Crime & Safety
Truck Collides with Hillside Ave. Overpass
Chatham Borough Police responded to the scene.
A large truck failed to make it underneath the Hillside Avenue train overpass Thursday night.
The truck became lodged under the bridge at about 8 p.m. Thursday.
Chatham Borough Police responded to the scene and can be seen in the photos submitted by Toby Kennedy.
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Details about the accident were not immediately available from police Thursday evening. Chatham Patch will update this story when further information becomes available.
Overpasses throughout Chatham Borough have been similarly struck by large trucks in the past, including bridges across Washington Avenue, Hillside Avenue and especially Watchung Avenue. From July to August 2012, the Watchung Avenue bridge was struck seven times.
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NJ Transit sends engineers to inspect the bridges each time it is hit.
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