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UPDATE: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic UPDATE: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic
Update: Bus Lane Crash Paralyzes Lincoln Tunnel Traffic UPDATE: A commuter bus and four other vehicles were involved in a chain-reaction crash that jammed rush-hour traffic into and out of the Lincoln Tunnel. The inbound bus was headed east toward the inbound tunnel in the specially designated lane on the westbound side of Route 495 when the crash occurred in Union City between the Kennedy Boulevard and Bergenline Avenue underpasses around 6:30 a.m. Tuesday, the Port Authority said. There wasn't an exact count of those injured, although none of them appeared seriously hurt, witnesses said. A westbound vehicle had struck another vehicle, sending…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Wyckoff Police Officers Help Rescue Motorist, 74, In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Wyckoff Police Officers Help Rescue Motorist, 74, In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel
Wyckoff Police Officers Help Rescue Motorist, 74, In Heart-Attack Crash Near Lincoln Tunnel Two Wyckoff police officers helped save the life of a 74-year-old driver whose car crashed into two others when he suffered a heart attack Thursday on Route 495 near the Lincoln Tunnel, authorities said. Officers Michael Teegan and Michael Scalise were transporting a prisoner from Weehawken to Hackensack when they were flagged down by a motorist involved in a crash on the westbound highway near the Kennedy Boulevard interchange in Union City around 2 p.m., Wyckoff Police Lt. Joseph Soto said. The motorist "advised the officers that the other driver was still in his car a…

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by Jerry DeMarco