Driver hospitalized after trailer dislodges in crash, falls over Route 287 bridge in Oakland

UPDATE: A trailer filled with Gatorade bottles popped from a trailer and fell over a bridge into the Ramap River during a crash with a compact car on northbound Route 287 in Oakland tonight.

The driver was hospitalized with minor injuries following the crash just after 8:40 p.m., New Jersey State Police said.

Responders included Oakland, Fair Lawn, Franklin Lakes and Wyckoff firefighters, NJSP troopers and Fair Lawn and Mahwah hazardous materials units, who assembled containment booms in the river for a diesel spill.

Ringwood and Midland Park firefighters provided mutual aid.

State Police were investigating.

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CLIFFVIEW PILOT (top)
Courtesy ALAN TANI (above)

 

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