Car overturns on westbound Route 80 Hackensack River bridge

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: A driver was taken to the hospital with injuries that emergency workers said didn’t appear life-threatening after a flip on the westbound Route 80 Hackensack River bridge this afternoon.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

10/22/2013 10:24 p.m.

Hackensack Fire Department engines and its Rescue 1 responded, along with emergency medical workers from Hackensack University Medical Center following the crash, just after 3 p.m.

Firfighters assisted with the motorist’s care and remained on scene to clean up a fuel spill.

Traffic was backed up more than two miles at one point.

New Jersey State Police were investigating.

CLIFFVIEW PILOT CONTRIBUTED PHOTO

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