Rescuers Dig Women Out After Dump Truck Buries Car In Gravel: Video

MANCHESTER, NJ — Manchester Township police credited the efforts of civilians, Department of Corrections employees and others who rushed in to help two women after a collision with a dump truck on Route 539 buried their car in gravel on Monday.

As reported late Monday night on the Patch, Andrea Penna, 24, of Whiting and Kaitlyn McCabe, 22, of Lakehurst, were entrapped in Penna's a gray 2008 Nissan Altima after the Altima was hit by a silver 2016 Kenworth T80 tri-axle dump truck driven by Tayfun Obut, 41, of Browns Mills, Manchester Capt. Todd Malland said.

The dump truck hit the driver's side of the car and the force of the collision drove both vehicles off the road through several trees and caused the dump truck to overturn, spilling 26 tons of gravel onto the car, police said. The weight of the gravel and the truck crushed the roof of the car onto Penna, and Malland said it took extensive extrication to remove her from the car.

Malland said the two women escaped with non-life-threatening injuries. Obut suffered non-life-threatening injuries as well.

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Video below from the dashboard camera of Manchester Patrolman Ian Bole shows rescuers working to dig out the car even as police were arriving at the scene.

"We wish to express our gratitude to the members of the New Jersey State Police, New Jersey Department of Corrections, and other motorists who had stopped to assist with the extrication process," Malland said.

Photos, video via Manchester Township Police