Man Killed When Tractor Trailer, Car Collide On NJ Turnpike, Police Say

BERGEN COUNTY, NJ — A man died early Wednesday morning when his car hit a tractor-trailer on the New Jersey Turnpike, state police said.

Rasheed Folaji, 28, from Irvington, sustained fatal injuries when the BMW he was driving slammed into the International tractor-trailer around 3:30 a.m., said police.

Police said that based on a preliminary investigation, near milepost 113.6 in East Rutherford, the tractor-trailer was slowing in traffic. That's the the BMW struck the rear.

State police said no other injuries were reported and the crash remains under investigation. No other information is available, they said.

Traffic appeared to be back to normal in that area of the Turnpike by the afternoon, according to nj.511.