Crime & Safety
1 Dead In I-95 Crash In Teaneck: Police
A box truck and tractor-trailer collided shortly before 7 a.m., traffic was still delayed at 10 a.m., State Police said.
TEANECK, NJ — One person is dead following a motor vehicle crash on Interstate 95 Monday morning, State Police confirmed.
The crash involved a tractor-trailer and a box truck and occurred at 6:49 a.m. on I-95 in Teaneck, said Trooper Charles Marchan.
The deceased person was not identified and Marchan could not confirm what vehicle they were in when the crash occurred.
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The box truck was pinned underneath the back of a ShopRite tractor-trailer, NorthJersey.com reported. Teaneck and Hackensack firefighters extricated the box truck driver from the vehicle.
All lanes were blocked on I-95 near exit 68 at about 10 a.m., according to 511nj.org, the state's emergency traffic notification system.
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Area traffic was awful Monday as there was nearly a two-hour delay approaching the George Washington Bridge following a six-vehicle pile up on the Cross Bronx Expressway.
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