Both directions were closed from Walker Street to Park Avenue after the white Ford Escape crashed near Jersey Avenue around 5 a.m.
The southbound lanes were closed from Edgewater Avenue in Ridgefield to Park Avenue.
The 45-year-old driver from North Bergen "tried to get away, but we caught him," Police Chief Martin Kahn said.
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