Overturned Dump Truck on the NJTP at Exit 7A
Washington Township (Mercer County), NJ--Members of the Washington Township Fire
Department were dispatched to an overturned dump truck carrying top soil at the
Exit 7A Interchange on the NJ Turnpike to Exit 6 West Bound of I-195 at 8:04
a.m. June 1, 2007. Firefighters treated the driver of the truck for minor
injuries and transported the driver to Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital
at Hamilton. Firefighters also shut valves to the fuel and hydraulic tanks to
contain minor leakage from the lines. The spill was cleaned up by the NJ
Turnpike Authority. The NJ Sate Police is investigating the crash.
