Traffic & Transit
Ice Cream Truck Falls 20 Feet Down A Cliff In Fort Lee
The 22-year-old driver was able to get out of the truck after it fell 20 feet down an embankment.
FORT LEE, NJ — An Ice Cream truck rolled down a cliff in Fort Lee, Thursday Afternoon after the driver lost control while heading north on Henry Hudson Drive, police said.
The car fell 20 feet down the embankment, before hitting a bunch of trees and landing on its left side.
The driver, a 22-year-old man from Toms River, was able to make his way out of the truck and was standing by it when police arrived.
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Police said the man was assisted by several bystanders out of the truck right after it veered off the road.
He complained of pain in his head and neck and was taken to the Hackensack University Medical Center.
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Police were called to the scene of the accident at 4:10 p.m. There were no other vehicles involved, and the accident is being investigated.
The ice cream truck has since been towed out.
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