DEADLY EARLY MORNING TRUCK COLLISION ON NEW JERSEY HIGHWAY

New Jersey State Police are currently investigating a deadly incident that occurred on a Burlington County highway early Sunday morning. Emergency services, including police and firefighters, rushed to the southbound lanes of the NJ Turnpike near mile marker 54.4 in Bordentown following reports of a truck fire around 4:40 a.m.

Upon arrival, crews encountered a truck fully engulfed in flames, resulting from a severe collision. While battling the blaze, responders discovered at least one individual who was pronounced dead at the scene.

The intensity of the fire has made it challenging to determine whether the deceased was extracted from the truck or was an occupant of another vehicle involved in the crash.

According to police, the deadly crash happened when a Volvo bobtail truck and a Volvo semi-trailer were traveling southbound along the NJ Turnpike near milepost 54.4 in Bordentown Township.

At that time, officials said, the bobtail collided with the semi-trailer, sending the bobtail off the roadway and into a sound barrier before it became engulfed in flames.

A 30-year-old man from Huntington Valley, who was behind the wheel of the bobtail, was killed in the collision, police said