Banana Load Shifts, Tractor-Trailer Tips Exiting Route 80

A tractor-trailer driver was hospitalized after his rig tipped coming off Route 80 with a load of bananas, responders said.

Tractor-trailer hauling bananas tips at Green Street exit on westbound Route 80 in Hackensack.
Photo Credit: *CENTER: Hackensack FD / BACKGROUND: Michele Toriello Berens (FACEBOOK)*

Jerry DeMarco

10/01/2022 3:00 p.m.

The driver climbed out of his cab after the rig landed on its side at the Green Street exit off the westbound highway in Hackensack shortly before 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 1.

He was taken to Hackensack University Medical Center with injuries that weren't considered serious.

Hackensack firefighters cleaned up a minor fuel spill. New Jersey State Police responded and are investigating the cause.

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