A tractor-trailer crash into a sound-barrier along Route 3 eastbound in Clifton, New Jersey, has caused the entire highway to be shut down after the truck exploded and burned. Route 3 is a main road into and out of New York City via the Lincoln Tunnel.
No word on what caused the crash on Route 3 eastbound between Valley Road and Grove street.
Police managed to shut down the highway before the truck exploded.
Nearby homes, on the other side of the highway sound barrier, have been scorched by the heat of the blaze, with vinyl siding clearly seen as melted.
Burning fuel from the truck gushed into nearby sewers, which also went on fire, with smoke seen emanating from sewers a half mile away:
Video from a nearby overpass shows the scope of the incident:
Route 3 remains closed in both directions. This is about 5 miles west of my house in New Jersey.
