FBI Investigating At Scene Of N.J. Turnpike Closure

New Jersey State Police said a tip call about a possible bomb inside of a vehicle has forced the closure of a stretch of the turnpike in South Jersey.


The driver was later stopped by state police. The driver was taken into custody and SkyFox over the scene showed the automobile was being searched.

State police said the FBI is currently investigating.

Traffic was backed up as a result of the closure between the Delaware Memorial Bridge (Interchange 1) and Route 73 in Mount Laurel (Interchange 4).

Motorists are being advised on the turnpike's Web site to seek an alternate route. The suggested route is Interstate 295.
updated 9:50 pm
Around 8:45 p.m., a local FBI spokesman said agents in Boston had received a tip about a person headed to Washington, D.C., and, based on that tip, the Joint Terrorism Task Force issued a bulletin for a vehicle headed south.

But investigation showed that information provided to the FBI by a person with "mental issues," the bureau spokesman said, and the man stopped by state police was found to have nothing suspicious.

The FBI has since given the all clear, and man in custody -- who officials said was, in fact, headed to Washington for job-related reasons -- was no longer being detained.