“Basically all you could see was the engine, and the trailer was melted away. When the flames had been doused, there was virtually nothing left of the truck. The Bergen County units had responded, the chief explained, not only because the crash occurred near the Bergen border, but also because it was easier for southbound vehicles to reach the scene. The northbound lanes of the highway were blocked, and northbound traffic was not allowed back on the road until Thursday morning.ĭyl said the fire was declared under control at 5:01 p.m., but Kearny units did not leave the scene until 11:15 p.m. “There are no hydrants, no water supply out there.” The site of the accident was in the meadows, and flames did spread to the bone-dry reeds, causing a brush fire that consumed about two acres, Dyl said. “We asked for a water tender from Bergen County,” Dyl said, noting that the Newark FD also supplied water from its tanker. “The problem was water,” he said. That foam was critical in dousing the burning fuel and containing the blaze.Īlso responding were the Newark and Jersey City Fire Departments and the Bergen County Task Force, including firefighters from Franklin Lakes, Ridgefield Park, Mahwah and Secaucus. and dispatched four engines, a ladder truck and a foam tender. Clouds of jet-black smoke could be seen for miles and smoke was blown by the wind all the way to lower Manhattan.ĭyl said the KFD received the alarm at 3:22 p.m. The tanker, en route to Clifton from Linden, struck the guardrail bordering the right lane and overturned, bursting into flames. Authorities believe truck driver Dalip Kumar lost control of the vehicle when he swerved to avoid two mattresses and box springs that had fallen onto the highway from a cargo van.Īlthough Kumar was named in news accounts, the State Police were reportedly witholding official confirmation pending an autopsy.
The tanker, reportedly owned by JSK Transport of Warren, was traveling north near mile marker 109.6 on the Turnpike’s western spur Wednesday afternoon when the crash occurred. Turnpike in Kearny last week, exploding in flames and killing the driver, identified as a 40-yearold Newark man.Īt the height of the blaze, approximately 60 firefighters from a half-dozen departments were at the scene, Kearny Fire Chief Steve Dyl told The Observer. The driverĪ tanker truck carrying 8,500 gallons of gasoline crashed on the N.J. Turnpike that brought firefighters from several area communities to douse the blaze.
Photos show aftermath of horrific crash of tanker truck on N.J. LEFT photo by Mario Carcamo (YouTube), 2 RIGHT photos by JeffStang91 (Youtube)
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