Crime & Safety
Truck Driver Killed, Tractor-Trailer Catches Fire In NJ Crash: Report
The truck driver's passenger was hospitalized following the collision, the report says.
WARREN COUNTY, NJ — One man is dead and another injured following a chaotic crash in Warren County this week, according to a NJ.com report.
On Wednesday, around 7 a.m., authorities were called to milepost 8 on Route 80 in Knowlton on reports of a crash, it reads.
Investigators found that a tractor-trailer being driven by Karwinder Singh, 25, of South Ozone Park, New York, had slammed into another, parked tractor-trailer, according to the report.
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Singh was pronounced dead at the scene, and his passenger, a 24-year-old New York man, was taken to the hospital to be treated for minor injuries, it adds.
The parked tractor-trailer caught fire following the collision. The blaze was extinguished, and no other injuries were reported, according to NJ.com.
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It added that the crash is being investigated by the New Jersey State Police.
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