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Driver To Blame In Union City Truck Crash That Closed Lincoln Tunnel: Prosecutor
A garbage truck crashed onto Route 495 West in Union City earlier this summer because the driver hit the gas instead of the brake, investigators from the Hudson County Prosecutor's Office said Thursday. Eulalio Diaz, 53, was at the wheel of the Union City DPW truck July 3 when it was involved in a collision at 30th Street and Palisade Avenue. Diaz's truck was traveling east when it hit a Honda Odyssey, sending it crashing into another car, the prosecutor's office said. Diaz continued east and hit another vehicle, sending that crashing into yet another car, a Nissan Murano, befor…
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Driver Critical After Garbage Truck Plummets Off Overpass
A Union City DPW garbage truck plummeted off an overpass onto westbound Route 495 in Weehawken after the driver suffered a medical emergency Wednesday afternoon, responders told Daily Voice. The driver was taken to Jersey City Medical Center with critical injuries, they said. A passenger in the truck sustained a broken femur, police at the scene told Daily Voice. The driver -- who apparently suffered a heart attack -- and another person who was on the street above were also hospitalized, as were several people who were aboard a bus that struck the truck after it landed, they said. In to…