At least 1 dead in 4-vehicle accident
NEW YORK (CNN) -- At least one person is dead after a four-vehicle accident today on the Goethals Bridge linking Elizabeth, New Jersey, with Staten Island, law enforcement sources said.
Firefighters are working to free two people trapped in one of the vehicles, according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Three of the vehicles are tractor-trailers. At least one was carrying liquid oxygen, which is leaking onto the roadway, according to New York City's Department of Environmental Protection. A hazardous containment crew is responding, the department said.
The bridge will be closed for several hours, while emergency personnel contain the spill and clear the roadway.
An unknown number of injured were transported from the scene.