor-trailer, police said.

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All injured victims were taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson.

Police closed two lanes on the roadway. Expect delays in the area and plan extra time if traveling near where the accident occurred.

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