A driver was hospitalized after the raised bed of his roll-off truck struck a railroad bridge and landed on its side Monday morning in Hawthorne, authorities said.
The driver apparently had just delivered a trash container and drove off without lowering the bed before it struck the nearby Wagaraw Road bridge at Lincoln Street at 6:49 a.m., said Nancy Snyder, NJ Transit's chief media relations and communications officer.
He was taken to St. Joseph’s Regional Medical Center in Paterson with injuries that weren’t considered life-threatening, she said, adding that he also received a summons for careless driving. Firefighters cleaned up a large leak from the saddle tank and hydraulic system.
“Companies worked for close to 3 hours to contain the spill and secure the scene,” the Hawthorne Fire Department reported.