Recently the Budd Lake Fire Department was dispatched to the area of waterloo valley road and Kinney Road at a New Jersey Transit crossing for a report of a train that hit a tractor trailer. An engine and chief were tied up on a garbage fire in town so a City-Wide request was put out for Flanders Fire and an engine from nearby Netcong Fire. Units arrived and found a commuter train had struck a tractor trailer that was stuck on the tracks. After a quick assessment the driver of the truck was taken to an area hospital was non-life threating injuries and there were 7 other people on the train that were no injured. Units remained on scene for 4 hours until the truck was removed. Morris County Hazmat was called to oversee a vegetable oil spill from the truck. New Jersey Transit Poli8ce and Mount Olive police are investigating the crash.
