Driver Hospitalized After Fair Lawn Crash Dumps Load Of Lumber

A driver was injured when his truck slammed into a guard rail, dumping a load of lumber near a busy Fair Lawn intersection.

The Blue Ridge Lumber driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by a Fair Lawn EMS ambulance following the crash on Plaza Road near Berdan Avenue shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Jerry DeMarco

12/19/2023 12:53 a.m.

The Blue Ridge Lumber driver was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center by a Fair Lawn EMS ambulance following the crash on Plaza Road near Berdan Avenue shortly before 2:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 18.

A team of co-workers from the Fair Lawn lumber company brought a huge forklift and cleaned up the mess. A heavy-duty wrecker removed the truck.

Fair Lawn police are investigating the cause.

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