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UPDATE: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic UPDATE: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic
Update: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic UPDATE: A commuter bus and four other vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction crash that jammed rush-hour traffic into and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. The inbound bus was headed east toward the inbound tunnel in the specially designated lane on the westbound side of Route 495 when the crash occurred in Union City between the Kennedy Boulevard and Bergenline Avenue underpasses around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Port Authority said. There wasn't an exact count of those injured, although none of them appeared seriously hurt, witnesses said. A westbound vehicle had struck another vehicle, sending…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Motorcycle Crash Closes Highway Ramp In Weehawken Motorcycle Crash Closes Highway Ramp In Weehawken
Motorcycle Crash Closes Highway Ramp In Weehawken A motorcycle crash closed a portion of Route 495 in Weehawken Thursday. The westbound Route 3 ramp was down to one lane for a crash investigation as of 6:50 p.m. This is a developing story. Check back for more.

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by Cecilia Levine
Police & Fire
Officer Helps Rescue Motorist In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Officer Helps Rescue Motorist In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel
Officer Helps Rescue Motorist In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Two Wyckoff police officers helped save the life of a 74-year-old driver whose car crashed into two others when he suffered a heart attack Thursday on Route 495 near the Lincoln Tunnel, authorities said. Officers Michael Teegan and Michael Scalise were transporting a prisoner from Weehawken to Hackensack when they were flagged down by a motorist involved in a crash on the westbound highway near the Kennedy Boulevard interchange in Union City around 2 p.m., Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The motorist "advised the officers that the other driver was still in his car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco
Police & Fire
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass
Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass A Union City DPW garbage truck plummeted off an overpass onto westbound Route 495 in Weehawken after the driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with critical injuries, they said.  A passenger in the truck sustained a broken femur, police at the scene told Daily Voice. The driver -- who apparently suffered a heart attack -- and another person who was on the street above were also hospitalized, as were several people who were aboard a bus that struck the truck after it landed, they said. In to…

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by Jerry DeMarco