Tractor Trailer And
Car Collide On The New Jersey Turnpike In Washington Twp
Washington Township
(Mercer County) – Station 40 was dispatched to
the area of the New Jersey Turnpike M. M. 63.4 southbound for a rescue
assignment. Engine 40, Rescue 140-10, Chief 40 and FM-40 all went responding.
Upon arrival of Chief 40 he advised
Mercer County dispatch that he had an
overturned vehicle with a tractor-trailer off the road into the woods. The sole
person in the car was out of the totaled car and being tended to by N.J.S.P.
The Driver of the tractor-trailer was able to free himself. The tractor-trailer
came to rest against some trees prior to the Windsor Road
overpass.
Engine 40, Rescue 140-10 and FM-40
all arrived at the same time. Rescue 140-10 crew and Medics tended to the
victim of the overturned car. The driver of the Tractor Trailer refused Medical
treatment.
Engine 40 crew’s checked both
vehicles. One of the saddle tanks from the tractor-trailer was ripped opened
and was leaking. New Jersey State Police and the Turnpike Authority advised
they would handle the leaking fuel from the saddle tank. The tractor-trailer
was carrying packed garbage, and it was strewn all over the area.
Rescue 140-10 and medics
transported the occupant of the car to the Trauma
Center in Trenton. Chief 40 cleared all units and
turned the scene to the New Jersey State Police and the Turnpike Authority.
