Cherry Hill Firefighters and EMTs responded to a reported motor vehicle accident in the northbound lanes of Route 295, mile marker 34B, in the early afternoon of Monday, December 3rd, 2007. Dispatchers were receiving reports of a car carrier flipped over on top of other vehicles, trapped occupants and leaking fuel oils. On arrival, Firefighters encountered a flat bed trailer that had flipped over just after the off-ramp from Route 70. One car had become disengaged from the flat bed and were also on the highway. No drivers were trapped.
A small amount of fuel had spilled from the saddle tank of the flipped flat bed and had started making it's way down the embankment. The CHFD Hazardous Materials team just happened to be on the initial response and they were asked to assess the fuel leak. They oversaw controlling the leak and standing by as tow trucks uprighted the vehicles. This accident caused a several mile long back-up in the northbound lanes for several hours. Further back, firefighters that had just freed up from the first incident were called to a second accident at Route 295, under the Berlin Road overpass involving two cars. This accident was deemed minor and there were only minor injuries at both accidents which are under investigation by the NJ State Police.
