Tow truck leaking fluid after crash on Laurel Avenue

Heard on: Maplewood Police Department

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This transcript is auto-generated from live dispatch audio and may be incomplete or inaccurate. It is not an official report and may change.

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Can you take a ride past Laurel and Hilton on the Union border?

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So Union had an accident on Hilton Avenue.

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They took the accident report.

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The vehicle that needed to be towed for the accident was left on Laurel Avenue, parked.

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The tow truck that they sent.

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To do the tow, became disabled once he arrived on scene.

00:23

His truck started leaking lots of fluid.

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Approximately ten gallons worth of fluid is leaking currently on Laurel Avenue.

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Union has their FD on scene.

00:32

We do not need to send our Maplewood FD, but Union is advising us and just letting us know, or we can check the scene just to make sure everything's set for on our end.

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Okay.

00:54

All right, Central 394, I just got a call from Union FD asking to be transferred to our FD.

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They are going to be needing FD to respond.

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They're advising them now.

8/11/2026 01:03 PM

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Hilton Ave & Laurel Ave, Maplewood, NJ 07040

Tow truck leaking fluid after crash on Laurel Avenue

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Not official report. AI-generated from public dispatch audio. Always verify with official sources.

As discussed during the dispatch call, officers discussed a prior vehicle crash on Hilton Avenue near the Union border, where a damaged vehicle was left parked on Laurel Avenue. The tow truck sent to remove it became disabled at the scene and began leaking an apparent large amount of fluid on Laurel Avenue. Union fire crews were on scene, and Maplewood fire was later requested to respond to the fluid hazard.

Tow truck leaking fluid after crash on Laurel Avenue

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