Tractor-trailer topples traffic light, clogs Paramus streets

YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST: The driver of a tractor-trailer making a right from northbound Paramus Road to eastbound West Linwood Avenue in Paramus cut the corner too close and toppled a utility police this afternoon.

Jerry DeMarco

05/24/2013 10:34 p.m.

Eastbound West Linwood Avenue was closed between Paramus Road and Route 17 while crews repaired the damage after the traffic signal police was struck about 2:45 p.m.

Traffic crawled through the area for nearly two hours as Paramus, Ridgewood and Bergen County police and electrical crews kept busy.

Also responding were Ridgewood Emergency Services personnel.

STORY / PHOTOS: Boyd A. Loving

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