Overturned, fully-engulfed in flames dump truck shuts down New Jersey Turnpike in Linden after collision with car

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LINDEN (WABC) -- 

 

The New Jersey Turnpike is closed in both directions in both the car and truck lanes after a dump truck overturned and caught fire following a crash with a car in Linden Tuesday morning.

The accident happened on the southbound outer roadway just north of Interchange 12 - Carteret-Rahway, between exits 12 and 13A, around 10:45 a.m.

State police say this is a very serious accident and that the driver is trapped in the tractor trailer.

Traffic stretched back for miles.

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