Traffic & Transit
Taxi On Fire Shuts Down NJ Turnpike In Woodbridge
Photos: A yellow taxi cab that became fully engulfed in flames shut down traffic on the NJ Turnpike Friday just south of the GSP.
WOODBRIDGE, NJ — A yellow taxi cab that caught fire and became fully engulfed in flames shut down traffic northbound on the NJ Turnpike just before the Garden State Parkway Friday afternoon.
The call of the taxi on fire came in at 1:14 p.m., State Police told Patch. The taxi cab became fully engulfed but the driver was able to get out safely. This happened at mile marker 89.7 in Woodbridge Twp.
The NJT northbound was backed up from about 1:15 to 1:50 p.m. Friday, but traffic is moving now. The scene was all clear by 1:50 p.m. Friday.
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#crash on the #Jersey Turnpike causing major delays southbound, close to the #Garden State Parkway pic.twitter.com/6N9FQCzReT
— Barbara Boyer (@BBBoyer) August 17, 2018
En route to #Newark airport hope nobody was injured- on the NJ turnpike nb a little bit ago - a taxi on fire cc: @NewsThisSecond @njdotcom @news12nj @reporterjim @njtvnews @ny1 @breakingnycnews @schmittnyc @cnn #travel pic.twitter.com/lC2bFDwZKN
— Alisha Sternenberger (@ASternenberger) August 17, 2018
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