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Evening commute marred by fuel spill on BQE

It was a traffic nightmare for evening commuters Friday on the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Officials say a fork lift fell off a flat bed truck on the BQE and spilled fuel on the roadway. Traffic was

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