SUV totaled after rear-ending crash cushion at Route 3 bridge project in Rutherford

ONLY ON CVP: A Ford Escape slammed into an impact attenuator on Route 3 in Rutherford around noon, sending the SUV driver to the hospital.

Photo Credit: *CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Bryce Simpson*

Jerry DeMarco

10/28/2014 1:17 a.m.

None of the J. Fletcher Creamer crews working the Ridge Road bridge renovation project was injured in the left-lane crash.

The Escape was towed, while Creamer employees drove away the truck with the damaged attenuator.

Attenuators — more commonly known as crash or cowboy cushions — are designed to protect workers and reduce damage to structures in the event of a crash during a bridge or road project. They absorb the colliding vehicle’s energy.

STORY/PHOTOS: CLIFFVIEW PILOT Correspondent Bryce Simpson

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