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UPDATE: Driver Who Caused 3-Mile Oil Slick In Newark Comes Forward UPDATE: Driver Who Caused 3-Mile Oil Slick In Newark Comes Forward
Update: Driver Who Caused 3-Mile Oil Slick In Newark Comes Forward No charges will be filed or summonses issued against the driver of a truck that leaked a 3-mile slick of used vegetable oil in Newark's Ironbound last week, police said.  As it passed through the area around 3:40 p.m. Oct. 15, the truck left behind a trail on Wilson Avenue and on Stockton, Delancy, Adams and Thomas streets, snarling traffic as Hazmat teams covered the oil with sand.  The driver turned himself in at 3rd Precinct headquarters Friday after police released photos of the truck and asked for the public's help identifying it.  Police determined that the spill was a…

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by Paul Milo