Fatal motorcycle accident on NJ Turnpike ties up traffic

TEANECK, N.J. (AP) -- Authorities say that a motorcycle driver was killed early Friday morning in a crash that shutdown lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike and caused major traffic delays.
State police said the motorcyclist was killed in the crash around 2 a.m. on the local southbound lanes of the New Jersey Turnpike in Teaneck. All lanes were blocked for several hours.
Traffic delays for traffic on the George Washington Bridge headed into New Jersey built to 60 minutes at one point.
There were also northbound delays on the turnpike because of volume.
Just before 7:30 a.m. the accident was cleared and traffic began to move through the area again.
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