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Firefighters Free Severely Injured Driver In NJ Turnpike Pileup

Firefighters extricated the driver of a Lincoln SUV following a chain-reaction crash involving a tractor-trailer on the northbound New Jersey Turnpike in Bergen County.

Chain-reaction crash on northbound Route 95 in Ridgefield Park.

Chain-reaction crash on northbound Route 95 in Ridgefield Park.

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Firefighters had to extricate the SUV driver in the NJ Turnpike crash in Ridgefield Park.

Firefighters had to extricate the SUV driver in the NJ Turnpike crash in Ridgefield Park.

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Aftermath.

Aftermath.

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Four victims in all were hospitalized, one of whom was in traumatic arrest, following the pileup shortly before noon Monday near the Emerson Street overpass in Ridgefield Park, responders said.

A Jeep and a third SUV were also involved in the crash near mile marker 117.8.

Ridgefield Park firefighters freed the trapped driver and cleaned up a large fuel spill.

State Police confirmed the crash and said they were investigating. No further details were available Monday afternoon they said.

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