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Cement Truck Rolls On Route 208

A driver escaped serious injury Thursday morning after his cement truck rolled onto a divider at an entrance to Route 208 in Fair Lawn.

A driver escaped serious injury after his cement truck rolled onto a divider on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Thursday morning, April 4.

A driver escaped serious injury after his cement truck rolled onto a divider on Route 208 in Fair Lawn Thursday morning, April 4.

Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Fair Lawn police officers who arrived first assisted the 51-year-old driver from Jersey City out of the truck.

Fair Lawn police officers who arrived first assisted the 51-year-old driver from Jersey City out of the truck.

 Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
The truck was fully loaded at 70,000 pounds when it tipped on the ramp to Route 208 from Fair Lawn Avenue.

The truck was fully loaded at 70,000 pounds when it tipped on the ramp to Route 208 from Fair Lawn Avenue.

 Photo Credit: Boyd A. Loving for DAILY VOICE
Jerry DeMarco

The truck was fully loaded and tipping the scale at 70,000 pounds -- as in: 35 tons -- when it tipped on the ramp to the southbound highway from eastbound Fair Lawn Avenue around 9:30 a.m. April 4, according to a representative for Tanis Concrete who was at the scene.

The truck was doing about 20 to 25 miles an hour, the employee of the Fair Lawn-based company said.

Fair Lawn police officers who arrived first assisted the 51-year-old driver from Jersey City out of the truck, Sgt. Eric Eleshewich said.

An EMS unit took him to The Valley Hospital after he complained of an arm injury.

A heavy-duty wrecker was requested to remove the truck.

Police are investigating the cause.

Boyd A. Loving took the photos and contributed to this story.

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