Suspicious package found outside Holland Tunnel in New Jersey, USA
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<noinclude> Hazmat crews shut down and diverted traffic in the Holland Tunnel leading into New York City when a suspicious package was discovered after an accident. Reports say that the package was found near the entrance of the tunnel outside a gas station in Jersey City on the Jersey Avenue and 12th Street intersection and that the toll booths at the tunnel's entrance have been closed. Police used a robot to detonate the package, but it is not yet known what was inside the package. Shortly after 8:00 a.m. (eastern time) the tunnel was reo
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Hazmat crews shut down and diverted traffic in the Holland Tunnel leading into New York City when a suspicious package was discovered after an accident.
Reports say that the package was found near the entrance of the tunnel outside a gas station in Jersey City on the Jersey Avenue and 12th Street intersection and that the toll booths at the tunnel's entrance have been closed.
Police used a robot to detonate the package, but it is not yet known what was inside the package.
Shortly after 8:00 a.m. (eastern time) the tunnel was reopened to traffic.
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