Multiple people were injured in the crash, police said.
EDISON -- Route 287 north in Edison is choked with traffic Wednesday afternoon after a crash involving at least two trucks and two cars.
Police say that multiple people were injured in the crash, first reported around 4:07 p.m. near mile marker 1.3.
At 4:30 p.m., a mangled minivan sat in the middle of the roadway, next to a damaged box truck and a tractor-trailer. Another car was disabled in the grassy median. Traffic on 287 south was also backing up due to drivers slowing down to look at the scene.
Just before 5 p.m., authorities had closed the three leftmost lanes of 287 north, with only one lane getting through, causing significant delays. The roadway originates in New Jersey at the Outerbridge Crossing.
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