A pickup truck driver died after going the wrong way on a busy South Jersey roadway and slamming into a dump truck Thursday morning.
New Jersey State Police said the unidentified driver was going south on Route 55 northbound in Franklin Township, Gloucester County, when the trucks collided between exits 35 and 39B.
The pickup driver died while the dump truck driver was hospitalized, police said.
The force of the crash damaged the front of the pickup truck and ignited a fire. It also caused the dump truck to overturn, spilling its load of sand on to the roadway.
The roadway remained closed for several hours as police investigated and worked to clean up the crash and a fuel spill. Cars were forced to detour off Route 55 at Exit 35. By 9 a.m., some vehicles could get by on the shoulder of the roadway.
