
Police in Burlington County, New Jersey are investigating after a man was killed when the truck he was driving collided with a semi-trailer along the NJ Turnpike in Bordentown Township early Sunday.
According to police, the deadly crash happened at about 4:24 a.m. when a Volvo bobtail truck and a Volvo semi-trailer were traveling southbound along the NJ Turnpike near milepost 54.4 in Bordentown Township.
At that time, officials said, the bobtail collided with the semi-trailer, sending the bobtail off the roadway and into a sound barrier before it became engulfed in flames.
A 30-year-old man from Huntington Valley, who was behind the wheel of the bobtail, was killed in the collision, police said.
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No other injuries were reported, and officials said, that the incident remains under investigation.
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