By Michael O. Allen, Record Staff Writer | Sunday, November 4, 1990
The Record (New Jersey) | All Editions | NEWS | Page A04
A truck’s trailer, carrying flammable printing ink, overturned Saturday morning and caused a six-hour shutdown of Route 3 west in front of Giants Stadium, inconveniencing fans on their way to the Notre Dame-Navy football game.
No one was injured.
Richard P. Deckert, the driver, said he did not know what caused the accident. No summonses were issued, and an investigation was continuing, said East Rutherford Fire Department spokesman Lt. Peter Hodge.
“All I know is, I was going through the turn, and I looked in the mirror, and I saw the truck was lying on the ground,” said Deckert, 48, of Lebanon, Pa. “I didn’t even see it drop off.”
Along with a 55-gallon drum of ink, the truck carried five gallons of methyl ethyl ketone, a highly flammable solvent, and several empty cardboard boxes in its two trailers, said East Rutherford Fire Chief Tom Miller.
Although the ink drum was punctured when the 40-foot trailer flipped, the ink did not spill on the roadway, Hodge said.
Caption: PHOTO – STEVE AUCHARD / THE RECORD – Hazardous-materials workers and East Rutherford firefighters working with a trailer that overturned on Route 3 west on Saturday.
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