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Missile falls off truck onto N.Y. highway

Inert Tomahawk falls onto road after truck carrying it collides with vehicle

Updated: 4:00 p.m. ET July 21, 2006

NEW YORK - A missile fell off a truck and onto a New York highway Friday, but the weapon did not have a warhead and posed no danger, police said.

WCBS radio reported it was a Tomahawk cruise missile. Police and fire department officials could not confirm that.

The cargo came loose when the truck carrying it collided with another truck on a motorway in the Bronx.

"It was a military-type missile but it was inert. There was no danger and no one was harmed," a police spokesman said.