1 Dead After Tractor-Trailer Overturns On I-95 In Ridgefield Park
RIDGEFIELD PARK, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The driver of a tractor-trailer is dead and another man injured in a crash on Interstate 95 in New Jersey.
State police said 58-year-old Thomas Andrews of Keyport crashed his SUV into the median on Interstate 95 at around 5 a.m. Friday in the northbound lanes in Ridgefield Park near the Interstate 80 split.
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State troopers said the driver of a tractor-trailer hauling orange juice was unable to stop and hit the SUV, then overturned.
1 Dead After Tractor-Trailer Overturns On I-95 In Ridgefield Park
"The driver of the tractor-trailer observed the accident in front of him, but was unable to stop," said State police spokesman Lt. Brian Polite.
The truck driver was killed. His name hasn't been released.
Andrews is in stable condition with a head injury. Polite said investigators are at the hospital talking with him to "ascertain what exactly caused him to strike the median."
1 Dead After Tractor-Trailer Overturns On I-95
Two of the three local lanes northbound are open, but drivers should expect delays and may want to consider alternate routes.
An investigation into the crash is ongoing.
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