PARSIPPANY — Tractor trailer crashed on Route 80 Westbound, near mile marker 46 at approximately 6:30 p.m. Inital reports indicated a person was trapped inside a vehicle, but upon arrival of Parsippany Volunteer Fire District 5 Fire Department it was determined there was no entrapment. Rockaway Neck Volunteer Ambulance Squad was called to the scene and Parsippany EMS reported one person to St. Clare’s Hospital.
Morris County Hazmat and the Department of Environmental Protection were called to the scene on reports indicate a large fuel from crash spilling onto the hill near Route 46 from overpass. Route 80 remained closed to contain the spill and await a tow truck. The traffic was detoured onto Route 46. The U-Turn in front of the Holiday Inn was closed off and all traffic had to remain on Route 46.
