Jeep Crashes into Overturned Truck in Wyckoff

A 74-year-old Midland Park man’s vehicle crashed into a truck that overturned in Wyckoff Sept. 17.

Walter Feasenmeyer was driving a 1996 Jeep when he hit a truck, carrying cases of Snapple Ice Tea, that overturned onto his lane on Cedar Hill Avenue Wednesday.

The truck, which was being driven by 32-year-old David W. Fernandez of Elizabeth, was traveling north on Cedar Hill Avenue when it lost control at the curve in the roadway and overturned.

Feasenmeyer’s vehicle drove through the sheet metal portion of the truck’s cargo section after the truck fell onto his lane of travel.

Feasenmeyer sustained chest and facial injuries and was transported to the hospital. Fernandez suffered minor injuries.

The overturned truck is owned by By Soda Inc. of West Caldwell.

Speed and possible brake issues are being investigated as the cause of the accident.