Thursday, May 7, 2015

TWO TRACTOR TRAILER AND CAR CRASH ON ROUTE 1 NORTH IN NEW JERSEY CAUSES LARGE FUEL SPILL, DELAYS





MAY 7, 2015 

Just after 5 a.m. today, May 7, South Brunswick Police responded to a motor vehicle crash on Route 1 northbound at New Road. The crash involved two tractor trailers and a car. There was one non-life threatening injury. The crash created a large fuel spill.

The crash was the result of one truck driver failing to stop and rear ending a second tractor trailer and a car that were stopped at the traffic light for New Road, police said.

The crash ruptured the gas tank of one of the tractor trailers creating extensive clean up.

Police said the truck driver who failed to stop was the only injury in the crash. He was taken to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital in New Brunswick for treatment of non-life threatening injuries.

The crash clean up is causing traffic delays in the area. Only one north lane is open, and the highway is being closed at times for clean up work. Police said the clean up work will last at least until about 11 a.m.

The Monmouth Junction Fire Department, Monmouth Junction First Aid, and Middlesex County Hazmat along with New Jersey DOT are on location. Police are directing traffic at the location. 

Roads that are affected in addition to Route 1 are New Road and Route 522, police said. Readers also report that Route 27 is backed up