Quick Facts:
Where: The accident occurred on Route 29 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
What Happened: A tractor-trailer allegedly struck a pickup truck on the shoulder of the roadway.
Participants:
- Driver of pickup truck
- Driver of tractor-trailer
Reported Injuries/Fatalities:
- Driver of pickup truck, killed
Details:
On or about Saturday, March 19th, 2022, around 12:40 in the morning, an accident between a disabled pickup truck and a tractor-trailer left one person dead. Authorities from the NJHP said the accident was reported along Route 29 in Hamilton Township, New Jersey.
Officials from the area said one as-of-yet unidentified individual was killed when a tractor-trailer allegedly slammed into a disabled vehicle they were in on the side of Route 29. Paramedics pronounced one person in the pickup truck dead of their injuries a short time after the collision.
According to Google Maps, Hamilton is about 52 miles southwest of downtown Newark.
Multiple agencies assisted after the accident.