Traffic & Transit

3 Trucks Collide, Crash On NJ Turnpike In Burlington County

The crash spurred a temporary four-mile traffic jam between exits 7 and 7A on the New Jersey Turnpike, @511njtpk reported.

HAMILTON, MERCER COUNTY, NJ — There was new information available regarding the truck fire and crash that occurred on the New Jersey Turnpike on Tuesday.

Two tractor-trailer trucks and a box truck crashed on the southbound outer lanes in Hamilton between exits 7 and 7a shortly after 11:15 a.m., a New Jersey State Police Trooper told Patch.

The crash caused one of the tractor-trailer trucks and the box truck to become "fully engulfed" in flames, according to a New Jersey State Trooper.

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The crash also spurred a temporary four-mile traffic jam between exits 7 and 7A on the New Jersey Turnpike, @511njtpk reported.

The trucks' occupants were able to get out of their vehicles without being hurt, the New Jersey State Trooper continued.

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The cause of the crash remains under investigation, the New Jersey State Trooper said.


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