A motorcyclist was killed early on Thursday in a collision with a tractor-trailer on the George Washington Bridge, according to Port Authority police, as reported by NJ Radar Online, citing News 12 New Jersey. PIX11 News also reported that a motorcyclist was fatally hit on the bridge on Thursday morning, citing the FDNY, and CBS 2 reported major delays at the bridge and on the Cross Bronx Expressway after the deadly crash.
Source: NJ Radar Online (Port Authority Police / News 12 New Jersey)
The crash occurred at approximately 5:19 a.m. on October 22 on the eastbound upper-level Trans-Manhattan Expressway, according to Port Authority police. Emergency crews from the Port Authority and the New York City Fire Department responded. The motorcyclist was pronounced dead at the scene, and the tractor-trailer driver was not injured, the report said.
Authorities temporarily closed the upper-level lanes heading into New York City, causing miles of traffic backups around Fort Lee, New Jersey. Fort Lee police urged motorists to avoid the bridge area and allow extra travel time, and officers were deployed across the borough to manage congestion. By later on Thursday morning, one left lane had reopened, although significant delays continued, NJ Radar Online reported; PIX11 also reported lanes reopening after the fatal crash.
Time: about 5:19 a.m., Thursday, October 22. Place: eastbound upper level of the George Washington Bridge. The rider died at the scene; the truck driver was not injured. The cause of the crash remains under investigation, and the rider's name had not been released in the reports reviewed.
Thursday's fatal crash was the second deadly incident on the bridge this week, after a driver was shot and killed on the bridge's westbound upper level on Tuesday evening in a separate incident that Awaaz Punjab has already reported. The two incidents are not connected, but both heavily disrupted one of the busiest crossings between New Jersey and New York.
The George Washington Bridge carries traffic between Fort Lee, New Jersey, and upper Manhattan and is a daily route for commuters and truck drivers across the New York–New Jersey region, home to large Punjabi communities in both states.