Tractor Trailer MVA w/Fire and rescue - Ridgefield, NJ

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RIDGEFIELD, NJ - An Orange County man is lucky to be alive after his tractor-trailer crashed in New Jersey today.

State troopers and firefighters rescued Lawrence Scherf, of Vails Gate, who fell into a creek after his tractor-trailer crashed through a guardrail and caught fire along the New Jersey Turnpike.

The crash happened just before 6 a.m. in the northbound lanes where the turnpike meets Interstate 80 in Ridgefield. The man went into the waters of the Overpeck Creek.

Link to News12 Hudson Valley;

http://hudsonvalley.news12.com/news/orange-county-truck-driver-lawrence-scherf-narrowly-escapes-death-1.9095283#autoplay=true

Hell of a job on the part of theTroopers, hats off to them and all emergency responders involved in this incident.

Speedy recovery to the driver, who is ironically from my town.

Edited August 19, 2014 by BFD1054