Heroes: Firefighters Free Trapped Driver After Tractor-Trailer, Pickup Collide On Route 17

Firefighters extricated a heavily trapped driver after a tractor-trailer and pickup truck collided on Route 17.

Hasbrouck Heights firefighters were assisted by their Wood-Ridge colleagues in freeing the female driver following the crash behind the Bendix Diner shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17.
Photo Credit: *HHFD / Jo Fehl*

The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.
Photo Credit: *HASBROUCK HEIGHTS FIRE DEPARTMENT*

The tractor's saddle bags ruptured.
Photo Credit: *Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE*

03/18/2024 1:12 p.m.

Hasbrouck Heights firefighters were assisted by their Wood-Ridge colleagues in freeing the female pickup driver following the crash behind the Bendix Diner shortly before 9:30 p.m. Sunday, March 17.

The driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center.

Nick’s Towing removed the vehicles.

Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed at Franklin Avenue during the operation.

Mutual aid was provided by, among others, firefighters from Carlstadt, Lodi, Rutherford and Wallington.

The County Wide Emergency Response Team and the state Department of Transportation also responded.

A Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit and DEP officials were notified of fuel leaking from the tractor-trailer’s saddle tanks into a stream.

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