Truck Crash Snarls Commute out of NYC on Eve of Holiday

First responders work the scene after a garbage truck careened off an overpass onto the westbound lanes of Route 495, in Union City, N.J., on July 3, 2019. WABC-TV via AP

UNION CITY, N.J.—An overturned garbage truck has blocked a major route out of New York City during the evening commute before the Fourth of July weekend.

The orange truck lay upside down on July 3 on an embankment on the New Jersey side of the Lincoln Tunnel.