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Cement Mixer Tips Off Paramus Highway

A concrete mixer tipped on the eastbound Route 4 ramp to northbound Route 17 in Paramus, tying up traffic Monday afternoon.

Tanis Concrete truck on Route 4 ramp to Route 17 in Paramus.

Tanis Concrete truck on Route 4 ramp to Route 17 in Paramus.

 Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.

Route 4E ramp to Route 17N in Paramus.

 Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
At the scene on the Route 4 ramp to Route 17 in Paramus.

At the scene on the Route 4 ramp to Route 17 in Paramus.

 Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Citywide Towing righted and removed the cement mixer.

Citywide Towing righted and removed the cement mixer.

 Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Jerry DeMarco

The Paramus Volunteer Ambulance Corps took the driver to the hospital with injuries that didn't appear life-threatening after the Tanis Concrete of Fair Lawn truck crashed shortly after 1 p.m.

Borough police and firefighters, as well as an ambulance from Englewood Hospital and Medical Center, also responded, along with a Bergen County Hazardous Materials Unit.

Citywide towing righted and removed the truck.

Boyd A. Loving took the photo and contributed to this story.

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