Union City, NEW JERSEY — A garbage truck crashed off an overpass onto Route 495 Wednesday, injuring multiple people near the Lincoln Tunnel.
The incident happened around 1:00 p.m. near Pleasant Avenue in Weekhawken Twp.
The City of Union City sanitation truck came to a rest upside-down against a wall.
Two workers inside the truck were wounded and at least five others in a Bolt Bus were also hurt.
All lanes of Route 495 westbound were blocked and eastbound was extremely slow.
@CNN there is a bad accident on the Lincoln Tunnel helix pic.twitter.com/tAi1h4id0b
— Lindsey Bordone (@LindseyBordone) July 3, 2019
#Breaking Truck overturns in #UnionCity near Lincoln Tunnel. pic.twitter.com/1v7F4U9hMl
— Fox5NY (@fox5ny) July 3, 2019
@ABC7NY currently passing scene heading into Lincoln Tunnel – traffic outbound stopped due to accident. pic.twitter.com/x6K8CYiPd1
— Jeff Russo (@JeffRussoWKBW) July 3, 2019
https://t.co/nFPx3tCI2b pic.twitter.com/sUDnGlQ364
— Henry Rosoff (@HenryRosoff) July 3, 2019
