George Washington Bridge reopens after shooting triggers massive traffic backups

Yeah, well, we're now learning from Port Authority sources that they were responding to what they thought was a car crash on the George Washington Bridge Tuesday evening when they came across a person shot in the head. Now, that incident caused a serious backup of delays and traffic, leaving thousands of commuters stuck on the George Washington Bridge. Now, take a look here at Citizen Video where you could see drivers caught in the traffic caused from that investigation of that shooting. Port Authority sources tell us just after 7 p.m. they received a call from the George Washington Bridge. reports of a one car crash on the westbound upper level of the bridge heading into New Jersey. There, officers found the victim shot in the head. The driver was rushed to the hospital. The lanes on the upper level were shut down for hours, according to Port Authority, as officers worked to figure out what led up to that shooting. Now, at this time, we are working to confirm what is the current victim's condition. Now, according to Port Authority website, the lanes here on the upper level of the George Washington Bridge were reopened just before 1 30 in the morning and appear to be running back to normal at this hour now of course we'll continue to bring you the very latest as soon as we get it in now that's the latest here by George Washington Bridge, Jonathan Galisto, News 12.