January 6, 2025–Update
EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Sgt. Jeffrey Lebron of the New Jersey State Police, Office of Public Information, stated that Troopers responded to a motor vehicle crash at 1:04 a.m. on the New Jersey Turnpike’s north outer roadway at milepost 67.6 in East Windsor Township, Mercer County. Based on a preliminary investigation, a collision occurred between two tractor-trailers and a box truck. Due to the impact, the box truck became fully engulfed in flames. The driver of the box truck sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was transported to a local hospital. No other injuries were reported. The crash remains under investigation, and no additional information is available at this time.
Original MidJersey.news story below. See official update from New Jersey State Police above.
EAST WINDSOR, NJ (MERCER)–Around 1:00 a.m. Hightstown and Robbinsville Fire Departments were send to the New Jersey Turnpike, North Bound near mile post 67.6 near Exit 8 for a tractor trailer crash with entrapment and fire. It is unclear and unconfirmed to exactly what happened but someone at the scene stated that a tractor trailer was involved in a hit and run, the tractor trailer that was at the scene disconnected and was partly blocking lanes because of the first crash. The first crash was hit by another tractor trailer that swerved and then crashed into a guard rail. (unconfirmed).
See update from New Jersey State Police.
