Updated May 05, 2010 Suspicious Truck Shuts Down New York City’s Triborough Bridge
New York City police are investigating a truck abandoned several yards from a toll booth near the Manhattan side of the Triborough Bridge.
Police say witnesses reported seeing a man flee the vehicle Wednesday night. A smell of gasoline was reported coming from the vehicle, which was described as a U-Haul or Ryder truck.
The bridge has been shut down to traffic. Emergency services officers along with the bomb Squad and the fire department are responding to the scene.
The Triborough Bridge was recently renamed the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. It’s a complex of spans connecting Manhattan, Queens and the Bronx.
The incident comes just days after a failed car bomb attack in Times Square.