APRIL 27, 2015
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y.
Two tractor-trailers collided on the Brooklyn-bound upper
level of the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge Monday morning, spilling about
100 gallons of diesel fuel onto the roadway.
No injuries were reported in the 9:30 a.m. crash.
The preliminary investigation shows one truck appeared to
have rear-ended the other near the Brooklyn tower, according to Judy Glave, a
spokeswoman for the MTA. The second
truck is the one which leaked the fuel, Ms. Glave said.
Two lanes were blocked as a result of the cleanup.
Some cars behind the accident were eventually able to be
backed up and re-directed into the Brooklyn-bound upper level lane for the Belt
Parkway, but some motorists were stuck behind the crash until the fuel was
cleaned up and the trailers were removed, Ms. Glave said.
Brooklyn-bound traffic on the Staten Island Expressway was
diverted to the Verrazano's lower level.
The trucks could not be separated and the first truck pulled
the second truck to the disabled area just off the bridge, past 92nd Street,
Ms. Glave said.
The upper level was re-opened at 11:40 a.m.