Police: Morning tractor-truck accident fatal on NJ Turnpike

NJ State police confirmed the tractor-truck accident this morning was fatal. Chopper 12 was on the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike just before 6 a.m. today near exit

News 12 Staff

Aug 30, 2012, 4:40 PM

Updated 4,417 days ago

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NJ State police confirmed the tractor-truck accident this morning was fatal.
Chopper 12 was on the scene of an overturned tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike just before 6 a.m. today near exit 14.
The driver was trapped inside the vehicle as it leaned over an embankment, blocking the ramp to the eastbound Newark Bay extension.
A helicopter airlifted the driver to a local hosptial. They have not yet confirmed that it was the driver that died.