Saturday night was no April fool’s joke for Budd Lake and Byram firefighters around 5 pm calls came in for a tractor trailer overturned across all lanes on Interstate 80 East at MM 23 units from Budd Lake and Byram fire and first aid responded and with the arrival of Chief Maloney started to sort out who was hurt as crew arrived and started to secure the truck and a car that was also involved in the crash 2 people one being the truck drive and one person from the car were transported to a local hospital with minor injuries. The roadway remained shut down for several hours but an hour into the call Budd Lake Firefighters were called to Elizabeth Ave in their town for a chimney fire as soon as the fire trucks could get through the scene Byram stayed on scene for cleanup and the Budd Lake units responded to the chimney fire. Flanders Fire had assisted with the chimney fire and that was quickly taken care of and all units returned to service.
