Lyndhurst firefighters extricate driver from van after NJ Turnpike crash

ONLY ON CVP: The driver of a box truck that collided with a tractor-trailer on the NJ Turnpike this afternoon was extricated by Lyndhurst firefighters and taken by the Lyndhurst Police Emergency Squad to University Medical Center in Newark.

Photo Credit: *Cliffview Pilot File Photo*

Jerry DeMarco

02/04/2015 7:02 p.m.

“The driver was alert and conscious,” State Police Sgt. Jeff Flynn told CLIFFVIEW PILOT a little over an hour after the 12:37 p.m. center-lane crash on the southbound west extension at milepost 110.5.

Firefighters rolled the dashboard forward with hydraulic tools.

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