Commuter Alert: Pickup Carrying Livestock Collides With Cement Truck On Verrazzano Bridge
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NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A crash on the Verrazzano Bridge had traffic backed up for miles this morning.
Police said a pickup truck collided with a cement truck around 4:30 a.m.
The pickup had a trailer on the back that was carrying livestock, including cattle, sheep and goats.
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The driver was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
No one else was hurt.
The Brooklyn-bound upper level was closed, so traffic was being redirected to the lower level.
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