Box Truck Rams Gas Pump, Igniting Fire On Northbound Route 17 In Upper Saddle River

A box truck whose driver swerved to avoid colliding with another vehicle careened off northbound Route 17 in Upper Saddle River and slammed into a service station pump, igniting a pre-dawn fire Thursday.

A hazardous materials unit responded and found no need for further action, police said.
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Jerry DeMarco

04/04/2019 10:54 a.m.

The 38-year-old driver from Perth Amboy wasn’t injured in the crash at the Valero station just before the Upper Saddle River/Ramsey exit shortly after 4:30 a.m., Detective Lt. Edward Kane said.

Members of the borough’s volunteer fire department doused the blaze, the lieutenant said.

A hazardous materials unit responded and found no need for further action, he said.

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ALSO SEE: Firefighters used chemicals to extinguish a fire at the Triangle Manufacturing plant in Upper Saddle River early Thursday.

https://dailyvoice.com/new-jersey/northernhighlands/police-fire/firefighters-use-dry-chemicals-to-douse-blaze-at-upper-saddle-river-medical-manufacturer/765541/

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