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Tight
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: Tractor Trailer Topples Traffic Signal In Paramus (
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An elongated tractor trailer took down a traffic control signal in a tight turn at a Paramus intersection Tuesday, Oct. 10. The truck driver was turning right from A&S Drive onto Winters Avenue, when a car coming toward him forced him to quickly steer more to the right, around 1 p.m., sources tell Daily Voice. Because of the quick steering move, the wide turn became a tight one, and the trailer bed ended up toppling the traffic signal outside of the Oradell Animal Hospital. The Paramus Police Department's traffic maintenance unit was on scene in minutes to quickly clear the intersecti…
Police & Fire
Seriously
? Yet Another Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Near NJ/NY Border
Another tractor-trailer jack-knifed, landing on its side, on a notorious stretch of road near the New Jersey-New York border in northwest Bergen County before dawn Tuesday. Northbound Route 17 was temporarily closed near the Route 287 flyover in Mahwah just south of Rockland County near Mountainside Avenue after the 4:09 a.m. crash on Aug. 29, Police Chief Timothy O'Hara said. "The driver told the officers that he was traveling northbound in the right lane when he felt the load shift in the trailer because of what he described as 'angled pavement' in a temporary lane due to construction in …
Police & Fire
Firearm In Tractor Trailer Driver's Cab Discharges In I-78 Fire
A 48-year-old tractor trailer driver from Connecticut is facing weapons offenses after his loaded handgun began discharging when his vehicle went up in flames Friday, Dec. 30 on Route 78, authorities said. The tractor trailer overturned in westbound lanes near milepost 27.1 in Bedminster around 3:50 p.m., and the vehicle became fully engulfed, New Jersey State Police Sgt. Alejandro Goez said. During the investigation, troopers found the Bridgeport, CT driver's loaded .45 caliber handgun had discharged within the truck, Goez said. Andrew Hardial was hospitalized with non-life-thr…
News
Overnight Tractor-Trailer Crash Ties Up Route 17
A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized following an overnight crash on Route 17, authorities said. Traffic was initially limited to one lane in each direction after the northbound rig hit the center median around 2 a.m. near the Valero gas station, leaving the tractor on one side of the divider and the trailer on the other. The driver, 47, was taken to The Valley Hospital with a back injury, Upper Saddle River Detective Lt. Edward Kane said. Ramsey Auto removed the rig and the scene was cleared in about an hour, the lieutenant said. Members of the New Jersey departments of environ…
News
Hell
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Wheels
: GWB Tractor-Trailer Crash Jams Morning Rush Several Miles Into Bergen County
UPDATE: It became worse than the usual hell heading into Manhattan on Monday after a tractor-trailer jack-knifed and slammed into the divider on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge before dawn. Wreckers were needed to remove the wreckage, the median required repairs and firefighters had to clean up a fuel spill following the 5 a.m. crash, which ruptured the rig's fuel tank. This kept three of four inbound lanes closed for several hours, jamming local streets and producing highway backups that lasted well past the morning rush -- at one point reaching all the way to Route 17, whi…
Police & Fire
Overturned Tractor Trailer Closes Route 440
A tractor trailer overturned on Route 440 due Tuesday morning. The incident occurred north of Kennedy Boulevard in Bayonne/Jersey City around 8:40 a.m. All lanes were closed as of 8:50 a.m., 511nj.org reports.
Police & Fire
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: Dr. Pepper Pallets Strewn Across Route 78 In Tractor-Trailer Rollover Crash
A truckload of Dr. Pepper pallets were strewn across Route 78 in a Warren County rollover crash Monday night, authorities said. The tractor-trailer carrying the pallets crashed and flipped over in the westbound lanes just before exit 3, the Stewartsville Volunteer Fire Company said. The driver was able to escape from the overturned truck without injury, authorities said. “Fortunately the only injuries were pallets of #drpepper,” the department said in a Facebook post with photos of the incident. The post received feedback from both serious and lighthearted commenters: “I am available to …
News
Strewn Bales Of Hay On Thruway Jams Traffic Bound For GS Parkway
Call it a "bale" out: Bundles of hay that couldn't clear an overpass were knocked from a flatbed truck onto the southbound New York State Thruway on Tuesday, jamming New Jersey-bound traffic. No injuries were reported in the mishap. Hay bales stretched for nearly a quarter mile starting around the Garden State Parkway 14A ramp and truck pit in Nanuet around 12:15 p.m. South Spring Valley and Tallman firefighters responded along with New York State Police. The view from Airmont Road.Rockland Report No injuries were reported in the mishap, which stretched hay bales for nearly a quart…
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