Dramatic video shows train cars jump tracks, hit garbage truck and FedEx truck in Newark
The video shows the train moving slowly as a yellow garbage truck and FedEx truck sit stopped, waiting for it to pass.
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Dramatic video shows train cars coming off the tracks and hitting a garbage truck in Newark early Monday morning, sending two people to the hospital.
The video shows the train moving slowly as a yellow garbage truck and FedEx truck sit stopped, waiting for it to pass.
Several train cars then leave the tracks. One knocks down a railway light stanchion and utility pole before hitting the garbage truck.
The impact pushes the garbage truck into the FedEx truck, leaving its cab crushed between the rail car and the FedEx truck.
The driver and passenger of the garbage truck were taken to University Hospital with minor injuries.
Crews are using cranes to remove the derailed rail cars, while PSE&G works on the damaged utility pole.
Doremus Avenue remains closed between Roanoke and Wilson avenues, except for local traffic, as the cleanup continues.
It is not yet clear what caused the train cars to leave the tracks.
DRAMATIC DERAILMENT VIDEO
Video shows slowly moving train cars coming off the tracks in Newark and hitting a garbage truck, leaving two people with minor injuries.
