Union City, NEW JERSEY — A garbage truck crashed off an overpass onto Route 495 Wednesday, injuring multiple people near the Lincoln Tunnel.

The incident happened around 1:00 p.m. near Pleasant Avenue in Weekhawken Twp.

The City of Union City sanitation truck came to a rest upside-down against a wall.

Two workers inside the truck were wounded and at least five others in a Bolt Bus were also hurt.

All lanes of Route 495 westbound were blocked and eastbound was extremely slow.

@CNN there is a bad accident on the Lincoln Tunnel helix pic.twitter.com/tAi1h4id0b — Lindsey Bordone (@LindseyBordone) July 3, 2019

@ABC7NY currently passing scene heading into Lincoln Tunnel – traffic outbound stopped due to accident. pic.twitter.com/x6K8CYiPd1 — Jeff Russo (@JeffRussoWKBW) July 3, 2019

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