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Tractor-Trailer Driver, 78, Hospitalized After Rig Rams Route 4 Guardrail

UPDATE: A 78-year-old Paterson resident was hospitalized after his tractor-trailer slammed into and onto a guardrail at the River Edge exit on eastbound Route 4 overnight, authorities said.

The rig hit the metal railing on the highway's eastbound side just off Main Street shortly after 1:30 a.m. Thursday, March 30, Police Chief Michael Walker said.

The driver was initially tended to by borough police and firefighters from River Edge and Hackensack.

He was then taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that the chief said weren't considered life-threatening.

The tractor slammed into the metal guardrail at the River Edge exit on eastbound Route 4 around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, March 30.

HACKENSACK FD

A heavy-duty wrecker from Brookside Towing removed the rig, which apparently had been leased out of Middlesex County.

A lane remained open during much of the operation.

Brian Groschel/Travis Morrison

The exit was obviously closed, and a single lane of Route 4 remained open for a good deal of the time. 

The roadway was completely reopened around 4:30 a.m., three hours or so after the crash.

Brookside Towing removed the rig with a heavy-duty wrecker.

Brian Groschel/Travis Morrison

The cause of the crash was being investigated.

The rig slid up the railing on the eastbound side of Route 4 in River Edge around 1:30 a.m. Thursday, March 30.

HACKENSACK FD

The 78-year-old tractor-trailer driver was taken to HUMC with injuries that weren't considered life-threatening after the crash on eastbound Route 4.

Brian Groschel/Travis Morrison

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