Update: Northbound Route 287 Closed At Route 208 After Major Heavy Equipment Mishap

Northbound Route 287 remained closed for hours following an accident involving a paving company dump truck and several pieces of heavy equipment.

Route 287 northbound was expected to remain closed well into the evening rush.
Photo Credit: *Jerry DeMarco*

The dump truck ended up stuck atop the embankment off northbound Route 287 in Mahwah.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

Mahwah firefighters at the scene of the crash off northbound Route 287 just south of Darlington Avenue.
Photo Credit: *Boyd A. Loving*

A real mess on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah.
Photo Credit: *Jerry DeMarco*

The operation lasted several hours on northbound Route 287 in Mahwah.
Photo Credit: *Jerry DeMarco*

Camp Towing in Wayne handled the heavy-duty job on Route 287 in Mahwah.
Photo Credit: *Jo Fehl for DAILY VOICE*

Jerry DeMarco

11/30/2022 5:22 p.m.

The truck, which had been pulling a trailer, ended up perched precariously atop an embankment near mile marker 64, just south of Darlington Avenue in Mahwah, after taking out a stretch of guardrail and losing its load around 3 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 30.

The trailer went down the embankment, as did a Bobcat that was on it, all headed toward the Mahwah municipal pool, witnesses said.

Left in the middle of the highway was a paver believed to weigh nearly 40 tons.

The driver got out on his own, after which police summoned an ALS unit because of "altered levels of consciousness." There was no further word on the extent of his injuries or where he was taken.

The area is the same stretch of road that has claimed several tractor-trailers and other vehicles this year.

The northbound highway was closed at Route 208 in Franklin Lakes while heavy wreckers from Camp Towing in Wayne hoisted the dump truck, the trailer and the Bobcat from out of the woods.

New Jersey State Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

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