QUEENS, New York (WABC) — Port Authority police had been investigating an obvious street rage incident on the Van Wyck Expressway close to JFK Airport on Tuesday morning.
Police responded round 4:50 a.m. for stories of a two-vehicle accident on the southbound Van Wyck Expressway close to the doorway to JFK Airport’s central terminal space.
Upon arrival, officers recognized an on-duty Customs and Border Safety officer who said he had been assaulted by one other driver following the minor automobile collision.The officer informed police he fired his obligation weapon a number of instances in the course of the altercation in self protection.
Nobody was injured on account of the incident.
Officers say the motive force of the opposite automobile left earlier than Port Authority police arrived on scene. No different people had been on scene or have been positioned right now.
Drivers heading to JFK Airport ought to anticipate delays and comply with detours on account of the incident.
NewsCopter 7 was over the Van Wyck Expressway on Tuesday morning as police responded to the incident, which precipitated a short lived closure. The southbound Van Wyck closure diverted site visitors onto native roads round Kennedy Airport, however reopened one lane round 7 a.m.
The JFK Expressway is open, and drivers are ready to make use of that to entry the terminals.
Passengers had been inspired to make use of the Air Prepare to JFK. Vacationers had been additionally urged to test on their flight standing.
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