Crime & Safety
Jeep Careens Through Emergency U-Turn Striking Guardrail, Tractor-Trailer, Killing NJ Driver, Police Say
The crash resulted in major delays and closures on a North Jersey highway Wednesday morning.
MORRIS COUNTY, NJ — A man is dead following a crash on a major Morris County highway, police said.
On Wednesday, around 4:20 a.m., state police were called to I-80 west at milepost 31.7 in Roxbury Township on reports of a crash.
Authorities found that a Jeep SUV, being driven by Shawn Burckure, 52, of Andover, lost directional control and peeled off to the left side of the roadway, traveled through an “emergency U-Turn” area, and struck the end of the guardrail.
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After slamming into the guardrail, Burckure continued forward onto I-80 west, when a Freightliner tractor-trailer traveling westbound slammed into the Jeep, according to police.
Burckure sustained fatal injuries from the tractor-trailer crash, authorities said.
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The collision resulted in hours of delays and lane closures on I-80 Wednesday morning.
No other injuries were reported, and the crash is still under investigation.
An earlier version of this story reported that the crash took place on Tuesday, March 31. The crash took place on Wednesday, April 1.
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