Traffic & Transit
Rt. 17 Ramp Closed After Beer-Carrying Tractor-Trailer Tips
Cases and beer and kegs were strewn all over the ground, police said.
BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — The ramp to Route 17 North at Route 3 East in Rutherford was closed for hours Wednesday due to a tractor-trailer overturning and spilling beer all over the highway, authorities said.
The 53-foot-long tractor-trailer tipped over on the ramp and cases and beer and kegs were strewn all over the ground, said Rutherford Police Chief John Russo.
"It is common for tractor-trailers to tip at that ramp," Russo said.
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The crash occurred shortly before 11 a.m. The driver was not injured and was safely extricated from the cab, Russo said.
Personnel were on scene removing the beer and kegs from the road and loading them up into another tractor-trailer, Russo said.
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